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 I'L'BLISHED AND COPVRIQHTED BY C. S. MCHOLS & CO., 93 FIITH AVENUE, CHCCAOO, ILL. 
 
 CHICAGO, ILL., JULY, 1898. 
 
 THE MANITOWOC GATEWAY. 
 
 Tlic wondcrtlil dex'clopiiient (if llu- 
 Northwest durins; tlie past decade has 
 liroutjht about stu[)eiKlous changes in 
 trans[3ortation methods to and iVom the 
 great wheat region and the Atlantic sea- 
 board. Formerly all of this traffic went 
 the long haul \-ia Chicago, or by the 
 much longer lake-and-rail route via the 
 Superiors and Duluth. The congested 
 conditions of traffic always existing at 
 Chicago, in the transfer of through 
 freight and the never-ending lake-and- 
 rail journey, made it essential to find a 
 quicker outlet to tidewater for the \'ast 
 business that comes pouring down from 
 the golden grain fields of Minnesota 
 and the Dakotas. It was an unsolved 
 problem how to cut the time until some 
 genius ex'olved the car ferry, which 
 has finally become the practical means 
 of bridging the lake and forming an 
 air-line between St. Paul, JMinneapolis 
 and the East. This is proving one of 
 the oreatest successes in the line of 
 
 modern transportation effort. It is an 
 e\ery - day - in - the - year highway con- 
 necting the two oceans and sending all 
 sorts of the commodities of commerce 
 cjuickly and cheaply to and fro. The 
 distance lietween Manitowoc and Lud- 
 ington is less than si.xty miles, which is 
 covered by the car ferry in three hours 
 and a half. 
 
 About seventy million bushels of 
 wheat were produced in the grain fields 
 of the Northwest last year, most of 
 which was ground into flour at the 
 Minneapolis and other northern mills, 
 shipped to all parts of the couiitrv, and 
 about four million barrels exported to 
 Europe. When it is known that a 
 large part of this vast traffic found an 
 outlet through the Manitowoc gateway, 
 its importance as an all-rail route to the 
 East may, in a measure, be realized. 
 
 Flour and grain are by no means the 
 C)nly commodities passing over the new 
 Manitowoc route; but lumber, iron ore 
 and minerals from Wisconsin and Mich- 
 
 igan, coal, merchandise and fruits of 
 the Eastern industries are also shipped 
 this way in enormous quantities. 
 
 It is more or less difficult to get sta- 
 tistics as to the amount of tonnage 
 passing the .Manitowoc gateway, but 
 during the winter a thousand cars of 
 flour ha\'c been sent forward within one 
 week, in addition to hundreds of cars 
 of coal and other commodities. 
 
 The influence of the new route has 
 stimulated traffic to a remarkable de- 
 gree. All the lines participating in this 
 traffic have been particularly gratified 
 with the results, as the car-ferry system 
 was at first regarded impractical by 
 many railroad people and others in the 
 transferring of loaded cars so great a 
 distance. The regularity of the jour- 
 neys across the lake, in all sorts of 
 weather, and the entire absence of any 
 accidents to the cars or loads, seem to 
 point to the car ferry as the permanent 
 modern link of connection between the 
 East and the West. 
 
 IN THE H.\RBOR AT MANITOWOC. 
 
HEADLIOHT. 
 
 THE rUirST dc PCRC MARQUETTE EllNES. 
 
