Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-12-16
LOCAL REFLECTIONS ON 1921.
BY H. A. Digman.

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The prairie schooner in its tedious
piodding across the great desert
plains sixty or seventy years ago was
superseded by the railroad train,
which later developed into a marvel
of comfort and luxury, traversing the
distance in hours which had taken
months for the pioneers TO accomp-
lish. The numbering wagons gave
place to the swift automobile. Labor
ious handwork gave way before the
march of invention, and great ma
chimes filled the mills and factories,
accomplishing in a day more than the
old methods had produced In weeks.
Milwaukee, that star in the east to
which most of Wauwatosa's working
population journeys daily, has been.
together with our modern methods OF
transportation, largely responsible for
the growth of our city. The close
proximity of our neighboring metrop-
oils has been in many ways decided
! advantage, yet for the promotion OF
local industry it has always been a
handicap.
Our situation as a suburb however,
may be favc-aSly compared to the
outlying districts about Chicago,
where as everyone knows mere lam.
let's developed into thriving centers.
II is gratifying to note that the rec
ord of building activities for the year
1921 has surpassed any preceding
year; 1t will be observed that in adj
dition to single dwellings there have
been erected duplex fats and several
fine store fronts. Th natural expan-
sion of Wauwatosa is also evidenced
by the erection of school buildings,
and also by costly and substantial ad.
ditions. such as Lincoln and Wash
ington schools, also Aetna Park and
Hewiey Road. The building boom we
have experienced the last year shoGId
not be considered as temporary or
spasmodic, but more in the nature of
responsive effort, or perhaps an
awakening to the opportunities and
possibilities for investment In build
ing lines and enterprises, which here
tofore have been neglected and unap-
preciated. The coming year is there
fore full of promise for greater build
ing activities than we have ever be
fore experienced.
The opening of new banking in
stitution which within year devel
oped totals of over half million doll
lars. is also significant of the general
prosperity enjoyed in this locality
Several churches are occupying new
rIf Ia
available for rebuilding and improy-
ing.
The general welfare Of our people,
however, is so dependent on condi.
tions prevailing in Milwaukee and Mil.
waukee County. that we cannot afford
to lose sight Of the situation as a
whole. The natural result Of prohi-
bition enactments has been to halt the
brewing industry, but those who built
it up have already turned their hands
to other work.
We have had to face a period of
depression, AMI there have been
strikes and labor troubles to be sure.
for these are inevitable. But the
threatened unrest and violence which
nave troubled other large cities of the
country have been happily absent IN
Milwaukee. We look to the future
with confidence, with assurance and
full faith that the problems which
must arise in the coming days will be
met and disposed of to the satisfac-
tion of all.
But to Wauwatosa, whose work and
civic enterprise has made it splen-
did community in which to iige. we
feel justified in taking an earnest
pride