Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
STANDING OF CLUBS.
WAUSAU WILL GROW.


We are supposed to learn from OBJ
servation and experience. Young
men, and old men, for that matter,
may learn much from what is going
on in this city at the present time
If they will use their powers of observ-
alton and ordinary reasoning abilities
it will not take them long to deter
mine that Wausau is good place 10
tie to; that Wausau is on the map,
not for brief space or time, but for
all time; that Wausau. is bound to
grow and to become city of import
ance.
On every hand you will find work of
great magnitude being performed. In
addition to the men employed in fac
tories and mills and in the ordinary
commercial pursuits, another small
army is at work repairing the damage
done by the flood. The railroads have
crews of men all along their lines
making temporary repairs. They have
had men and engines and dericks at
work on Shingle street, picking out
the heavy box cars from the slough,
gathering up their ties and rails, fill
ing in the washed out land, not only
replacing that which was there before
the flood, but constructing it in such
way as to guard against a repetition
in case of another high water. The
various companies who own the water
power below the guard locks, and who
also own the guard locks, have already
had plans drawn to replace the old
wooden guard locks with one of solid
concrete, and the work of building
Golfer dam to permit of this work be-
ing done at once, has already been
commenced. The Street Railroad and
Electric Light company is making
preparations for the buildingo of con-
crete dam at the lower end of the
pond near their power house. The
Marathon Paper Mills company has
practically closed a deal for the resto-
ration of that portion of its dam
damaged during the flood and for the
building of another stretch of dam
made necessary by the washing away
of the west bank of the river near
its mill. In addition to this, the
city will, of necessity, be compelled to
rebuild bridges, and others who suf-
fered losses have already taken steps
to repair the damage.
Now the question arises, who are
the men behind these companies
which are preparing to spend hun
dred of thousands of dollars in work
of this nature, and what are the mo-
tives which impel them to do thisl?
The men back of this movement are
the most shrewd and level-headed
business men Of the CITY, They not
only have faith in the future of Wau-
sau, but they are giving convincing
demonstration of that faith. There
is no sentiment about them. 1t is
matter of business, of facing a known
condition. The nature Of the work
they are undertaking is of perma-
nent character. They are not build
ing for few years, but possibly for
century, or even more.
On the other hand there are those
who stand around on the street cor
ners and croak; who mournfully assure
you that Wausau has reached its re-
NTH, and will soon fade from the map;
that the grass will grow in her streets,
and that her many buildings will
stand deserted and empty. This class
of people have been here since this
was logging station. They foresaw
the end of the pine tree and the lum-
bering industry forty years ago, and
reluctantly they have extended the
time for brief periods at intervals ever
since.
The growth of Wausau. has been
fairly satisfactory. Its transition from
numbering center to manufactur-
ing and distributing city, has been
brought about so gradually as to be
hardly noticeable. Just what other
industries will follow we cannot fore
tell, but that we will have them there
is no doubt. In addition, the country
all around us is settling up. Where
but few years ago there was nothing
but woods and stump land, there are
hundreds of as fine farms as can be
found anywhere, and we are not to the
end of our land yet, although our I'M
inhabited area is growing more limit
ed and land values growing higher
every year.
Wausau and Marathon county will
be here for all time, and will keep
right on growing, and it will be well
to pay no attention to the croaker,
but to keep an eye on the business
men who are investing their money
and try to emulate them. Get hold
of some Wausau property-and hold
on to it. You have opp Jrtunities to-
day you will never have again.
WAUSAU MARKET.