Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-10
MAYOR FLATTER URGES
BETTER SUPPORT FOR
NEW LOCAL PLANTS

The city council, which held its
regular monthly meeting at the city
hall last Tuesday evening, listened to
an address by Mayor Emil Flatter in
which the mayor urgently pressed
the necessity of giving new industries
which plan to locate in Wausau, bet
ter local support, both financially and
morally. The mayor, in company with
w. r. Chellis, secretary of the Wau-
sau Chamber of Commerce, attend
ed the st. Lawrence Deep Water Way
commission hearing at Milwaukee on
June 9th. The mayors address, deaf
ing with both matters, follows:
"In order to be successful in locat-
ing new industries in our city, it must
be understood that it should not all
be left to the Chamber of Commerce
and banking institutions which really
are the only active agents working in
the interest of locating new Industries
here. The good will and cooperation
in every possible way from other
classes, labOring men as we'll as cap
ital, is necessary. To accomplish this,
an important meeting, Everybody in
vited' had been called at the city hall
for June 2, but only as many Georges
as one can count on three hands were
present and all of those who would
have benefited most remained absent
from that meeting. Lack of interest
shown by the average citizen is the
reason for failure in locating a wood
working plant of high grade manufae-
ture in this city. Another industrial
proposition to which our local banks
have pledged their limit of support is
still hanging in the balance between
Wausau and another city subject to
perfection of the article of patent
right.
81 feel it my duty to inform you
that on June 2 communication had
been received from the Commerce as
sociation of Milwaukee inviting this
city to be represented at hearing be-
fore the st. Lawrence Deep-Water-
Way commission to be held in Milwau-
kee on June 9. l had been requested
to refer said invitation to a CONNER
cial organization that they might also
send delegation. Judging this to be
a matter of Importance to inland cities
as we'll as lake ports, after consulting
with several aldermen, | decided to
attend for the city of Wausau and was
accompanied by Mr.. Chellis represent
ing the Commercial and agricultural
associations of Wausau and Marathon
county.
Mayor HOan of Milwaukee welcOm-
ed the commission and said that Mil
waukee was deeply interested in the
project and the people were united
for deep-water-way Statements from
other representatives read into the
minutes showed the tonnage of the
twelve active lake ports in Wisconsin
in 1919 to be 47,S47, ,320 tons valued at
1854, 1874 ,168.00. The normal foreign
exports are estimated to be $125,000,-
100000. Exports of grain from Mil
waukee alone have been 5,418,232
bushels of which amount SO per cent
is shipped to New York by rail and II
per cent to Buffalo by water and then
trans-shipped. Dairy exports for
1919 were as follows: Cheese and but
ter, including the produce of IT'S
cheese factories and creamerieS in
Marathon county, is large item. be-
ing: butter, 14,747, 1892 pounds, valued
at $5,034,106; cheese, 185,088,091
pounds valued at $37,966,058; con-
densed milk, 519,196.320 pounds. val
ued at $65, 5,589,091. These figures could
be doubled if deep-w waterway is con-
structed between the Great Lakes and
the ocean. Lake ports are the arter-
les for inland production. Therefore
the inland city should be, or is, deeply
interested in the deep-water-way and
1 feel proud of having taken the op-
portunity to place Wausau on the in
ternational map before that commits
sion"
The city will pay for the electric
current used regularly now in light
ing the alleys of the business district
of the city. The Chamber of Com
merce has obtained many signatures
to petition requesting this, and also
announcing the fact that merchants
are willing to install the lights provid-
ing the city furnishes the current, and
W. r. Chellis, its secretary, appeared
before the council that evening. A
resolution introduced by Louis C.
Leak was passed. 1t provides that the
city shoulder this expense.
Residents of the First ward were in
sistent in petition that some ar
rangements be made whereby a school
would be opened in it for use this
fall. The matter had come up partic-
ularly as there was discussion about
building a school in the town of Wes-
ton when it becomes a part of the
city of Wausau.
Permission was granted the local
Fraternal Order of Eagles to sell nom
intoXicant beverages at picnic to be
held on August 18th, without paying
the usual license fee. The Central
Labor body was granted similar per-
mission for its affair at the fair
grounds on September 9Th. The La
dies Literary club, through a letter,
urged the council to cooperate in the
building of a rest room and comfort
station in connection with the band
stand at the court house square This
message was referred to the commit
tee on public property. Street i'm
provements were discussed and the
matter of Humboldt avenue between
Eighth and Ninth streets, was referred
to the board of public works with in
structions that as extensive repairs
as seem essential be made. Chicago
avenue, east of Ninth street, which is
in need of improvement, was discussed
and the board was instructed to make
suggestions.
The mayor, city engineer and city
attorney were instructed to attend
the annual meeting of the League of
Wisconsin Municipalities which will
be held at La Crosse in the near fu-
ture.
The next regular meeting of the
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evening in September.