Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-09-17
ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION.
|WAUSAU
"A Report of First Six Months Of Its Existence Excel
lent Work Accomplished

The following letter was sent out
yesterday to the Wausau Advance
ment association which speaks fol
Itself:
/ WAUsAU, September II, 1912.
To MEMBERS ON THE WAUsAU AD-
| yANCENENTs.A ASSOCIATION
| The Wausa1 Advancement associa-
tion has completed its first six months
of existence, and we feel that a brief
statement of the work done to date
and proposed in the future is due to
those whose liberal subscriptions have
made the organization possible:
FINANCES.
Annual subscriptions to the asso-
citation to the" amount of s6,1S7 have
been pledged by 221 members, the
individual subscriptions ranging from
$500 to $3.50. Nearly all of the asso-
citation expense to date, has been coy-
cred by the assessment of % per cent.
of the subscriptions levied last April.
The association has, therefore, gone
through one-half of it's first year in
volving considerable non-productive
initial expense on a little more than
one-quarter of the amount available.
Our policy has been to proceed slowly
and cautiously, rather than to spend
hastily and perhaps foolishly.
A detailed statement of every item
of receipt and expenditure, much too
long to reproduce here, will be gladly
shown any member who will call at
the association office.
To provide for expenses from now
on, more funds are needed, so bill
for another 25 per cent. of subscrip-
ton is enclosed for which prompt re-
mittance is kindly asked.
OFFICE EQUIPMENT.
The first essential for the ASSocia-
ton was an Office. This has been
equipped and maintained in the Par
dee building, SOC Third St., at min
imum expense.
BOARD MEETINGS.
Meetings of the board of directors
have been held regularly every Mon
iday since April, in order that all peril
nent questions might be promptly
considered. Special meetings have
also been held whenever necessary.
BOOKS.
Three books have been prepared and
published by the association. With
the first one, "Wausau Good Place
to Come" you are already familiar.
/ OF an edition of 1000 copies of this
book, 5000 have been distributed, and
200 more are being distributed by
Wausau real estate agents as oppor-
tunity offers. Editions of ZOO copies
] of the second book, Factory Facili-
ties in Wausau,'' and of 1900 copies
of the third book, Farming in Mara
thon County, Wisconsin" have been
printed. Copies OF these two books
are submitted to you with this letter.
The preparation and printing of
these books has cost nearly one-half
OF the total association expenditure
to date, but we are glad to say that
they compare most favorablyi in quail
ity and appearance with similar books
issued by the most progressive COM
merical associations in the country,
and we believe that every dollar spent
upon them is well invested. We yet
have on hand approximately 1000
copies of the first book, 700 of the
second and 800 of the third. Subse-
quent editions as they become neces-
sary will cost materially less, since
there will be no expense for maps,
photographs, and plates.
In order to facilitate the distribu-
ton of these books, 1850 copies of
the first book and 425 copies of the
third have been sold at cost to sever
al Of the local real estate agents.
TRAFFIC.
We have had a competent man dur
ing such time as he could spare for