Kaukauna Times - December
By Lyle Hansen
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.
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