Kaukauna Times - December 1911
By Lyle Hansen
December 1, 1911
The north side post
office is now nicely located in the Wendt block, corner of Wisconsin Ave. and
Desnoyer St., Postmaster Mitchell having made the transfer after closing hours.
There will be some new
work at the government dry dock this winter. The fifth lock will be re-built
this winter also.
The new five and ten
cent store just opened in the Hiting block on Third street by Mrs. Derfus was
taken over Monday by Julius J. Martins Co., Mrs. Derfus having decided she
could not handle the business.
December 8, 1911
Chas. Otte met with a
serious accident at Appleton last Saturday, while driving down the hill east of
the big raven. His rig was struck by a streetcar, and he was thrown out and suffered
a scalp wound and a badly lacerated hand.
December 15, 1911
The White Way - The new arches on Second St. and Main Ave.
were turned on for the first-time last Friday and now Kaukauna, like a number
of other cities, has a white way. There are nine arches and as tungsten lamps are
used, the illumination is quite bright.
December 22, 1911
Gus. Ristau received a
curiosity Monday in a valuable Swiss watch of solid gold filled with jewels and
some of the most delicate machinery imaginable. The time piece is valued at
$600. On it’s face it indicates the days, months, and year, along with the
hours, minutes, and seconds. The moon and stars and musical bells tell the
hour. Mr. Ristau has had his eye on it for the past six years but it’s owner
always refused to sell at any price until this past week when he was
transacting other business with the owner and the deal was closed.
The lumbering camps throughout northern
Wisconsin are being broken up because of the mild weather. Camps of many of the
companies near Crandon were broken up last weekend about 150 men thrown out of
employment. The deep snow fell early in November covered the swamps and ponds
as with a blanket and they were prevented from freezing. The operators say
unless there is severe freezing weather before there is further snowfall,
logging will be seriously interfered with all winter.
December 29, 1911
The
final decision of the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin on the matter of
determining and fixing the just compensation to be paid to the Kaukauna Gas,
Electric Light, and Power Company by the City of Kaukauna in taking over the
plant of that company, was received Thursday by City Attorney Fred Wilcox and
was forthwith delivered to Mayor John Coppes to be received and considered by
the common council at their adjourned meeting. The amount as fixed by the
commission was $50,000 in round numbers and includes everything owned by the
company in Kaukauna except their standing accounts.
City Treasurer Richard McCarty
reports that so far there has not been much of a rush by property owners to pay
taxes. Last year there was quite a line-up at the city hall on the first day,
all waiting to contribute their portion to the city exchequer, but this year
only about 2 dozen called around on opening day. Mel Burkart was the first one
to report.
A colored electric
light to be used as a police single has been put up at the corner of Lawe
Street and Wisconsin Avenue, where it may be seen from the police station or
any direction. A person wanting police service may ring up central telephone
station and the operator will immediately turn on the light. A policeman seeing
the light will respond at once.
The Combined Locks
Paper Co. is facing a serious menace to their property. A heavy snowfall along
with high winds and high water caused the boom to give way, containing
thousands of cords of pulpwood. The logs in the boom were headed toward the dam
when the boom held. Workmen have been busy night and day trying to relieve this
situation. The slash boards were placed in position at the dams in Neenah and
Menasha to relieve the flow of water.
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