Friday, December 11, 2020

Time Machine Trip to December 1910

 

Kaukauna Times - December

By Lyle Hansen


December 2, 1910

Operations were commenced Monday tearing out parts of the Kaukauna Fibre plant to rebuild portions of the interior and to build an entire new chip bin which is located at the top of the building. One side of the pulp mill was found in an unsafe condition and this will be replaced by new work.

 

December 9, 1910


John G. Fechter, the hustling merchant of the White Front on Wisconsin avenue, who is always a firm believer in progressiveness and up-to-date business methods, has set the pace for local merchants by installing electric arch lights in front of his store to brighten and enliven the avenue for the holiday season.

 

Owing to the forest fires that swept many portions of northern Wisconsin last summer, Christmas trees this year will be pretty scarce. There will be few desirable trees on the market this holiday season for less than forty or fifty cents each.

 

December 16, 1910

According to the Chicago Tribune, which has been keeping tab on football casualties, a total of fourteen dead and forty seriously injured was the price paid for football by its followers during the season just closed.

 

December 23, 1910

For the first time in over eight months the mills on the Fox River received word last Friday afternoon that until further notice they would be permitted to use the full flowage of the river or 100 percent. With permission to use the full flow of the river the mills will be able to run full force and will save hundreds of tons of coal a day.

 

The contract for the building of a dam in Combined Locks was awarded to O’Keefe Orbison Engineering Company. Work will begin as soon as the ice clears in spring. The cost of construction is estimated between $90,000 and $100,000. The new dam will replace the wood and stone structure now in place. The dam will provide seven steel gates to control flow of water. 

 

December 30, 1910

The Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company has purchased the Grignon flats and will erect a new $250,000 pulp mill in the very near future. The Thilmany Company now owns the land on both sides of the government canal, which indicates the great growth this company is experiencing at present. Construction of the new plant will commence within a few weeks.

 

Cutting Ice on Lake Winnebago - 1910

Peter Renn, the ice man, began cutting and delivering new ice from the government stone quarry this week. The new congealed aqua squares are about ten inches thick.

By almost a unanimous vote, the citizens of Kaukauna decided Tuesday to purchase the local plant of the Kaukauna Gas, Electric Light and Power Company and convert it into one of municipal ownership. The question of the purchase of the plant was submitted to a vote of the people at a special election held for that purpose, and the result came to be 552 for and 52 against the purchase.

                                              The Fox Club

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