The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-02-12
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the employ OF Nelson Il. Fisher for a
cepted position as bookKeeper for the
Iron River Realty company. the Cas-
plan Realty company. and the Memo
bee Range Power and Development
company. An Office has been establish
ed in Room /. First National bank,
where anyone having business with
any Of these companies can find Mr.
MORRISON any time during the day. A
general real estate business, sucn as
buying and selling real estate. renting
and leasing houses and other property,
will be conducted.
Improvements at the James mine,
which have been conducted for several
months, are rapidly nearing compile
tion. The new boiler house. which ~
made of concrete blocks, Is almost
ready for occupancy. Two new boilers
are already on the ground and will be
placed in position as soon as the build
i9g is ready.
Excavation Tor the new engine house
is we'll underway. This building will
also be- Of concrete and will be ready
tor occupancy early next month. When
ready a new plant of machinery will
be- installed.
The work OF building the piers. to
support the new steel shaft house at
No. shaft, was commenced yesterday.
Work on the new shaft house will not
be commenced until some time next
month. This will be- the second steel
shaft house in the county-the other
being at the Dober mine.
The six new houses. which have
been under course OF construction tor
several months, are nearly completed
They will be occupied by men at the
mine as soon as finished.
Alex Charbanois proprietor of Twin
City Iron Works of Hurley, was in
town several day the early part OF the
week. Mr.. Charbanois informs us that
IL not his intention TO move his en-
tire plant here, but TO simply establish
branch plant here. His plant at
II riley is one of the largest in North
eatern Wisconsin and ii would there
fore be out of the question 60 move the
entire works.
The plant will be established here
with the view of growing with the
place and increasing In size as the bus
ixMs demands 1t. Mr. Cbarbanois
be here again-in few days to So
iect site and complete arrangements
for installing the plant
We believe an enterprise of this kind
should receive the liberal support and
encouragement of all our people. for as
the town grows it will certainly grow
and probably to good-sized proportions.
f. g. Hood 81 Co. have commenced
logging the timber on the Fischer and
McRae lands north Of Pentsga. Pat
Gallagher. woods foreman. will have
charge of operations and will employ
about 90 men the balance OF winter.
With the logging operations conducted
by Gibbs & Son and the Iron Range
Cedar ~ Lumber company in this vi
Icinity the business life of Pentoga
takes on it's old-time appearance.
M. j. Fox. prominent citizen OF
Boyne City. Mich. and who is inter
eted with the Won Plattens in large
acreage of timber lands in Wisconsin,
Twas visitor here this week. Mr..
Fox is very enthusiastic over the won
lderful progress made by Boyne City in
the past five years. From an apparen
lty dead town OF $500 inhabitants IL
2has grown TO o, 900. and Is recognized
abs one of the most wide-awake and
bustling towns in the northern part OF
lower peninsula. And it has all been
brought about by the business men
And citizens getting together and boost
ing for the upbuilding of their town.
THY have landed manufacturing es-
Establishments one after another. and |
are still boosting. Mr.. Fox IL live
wire and wonderful asset for any
town
Mike Krick has moved the machin-
cry tom the Bates township building,
whici was formerly used as cheese
factory and has converted the building
into residence and boarding house,
which he viii occupy and keep beard
ers, who are employed in diamond
drilling in that vicinity.
+. X. Leonard has moved his fam
lilly into the second story OF his new
lbuiliing, corner Of Genesee and Third
strA. This building was formerly
lkHiN as the Guenaburg a. ST. Peter
lbnllding and was among the first