Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-30


Thursday, March 25th. Perhaps no trip
ever undertaken by similar party was
on the whole as entertaining and in
structive as this. Upon their arrival IN
Chicago they were entertained at break
fast, the guests of William Dicken-
son, the sales manager of the Marquette
Cement company. The interim be-
tween breakfast aud the leaving OF the
car over the Illinois Central for st.
Louis was spent in an automobile ride
about the parks of Chicago. From st.
Louis the party went over the Iron
Mountain and were met at Little Rock,
Ark, by H. H. Foster, formerly of this
city, now the General Manager OF
the Wisconsin & Arkansas Lumber Co.,
and A. j. Niemeyer, principal owner
and manager of the Niemeyer Lumber
company of Little Rock. 1t was origi-
nally intended to spend day at NAL
vern, but by reason of the fact that the
plant had been out of operation, due to
damages caused by a cyclone, the plans
were changed and Mr. Niemeyer took
the party with his engines over his
road to inspect his mill Just outside OF
Little Rock. Upon their return the
party was entertained at a banquet at
Hotel Marion, the guests of ii. ii.
Foster, after which they were given an
automobile ride through the city,,
stopping at Mr.. Fosters home, where
they were most royalty entertained
MIR. Foster has fine residence, which
is sumptuously furnished, and Mrs.
Foster added very much to the pleasure
of the occasion by rendering few
songs.
Accompanied by Mr. Foster the party
left Little Rock and arrived at Hot
Springs, where they spent Saturday
and Sunday. Here they met many
friends and acquaingances, among
others of special interest to people OF
Wausau, Mr.. and Mrs A. IL. STANCE OF
Merrill; Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Quaw OF
this city; Mr.. and Mrs. s. G. Knox of
Duluth and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Alexander. The car was then taken to
Hope, Arkansas, where they were met
by William Buchanan, president
of the Louisiana a. Arkansas Railway
company. and son, William Buchanan,
Jr., in their own private car, and also
by the general superintendent of the
Louisiana q Arkansas road with his
private car, including in the party the
general freight agent, general pas
senger agent, general master mechanic
and the general managers of the eight
different saw-mill interests belonging
to the VIM Buchanan company, located
along the Louisiana Il Arkansas road.
Mr.. Buchanan took charge of the entire
party and they remained his guests for
two days, and were taken in special
train over his railway to Stamps,
Ark; Minden, Trout, Good Pine
and Selma, La, at all of which
points they inspected mills and lumber
yards, factories, etc. 1t was during
this trip that E. E. Fitzgerald, formerly
of this city, was with the party, he be-
ing the general manager of the plants
at Mipden and at Selma.
At Minden the party were the guests
OF Mr.. Buchanan and his friends at an
old-fashioned chicken dinner cooked
and served by Aunt Jack Taylor of the
Taylor House. Without casting any
reflections upon other banquets, it seems
to be the voice of the majority of the
party that this was one of the best, if not
the BEST meals they had. Mr.. Buchanan
accompanied the party, using his own
engine and crew, to Alexandria, where
they arrived at about six p M, Wednes-
day Here the entire party was ten
dered reception and were the guests
OF Alexander brothers and their friends
and neighbors, leaving there about one
.. m. M. l.. Flishell, vice-president and
general manager of the Gulf Lumber
company, met the party at Oakdale and
accompanied them to Fullerton, La,
where he took charge of the car idle
wide," taking it with his own locomo-
tive and crew to Miriam. and over his
own road to the mill Here the party
were taken out into the timber owned
by the Gulf Lumber company, and in
the evening attended colored ball.
Mr.. Flishell took the party back over
his own road and remained with them
for some time arriving at DeRidder
over the Lake Charles & DeRidder road.
During this time they were the guests
of the Gulf Lumber company.
Leaving De Ridosr by special train
the party stopped at Bonamy, where
they inspected one of the large plants
belonging to the Long Bell interests,
and also at Longvilia, plant belong
ing to the same company, where they
were very courteously received and
shown through the immense plants of.
this company, this firm being one of
the largest lumber operators in the
South Arriving at Lake Charles at six
in the evening and leaving at eleven,
arriving at New Orleans Saturday morn
ing, March 10Th, at eight O'Clock. Here
the party remained until Sunday even
ing, sight seeing. calling upon friends,
business aequaintances, and resting up.
The party left New Orleans Sunday
evening over the New Orleans Il North
Eastern railway for Slidell. La. AT
Slidell the entire party were the guests
of the Great Southern Lumber company,
were taken by the officers of that COM
pany By special train to Bogalnsa,
where is located the plant of this con-
Germ, which is now the largest lumber
manufacturing plant in the world. 1t
is said, however, that as soon as the
mills of the Gulf Lumber company at
Fullerton are completed that they will
be the largest single plant in operation
in the world. Here they were enter
tanned at dinner at the hotel owned by
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