 The openino- of the Manitowoc Car 
 Ferry Line has well-nigh reA'olutionized 
 the carrying trade between the North- 
 west and the Atlantic seaboard, and the 
 Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad is 
 admirably equipped to handle the larger 
 part of this \'ast business. It makes a 
 direct delivery at its own terminals to 
 the following systems: At Port Huron, 
 with the Grand Trunk System, and 
 each of the fast freight lines operated 
 over all the Grand Trunk Lines east of 
 the Niagara frontier; at Wayne Junc- 
 tion, with the Michigan Central Rail- 
 road; at Monroe, with the Lake Shore 
 & Michigan Southern Railway — both 
 of the latter two strong interests of the 
 immense Vanderbilt System; at De- 
 troit, with the Canadian Pacific System; 
 and at Toledo with all roads leading 
 from that city, particularly the vast 
 Pennsylvania System to the East. The 
 Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad oper- 
 ates a fleet of steamships between Mil- 
 waukee and Ludington and between 
 Manitowoc and Ludington. The dis- 
 tance between Ludington and Manito- 
 woc is somewhat less than sixty miles. 
 It is a free right of way across Lake 
 Michigan at its narrowest and most 
 advantageous point. It is situated 
 midway north and south of Lake Mich- 
 igan, which is particularly free from ice 
 during the winter season. Past experi- 
 ence has demonstrated that the ice floes 
 of the lake during the inclement season 
 are either forced to the south end of 
 lake or driven northward, and it is a 
 very rare circumstance that any con- 
 siderable ice is formed in the particular 
 locality traversed by this line. This 
 feature gi\'es practically absolute surety 
 that there will be no weather of suffi- 
 cient severity to interrupt in even the 
 slightest degree the regularity of the 
 car ferry's trips between these two 
 points, so that the Manitowoc route 
 has come to be known as the great 
 every-day-in-the-year highway between 
 the Northwest, the Atlantic seaboard 
 and Europe; in fact, the Manitowoc 
 route is used almost exclusively by the 
 great flour shippers of Minneapolis 
 during the winter months, when navi- 
 gation is closed via the lake-and-rail 
 routes. The Manitowoc route is 150 
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 same as any of the routes via Chicago, 
 and the crossing of Lake Michigan is 
 simply an incident that should not be 
 considered detrimental in any way to 
 the interests of shippers; in fact, it 
 should not be considered at all. The 
 deck of the big car ferry is equipped 
 with four tracks, capable of holding 
 thirtv cars. Trains are run on to the 
 ferry for dispatch to the various lake 
 
 terminals, which is accomplished very 
 frequently within an hour's time. The 
 monster car ferry, Pere Marquette, 
 owned by this company, which fills the 
 gap between Ludington and Manito- 
 woc, was built especially for the pur- 
 pose at a cost of over $350,000. The 
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 printed herewith, is a steel twin-screw 
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 \\(ic, Wisconsin, and I.niiin^Uin, i\iieli- 
 ii;an, within llie space ol' liiivc and 
 oncdiall' hours. The etjuipnient of 
 boilei's anil cni;inc-rooni machinery is 
 soniethinu' scarceh" surpassi'd l>\' the 
 best men-of-war in the American na\y. 
 The enL;incs are two coniponntl, \ erti- 
 cal, direct-actino-, jet-condensing en- 
 gines, witli cyUnders 27 by 56 inches, 
 with 36-inch stroke, tieveloping a max- 
 imum of O'SOo indicated horse-power. 
 The \essel has four Scotch boilers, 15 
 feet 3 inches by 12 feet, and also a 
 complete electric light installation, 
 including a monstrous searchlight. 
 The steamer has cabin and stateroom 
 accommodations for fifty passengers on 
 her upper deck. On her main deck 
 she carries the load of cars, thirty in 
 number. It will be seen that the ves- 
 sel is capable of making two round 
 trips daily, or transporting in all 1 20 
 cars per day. 
 
 The Flint & Pere Marquette Rail- 
 road also operates several steamships 
 between Manitowoc and Ludington 
 which are known as "break bulk" 
 boats. Such shipments take a differ- 
 ential rate less than the all-rail rates, and 
 freight not requiring the quickest dis- 
 patch is usually handled in this way. 
 \''essels run e\'ery day in the year and 
 carry an immense amount of freight 
 
 MANITOWOC STE.VM nOILER WORKS (SEE PAGE I2). 
 
 between the Manitowoc and Ludington 
 terminals. The company also operates 
 a line of steamships between Milwaukee 
 and Ludington which are deservedly 
 popular for their elegant passenger 
 accommodations. These stanch and 
 beautiful vessels make daily sailings, 
 running on schedule with passenger 
 trains to and from Ludington. This is 
 the short and most direct route between 
 the west shore of Lake Michigan and 
 all points in the State of Michigan and 
 
 the East. As the service is regular 
 and reliable the year around, passenger 
 traffic is large at all seasons. 
 
 A PICTURE on page 12 represents 
 the residence of Mr. Joseph Vilas, 
 who is well known throughout the 
 State. Mr. Vilas is largely interested 
 in the promotion of railroads; was the 
 founder of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore 
 & Western Railroad, and its president 
 for many years before it was absorbed 
 by the North-Western Line. 
 
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 THE WISCONSIN GCNTRAU bllNBS. 
 
