Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-07
Civic improvements in
Southwestern Wisconsin

Despite the complaint of "ehard
times" southwest Wisconsin is forging
ahead in the line of civic improve
ments. municipalities all over this
favored little section of America are
making commendable improvements
as the number of beautiful and sub
stantlal new buildings, ETC., will tes-
THY. Some of the new things COM
pleted or under way in this section
are as follows:
Lancaster, our own city, has new
CIVIC center, now completed at a
cost OF $130,000 A new school will
probably be started this summer at
cost OF $175,000. 1t is hoped to have
the building completed by next May.
The Farmers Telephone Co. has re-
Gently completed a new exchange at
cost of $4,000 and is now located
III the new building Other city i'm
provements are being considered.
Cobb has a new 100000 canning
factory recently completed by Mar
kesan capital at a cost of 100000. A
new hotel is being considered at Cobb
and several new homes are under con-
struction
Livingston is putting up new ele-
vator and several store buildings are
being remodeled.
Fennimore has completed new
$4,000 public library, the gift of D. T.
Parker A canning factory is being
considered also. The new Marsden
park, bequest of a former resident,
is one of the beauty spots of this
section
Montfort has voted a new village
park and a large plot of land near the
village has been acquired for that
purpose. A new addition is being
made to the Methodist church at a
cost of $4,000 The grounds of the
recently completed $4,000 high school
building are being improved. Mont
fort has a new commercial club that
is active in promoting improvements
in the village
Bloomington has a new $4,000 high
school under construction. A five
acre public park is being laid out.
Hazel Green has a new $4,000
civic center under construction.
Platteville has new and beautiful
high school, model of it's kind. The
new Masonic temple, costing $4,000,
will be ready for use soon. At the
spring election the voters acted fav-
orably on a white way" system for
the business district, at a cost of
$4,000.
Mineral Point has a new $150,OO0
high school under construction. The
government has called for bids on a
100000 federal building.
$4,000 has been set aside for a new
Lutheran hospital at Dodgeville.
Argyle will erect a new municipal
building at a cost of $4,000. The
building is the bequest of F. A. Wad-
dingtOn, former business man of the
village.
Gratiot has a recently completed
Catholic church, costing 100000. 1t
is said to be one of the handsomest
church edifices in the state.
Viroqua has a new high school
under way at cost of $175,00O. The
city has miles of newly paved streets.
Cuba City closed contract last
week for a new white way system at
cost of 100000 81 ornamental cleo
troliers will be placed on the main
street of the city, lighting it from one
end to the other The work will be
completed in sixty days.
These improvements and others will
manifest that while conditions in this
section have been somewhat stringent,
public faith in the future is strong.
The world edo move" and southwest
ern Wisconsin is in the vanguard and
not tagging behind.