Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-02-17
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.


LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
Five carloads of machinery have
been shipped for the new paper mill.
at Ashland
The demands for labor in Platte
vile the coming summer will be
great on account of the government
building, the gas company and city
water extensions.
Plans have been made for a $780,
900 addition to the school for men,
tally defective children, operated by
the sisters of st. Coletta's con-
vent in Jefferson.
"A herd of nineteen cows owned by
William Moore, living near Beloit,
was killed, following tests for tuber-
cuIosis. Seventeen were found dis
eased, FIVE but slightly.
Representatives of Libby, McNeill
& Libby of Chicago have been IN
Fairchild, Eau Claire county, lately
for the purpose of establishing a
sailing station for pickles.
The .Richelieu hotel at Superior
has been sold to w. B. Silvey of Du-
luth, Mimi, who now operates the
Hotel Spalding, for $4,000. Big I'M
provements are to be made in the
house.
Levi Leroux, an old employe of the
Nekoosa-Edward Paper company at
Port Edwards has been promoted to
the position of superintendent to
fake the place of o. w. Dodge, re-
signed
Application for "a street railway
franchise will soon be made to the
Portage by the Chicago & Wiscon-
sin Valley railroad, and a similar APP
plication will be made to the Stevens
Point council in March
A break in the power dam at Lady
smith threatened the destruction of
the pulp mill, just completed. 1t was
necessary to blow out one of the
center gates with dynamite. The pa
per mill will be shut down for week
or more in consequence.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific railroad has closed a contract
for seventy-five new locomotives. The
order includes fifty consolidated and
twenty-five Pacific type engines. The
company has contracted also for 400
convertible ballast cars.
Aniwa, a village ten miles south OF
Amigo suffered a severe fire loss a.
for a time it was believed that the
entire village would be destroyed.
Five buildings were burned, and the
loss will aggregate $4,000. Some of
the buildings were we'll insured,
while others were not
BY economic management of the
city water, electric light and power
company the Marshfield commission
announced a reduction of 20 per cent
in the charge of electricity to the
public, making the price II cents per
1000 Watt hours instead of Is cents.
Since under municipal ownership IN
six years the plant has been entirely
remodeled and improved.
C. B. Gedney, secretary of the M.
A. Gedney Pickle company of Mime
apolis; has completed the arrange
ments for the establishment and op-
GRAFTON of a pickle factory in Cum
berland, Mr.. Gedney procured con-
tracts for 800 acres Of cucumbers
for the coming year and next year
contemplates adding sauerkraut
factory to be operated in connection
with the pickle plant.
Plans are we'll under way for the
establishment of a wagon manufac-
tory in Edgerton with a capital of
$4,000 Nels Halverson, superin-
tendent of the Stoughton Wagon
company and owner of several valu-
able patents, will be in charge OF
the corporation. The building has
already been secured and it is ex-
pected the mandatory will start
with 100 hands. The Advancement
association lie responsible for secur-
ing this enterprise here and the cap
ital is furnished by local capitalists.