Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-25

Mountaineering Escapaba Lumber
company has recently purchased 1900
acres Of timber land in this vicinity OF
Jerry Madden of this city. The COM
pany will carry on, extensive lumber
ing operations in that timber this win
ter, il is expected.
Fond du Lac-The North Western
stone quarry at PEBBLES closed down
last week after the most successful
season in its history. The output was
200 carloads of stone. The North
Western road is using the stone ex-
cluSively in the construction OF its new
Milwaukee-Sparta line.
Odanah.-The North Western road
is finishing the double track steel
bridge over the Bad river here, replac
ing the old structure damaged by
food last year.
Asnland-It is expected that the
North Western road will dOuble-t track
the line between this city and Iron
wood i'll the near future. All the
latest improvements provide for a
double-track system. The ore carry
ing traffic makes the enlarged facilities
necessary.
Appleton.-The Kimberly Clark COM
pany has just completed an immense
warehouse at its big paper mill at Kim
berly, in which to store waste paper,
large quantities of which is utilized in
the manufacture of heavy paper. The
building is 200 feet long, sixty feet
wide and thirty-fye feet high, inside
measurements, all finished in one large
room. 1t is the first building Of the
kind constructed by paper manufac-
turing concern in Wisconsin, and is con-
structed entirely of steel and concrete
Crivitz.-The Northern Hydro Flee
trio company is constructing a large
system of concrete retaining walls
above the dam recently finished at High
Falls.
Crivitz.-The Crivitz village and
Farm Telephone company has its line
between Lake NOquebay and CrivitZ
nearly finished
have perfected plans to establish a
wholesale boot and shoe concern in this
city 1t is expected that the institu-
ton will be open for business by Feb
ruary or March.
Marinette = The TempletOn- Barrett
company expects to manufacture 2OO-
900 of its new spark plugs next year.
The New York Auto company has or
dered 10000 for it's 1911 business.
Stoughton.-Plans have been made
! for extensive enlargement by the Mandt
! Wagon company, a branch of the Moline
| Pillow company Of Moline, ILL.,, which
when completed, will increase the
present number of employees by 80 per
| cent, making a total number of nearly
| 900 on the payroll. These plans call
for the remodeling of the entire plant,
the demolition of the old frame struc-
lures erected mostly by the late T. g.
Mandt, and the erection in their place
| of modern. two. three and fOur-stOry
brick buildings. This work will be
done in the next three years.
Observation-Disclosures men of this
city are planning to build a $4,000
building for the |. 3. Powell company
now located at MenOmonee Falls, which
proposes to move its gray iron foundry
plant here and enlarge.
Waukesha. The county board has
decided to enlarge the asylum farl by
purchasing the Taylor farm adjoining.
The property has been rented and OPP
Grated at a profit by the county during
the past season.
Marinette.-The town board of Pesh-
tigO and the city supervisors plan to
construct large drainage ditch to re-
lieve surface water conditions in sew
eral portions of the township.
Two Rivers.-BusineSs and political
men of this city have started a move
ment to secure a federal building. The
matter has been presented to Congress
man Davidson
Wausau.-The plant4of the Marathon
Paper Mills company at Rothschild, six
miles from here. began operations this
week. The first reel of paper has
been turned out The plant cost 81. 800
600, and eventually will employ about
400 men.
Hazel Green.-The new lead and zinc
mine of the Cleveland Mining COM
pany will be in operation soon. A 100
ton mill and modern mining machinery
have recently been installed.
ShebOygan-The Metz Motor Car
company, Waltham. Mass, has sub
mitted proposition to locate an aero
plane factory in Sheboygan The com
pany holds Il patent Oh a mOnoplane of
the Bleriot type and is preparing to
manufacture the machines.
Menominee.-The tests of crushing
cane and refining the sugar with the
machinery used in the manufacture of
sugar from beets have proven fail
ures. 1t had been hoped that the local
beet sugar plant could be operated al
most continuously by working on cane