Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-02
HACKLEY PHELPS BONNEI.L
GO. MAKE PROPOSITION
TO EAGLE RIVER.
OFFER TO BUILD SAW MILL AND WOOD
WORKING PLANT WILL EMPLOY FROM
rs TO 100 MEN ALL THE YEAR AROUND
ASK SITE, POWER, LIGHTS, WATER, ETC.
FOR TWENTY YEARS

Amos Radcliffe, asking that the bust
ness men Of Eagle River meet at his
Office at ll:00 a. m. last Saturday,
quite number assembled and heard
G. A. Phelps of the Hackley Phelps
Bonnell Co., Of Hackley, present a
proposition that if accepted will mean
a great dealto Eagle River. Mr.. Phelps
began by saying that his company had
decided to incfeaseEtheir yAnanufactur
ing industries and Eladydecided on Ea-
gle River as beingEt}se most favorable
for them, every thing considered.
They would build Il saw mill Of a daily
capacity Of 10000 feet, and in connec-
tion q working plant for tine
manufacture OF all kinds OF wood han
dies butter bowls, ten pins etc. The
plant when ia operation would employ
from rs to 100 men all the year roand
for D period not less than 20 Fears, the
operatives an being skilled mechanics,
thu payroll amounting to $4,000 81
more per year. Mr. Phelps asks in be-
half Sf his company that Eagle River
furnish q site oil not less than 20 acres,
3o0 horse power, including electric
lights water mains etc. for not less
than twenty years, the company to.
have full and complete title to the
lands, twenty years or longer to be
the life OF tile franchise, stating that.
il lay entirely with Eagle River wheth-
er or not they locate here as if they
do not come here they will build at
Robbins Michigan where they are al
iready heavily interested and THAT
| they would begin construction at either
this place or Robbins within the next
| thirty days. A committee COMPOSED
Of Amos Radcliffe j. L. Nemaclleck
and N. NJ. Emmons were appointed
to investigate from an Eagle River
standpoint and they in the afternoon
took Dir. Phelps on an inspection "trip
! of the various sites available for the
purpose. Several pieces Of land have
/ been under discussion this week but
the committee were unable TO make
satisfactory terms with the owners.
! When District Attorney George e.
/ O'Connor made an offer to donate
for the purpose. a tract that lies adj
jacent to the @. & N. w. r. r. tracks
J on the east and south of what is
! known as the county road. The com
mittee have made their report to the
Hackley Phelps Bonnell people and
we will undoubtedly know their decis-
ion within a very few days. Mr. Phelps
| in the course Of his remarks, said
THAT he was here about ten years ago
with the proposition that afterwards
made the village of Hackley. Such be-
+ ing the case it does not require a very
| wide stretch Of the imagination to see
that a pretty good thing went BY what
ever the cause may have ben.
1t is hoped BY every one, at all
events all those in Eagle River that
we will secure this addition to the
town. 1t is self-eyident that if from
seyenty-dve to one hundred thousand
dollars were to be expended here YEAR
" it would add considerably to the
general we. fare and would be astrong
incentive to bringing other industries
here. Personally we are strongly Of the
opinion that the sooner the 1000 horse
power that is now going to waste at
the dam is put to work for some spe-
citic purpose the better it is for every
che who is a resident and interested
in the future of Eagle River.