 The opening of the new through 
 route from the West and Northwest to 
 the Athmtic seaboard, via Manitowoc, 
 has been brought about mainly through 
 the efforts of the Wisconsin Central 
 Lines. The extension of this line from 
 Menasha to Manitowoc closed a filty- 
 mile gap and at once made the Mani- 
 towoc route a reality and a big factor in 
 the carrying trade between the East 
 and the West. The Wisconsin Central 
 Lines, therefore, is the key to the 
 situation, and since its opening has 
 controlled, and is bound to control, a 
 large share of the business originating 
 in the Northwest, while traffic arrange- 
 ments with all the Eastern lines will 
 give it a fair share of west-bound shij)- 
 ments. It is practically an air line from 
 St. Paul and Minneapolis to Boston. 
 The terminal of this line at Manitowoc 
 is on a most e.xtensiie scale, as it owns 
 and controls the choicest dock property, 
 with e\ery facility for handling its enor- 
 mous freight business. Great grain 
 elevators and coal docks are located at 
 convenient points near the tracks. A 
 flour house 925 feet long, with storage 
 capacity for several hundred cars, pro- , 
 \ides adequate room for unloading, 
 shipping and forwarding freight by the 
 Great Lakes Steamship Company and 
 other lines. Through carload ship- 
 ments by car ferry are handled by 
 means of a modern car ferry slip. The 
 simple process of switching cars on to 
 the boat is all that is required, which is 
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 hour's time, and immediateh' dis- 
 patched on the journey across the lake. 
 He.vdlight prints a map of the Wis- 
 consin Central Lines, which will show 
 at a glance what the system is in its 
 relation to traffic of the West anil 
 Northwest, and in forming a shorter 
 route to all Eastern and Atlantic sea- 
 Ijoard terminals. 
 
 \V. H. Vandegrift, Agent, Wis- 
 consin Central Lines. — For more than 
 twenty-nine years Mr. Vandegrift has 
 
 been activelv in the harness as a rail- 
 road man. He has served in all sorts 
 of capacities, beginning as a telegraph 
 operator with the old Milwaukee, Lake 
 Shore & Western Railway, on which 
 line he rose to become Division Super- 
 intendent. The big business of the 
 Wisconsin Central lines at Manitowoc 
 could not be in safer or more capable 
 hands. Mr. Vandegrift has been in 
 charge here since the opening of the 
 Manitowoc gateway. 
 
 STORAGE TR.\CKS AT .MANITOWOC 
 
 A BIO -MILL OX WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINES. 
 
MANITOWOC. 
 
 TliC GRCAT MORTM-WCSTCRM UIMC. 
 
 Manm rowot' is particnlaiU lurtiinalc 
 ill haxiiiL; the athaiitaycs (if the .L;rcal 
 North-W'cstrin Line, whieli, wilhcnit 
 exception, is (he finest raihuad jinipertN' 
 in the world. For botii h'ei_t;ht and 
 passenger traffic the serx'ice offered la- 
 this great corporation is snpeih and 
 nnexcelled. In the prosecution ol its 
 vast business throngli the Manitowoc 
 gateway the compan\- has every facility 
 for the quick handling and transferring 
 of freight with a modern car-ferry slip ; 
 several miles of side track reaching all 
 the docks and shipping, together with 
 an immense flour house, it is in position 
 to ex]3editiously and quickly meet all 
 the demands upon it. Nothing is lack- 
 ing at this important terminal to gi\e 
 its patrons what they pay for, and the 
 North-Western Line can always be 
 
 ii'lied upon lo ren(k;r a fair and jnsi 
 i-qui\alent to all. 'i'hen there is some 
 satisfaction in doing business with a 
 broad-ganged, liberal company, uhirh 
 is always at work building up the towns 
 along its line. Of coiu'se, it is admitted 
 that there may be more or less self- 
 interest in such a policy, but the com- 
 munity is bound to share in whatever 
 benefit or prosperity that comes from 
 these efforts. 
 
 The officers of the North-Western 
 Line, from the highest to the lowest, 
 are famous for their cordial treatment 
 of its patrons. Anyone having busi- 
 ness with the company will be admitted 
 to c<inference with the proper officer, 
 cordially received, and his petition or 
 request will be carefully considered. 
 There is no red-tape in the administra- 
 
 lion ol the company's allaii'S. Altho\i;^]i, 
 as in all niodeiai business efli^rts, they 
 are the busiesl ol m<.-n, working at high 
 pressure, lliey are alwa\'S I'e.ady to give 
 attention to details that will achancc 
 the interests of the company and public. 
 Extent of the System. 
 The North-Western Line has eight 
 thousand miles of perfectly e(.|uippe(l 
 railwa)'. It penetrates the rit:hest and 
 most fertile region of nine great .States. 
 It carries all sorts of commodities in the 
 latest and most modern cars, .and its 
 lines are protected by all the newest 
 safety devices evolved by the ingenuity 
 of man. By traffic arrangements with 
 other lines it reaches 7,3,50 stations, 
 located on 41,000 miles of railroad. It 
 has on its lines more manulactories and 
 industries than any other Western 
 
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 A LIGHTED INTERIOR, CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAV. 
 
