Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-11-03
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

The United States steel corporation
has made official announcement thai
the new head OF the lakes steel plant
Is to be constructed the coming year
The raising Of mlnks for commercial
purposes will soon be new industry
in Wisconsin If the experiment which
George Bowker of Marshfeld is about
to make proves a success. Mr.. Bow
ker is an expert and experienced
trapper.
prairie fire swept the towns Of
Lowell and Fanny, MINI, and caused
a loss estimated at about 100000 On
the Burlington farm 800 tons of hay
were destroyed and it is reported
that In the two towns five families
Lost all they had.
Immediate action must be taken by
the common council Of Fond du Lac.
to provide a new police station for
the city on account of the cOndemna.
ton OF The present structure by the
state board Of control. The new sta
ton VIII be erected this fall.
IF there is no delay or digappoint-
ment in obtaining the power for the
new interurban street car line cars
will be running between Grand Rapids
and Nekoosa on or about Nov. /.
Wood county viii then have its first
interurban street railway.
sheboygan is to have new glove
factory, If the plans Of certain local
business men do not fail. The de-
tails Of tie project are not as yet
available, but one of the promoters
states that the plans will come to a
focus in about two months.
Preparations are being made to
plant the largest apple orchard in
the northwest in the town OF Weston,
Dunn county. Five hundred acres Of
trees will be set out and large ware
houses built. Back of the project Is
William j. Starr, an Eau Claire lum-
herman.
Arthur Hawkes., superintendent OF
publicity for the Canadian Northern
railway, says his company is arrang-
ing for the construction of large ter
miuals ut Duluth, and that within a
few years it will have sl0,000,000 In
vested in It's improvements within
that state.
The La Crosse Water Power com
pany will apply for franchises to en-
ter La Crosse with an lnterurban line
to run from Winona to La Crosse and
hence to Sparta, which win cost
100000 Similar franchises will be
asked at Winona and Sparta stimuli
taneously.
The Thilrany mill at Kaukauna has
nearly completed the installation OF
new heater that will be used with
the machine imported year ago from
Germany. These two machines will
work over the waste products into
new paper, so that not a single ounce
VI waste will leave the ThiImany
mill.
The beet sugar factory at Chippewa
Falls is ready for its seasons run.
Wisconsin has four sugar beet fac.
tories and the one at the falls is said
to be the best In the state this year
1850 acres we're devoted to cultiva
ton of sugar beets and it is estimated
that they will produce upward of 20,
600 tons of sugar.
The last of n number OF historic
paper mills at Rockton, near Beloit.
was destroyed by fire. The loss Is
$4,000, and the insurance one-Quar
ter that amount The mill was the
property of F. X Moody of Chicago
aud o, NJ. Glass of Rockton The
fire originated in the wheel pit from
an unknown cause.
The Excelsior Brick company OF
Menomcnie. has closed operations for
the season with a record OF 5000 600
bricks. an increase of 100000 over
last year. The Wisconsin Red
Pressed Brick company has also ceased
manufacturing for the year, havinR
made 5,0S5.S00 this season. Sixty-five
men have been employed at each
point
tAC w llAhA ituilAbHE NtBlHdAN VI
Milwaukee closed a deal for its en-
tire plant located at Beaver includ
ing the planning mill, 100000 feet o.
lumber and large amount Of stand
ing timber. The plant was purchased
bv Assemblyman Peter NJ. Nelson ana
Ferd Armstrong. Jr.. who will con
duct a general lumber business in
the future
Professor Steinberg left Eau Claire
for Chicago last night to meet capt
talsts in the matter of piano fac
tory in that city, provided the city
does its full share in the matter
People have the most unbounded con.
fldence in Mr.. Steinberg. They know
him 10 be a man OF unblemished In
tegrity and also a first class musl
clan. They are willing TO place their
money fl an industry that has him for
a head We hope to hear brave news
In a few days.