Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-01
CITY OF WAUWATOSA.
Building and Improvement Sta
tistics for 1914.


school 10000
street work (partiaIly completed. . 5000
sewers 1900
water MAR. 1900
IOtal. hoV5'VVt
During the year 1914, the city of
Wauwatosa has enjoyed season of
residence building prosperity which
undoubtedly exceeds its activity in
that direction during any other year
of it's existence.
In nearly every portion of the city
new residences have been constructed,
all of pleasing design and many upon
plans which have called for consider
able expenditure Most of these homes
have been completed and a,e now oc-
.cupied by their owners and those not
completed will be pushed along to
completion early in the new year.
The new friends who have come here
to make their homes are bearing cheer
full faces, which indicates that they are
having little complaint at the welcome
given them and they are already be-
ginning to push and pull with genuine
good will for contented Wauwatosa
and for the spread of that home loving
sentiment which more than any other
is conducive to healthy growth and
enjoyable residence location.
And indeed, why should not all our
people. the new, newer and newest
with the old, older and oldest, put on
a complacent air as he or she eontem-
templates his home and surroundings?
Wauwatosa has its schools under the
charge of superintendent whose ex-
perience, qualifications, interest in his
work and good will of scholars, with
competent teaching force, all evidence
satisfactory condition in that direc-
ton.
1t has churches of the lutheran,
Congregational, Baptist, Methodist.
Episcopal, Catholic and German Evan
gelical denominations with comforta-
BILE church homes situated in convent
yent locations and respectively in charge
of earnest and thoughtful men.
1t has public library. pleasantly
located in it's own municipal building
and in charge of an efficient librarian
with books enough to keep its patrons
in the sading habit during every
month of the coming year. and looked
after by Library BOARD of Interested
citizens who are willing to buy as
many new books from time to time as
the public demand and the city officials
will provide funds to pay for.
1t has good streets, good sidewalks.
water, sewer, gas, electric light and
telephone facilities and while sopaa ~
these privileges might be better than
they are, still they are much better
than more and in time (perhaps in 1917
they will become all right as viii
everything else.
We have police justice in our midst
who is an agreeable gentleman and
whose only cause of complaint is that
Wanwatosa people are so we'll behaved
that he has little opportunity to ex-
tend his acquaintance and the Judge
is OF so happy temperament that
even he rejoices over the condition Of
general good behavior.
We have sound banking institution
with conservative management. which
has grown since 1907 when it's doors
first opened in rented rooms. into an
attractive home of it's own at con-
venient location and where as it's
statements show, 1t is genuinely APP
precIated and generously patronized.
We have we'll filed and accomodat-
ingtv conducted mercantile establish
ments where everyone can be looked
after and his wants supplied
We have competent artisans in near
~ every calling whose services are
generally in such demand thar thew
are not obliged to throw away their
time.
we have women's clubs, social organ
izatons. lodges, fraternal insurance
organizations, missionary societiesand
numerous mutual admiration societies
with the customary number of the
latter coming into existence every dav.
and why not, for we have fine LOT Of
young people as can be found any
time or any where.
La fact, we are always all right and
constantlyfmproying. Yes, Mr.. Editor
and we have the Wauwatosa News
which is now entitled to be spoken of
as IAN old settler" through the col
umns of which with YOU and nv vo,r