Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-02-16
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
Five carloads of machinery have
been shipped for the new paper mill
az Ashland
The demands for labor in Platte
vile the coming summer viii be
great on account of the government
building, the gas company and city
water extensions.
Plans have been made for 500
900 addition to the school for men.
tally defective children. operated BY
the sisters of st. CoIetta'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 Lii by. McNeiiI
& Libby Of Chicago ha .e been in
Fairchild, Eau Claire county latels
for tn, purpose OF establishing a
sailing station for pickles.
The Richelleu hotel at Superior
has been sold to w. b. sllyey OF Dn-
luth. Mimi, who now operates the
Hotel spalding, for s23.0s0. Big i'm.
Iprovements are to be made in the
house
Levi Leroux, an old employee a. the
Nekoosa-Edward Paper company az
Port Edwards has been promoted 10
the position Of superintendent to
take the place of O. w. Dodge. re-
signed.
Application for street railway
franchise viii soon be made to the
Portage by the Chicago & Wiscon-
sin Valley railroad. and a similar APP
plieation will be made to the Stevens
Point council in March
A break in the power dam at Lady
smith threatened the destruction or
the pulp mill, just completed. II was
necessary to blow out one of the
center gates with dynamite. The pa.
per mill viii be shut down for week
or more In consequence.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa.
eitic railroad has closed contract
for seventy-ive new locomotives. The
order includes fifty consolidated aud
twenty-five Pacific type engines. The
company has contracted also for 400
convertible ballast cars.
Aniwa, village ten miles south OF
Amigo suffered a severe fire loss Q /.
for 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 l2 cents per
LOCO Watt hours instead OF Is cents.
Since under municipal ownership IN
six years the plant has been entireiy
remodeled and improved
Z. b. Gedney. secretary OF the NJ.
A. Gedney Pickle company Of Mime.
apolis. has completed the arrange.
ments for the establishment and OBJ.
Grafton OF a pickle factory In Cum.
berland. Mr.. Gedney procured con.
tracla for 900 acres of cucumbers
for the coming year and next year
contsmplates adding sauerkraut
factory to be operated In connection
with the Pickle plant.
Plans are well under way for the
establishment OF a wagon manufae-
tory in Edgerton with capital of
$4,000. Nels Halyerson, superin.
tendent of the Stoughton Wagon
company and owner OF several valu.
able patents. will be in charge OF
the corporation. The building hg-
already been secured and II is ex.
pected the manufaetory will start
with 100 hands. The Advancement
association is responsible for secur,
ing this enterprise here and the cap.
lital is furnished by local capitalists