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 railroad. The pioneer railway of the 
 West, it has done more to develop the 
 mig-hty interests of the great Northwest 
 than any other agency. Its rails are of 
 the heaviest steel. It has more than 
 700 miles of double track, with full 
 complement of ties to the mile, and 
 with its 25,000 faithful employes is the 
 most potent transportation factor in the 
 new empire of the Northwest. 
 
 The Colorado Special. 
 
 Manitowoc people visiting Colorado 
 should by all means make the journey 
 in the new Colorado special. This 
 beautiful new train is perfect in e\ery 
 detail, from the pilot on the big engine 
 to the signal lights on the rear coach. 
 It is the ideal of luxurious modern 
 travel, and as it flies through space at 
 a fifty-mile clip the traveler is conscious 
 only of a fleeting panorama and an 
 environment that rix'als the comforts of 
 his own home. The Colorado Special 
 makes the trip to Denver in twenty- 
 se\en hours, and runs every day in the 
 year. The train from Denver is an 
 exact counterpart of the Chicago train, 
 running on the same schedule as to 
 time, and arrives Chicago at 8:30 P. M. 
 
 Great Lakes Steamship Company. 
 
 The Great Lakes Steamship Com- 
 pany is a most important factor in the 
 carrying trade between Manitowoc, 
 Cleveland, Buffalo and the East. The 
 comp'any at present employs four 
 splendid steamers, of about 2,500 tons 
 each, in the service. During the sea- 
 son of na\'igation these vessels make 
 regular semi-weekly sailings. Low 
 rates and first-class service makes the 
 line a popular one with all classes of 
 shippers. 
 
 FLINT & PERE iMARQUETTE R. R. STEAMER NO. 4, AT MANITOWOC. 
 
 Pennsylvania & Ohio Fuel Company. 
 
 A large section of the Northwest is 
 now supplied with coal by this big cor- 
 poration. Two immense docks, with 
 capacity aggregating 400,000 tons, are 
 used for storage of coal, which is 
 brought to Manitowoc principally by 
 vessels during the season of na^'igation 
 and shipped out by rail during the year 
 as required. The company handle the 
 famous Lehigh, Hocking Valley and 
 West \'irginia coal. Modern machin- 
 
 ery and appliances for loading and dis- 
 charging vessels and cars are employed. 
 This industry furnishes work for a large 
 number of men, and is a valuable 
 acquisition to the industries of Manito- 
 woc. 
 
 The company also operates coal 
 docks at various important points in 
 the Northwest, in connection with its 
 excellent terminal and dock property 
 at Manitowoc. The liberal policy of the 
 organization has brought great success. 
 
 COAL DOCKS OF THE PENNSYLVANL\ & OHIO FUEL COMPANY, MANITOWOC. 
 
MANITOWOC. 
 
 TMC GITY or MANITOWOC. 
 
 HEN the I'lrst 
 vA settlers came 
 to Manitowoc 
 ill the roman- 
 tic (lavs ol 
 Wis CO n sin's 
 early history, 
 w liiletheLjreat 
 state was yet in 
 its s w a d d 1 i n o- 
 < clothes, little did 
 
 they dream of the great commercial 
 importance of the city that was to rise 
 from the rude cabins of its pioneers. 
 
 Manitowoc liegan its histor_\- as a 
 municipalit\' as far back as 1M35, and 
 was settled, in common with many 
 other towns of Northern Wisconsin, by 
 an honest, thrifty class of Germans, 
 whose sons, while retaining many of 
 the conser\-ati\-e characteristics of the 
 belox'cd "Fatherland,'' are imbued with 
 the American idea of progress and are 
 leaders in all the commercial enter- 
 
 prises tlial ha\e broiii^lit wealth and 
 fame to the cil\' and Stati-. 
 
 A large majority of tlie people ol 
 Manitowoc own their own homes, many 
 of which are pretentions and of con- 
 siderafile architectural beaut)'. It is an 
 incomparable situation for a town, fu' 
 the \iew is perfect, the air is always 
 pure, and the breezes that sweep over 
 this great inland sea cools the heat of 
 summer and tempers the cold of winter. 
 The natural influence of the situation 
 is seen in the healthy, liappy fiices of 
 Manitowoc's citizens, for nowhere can 
 be Ibund a climate superior to the lati- 
 tude in which this magnificent city lies. 
 When the great metro]3olis ot Chicago 
 is sweltering under the torrid heat of 
 July, this favored spot is enjoying a 
 temperature many degrees cooler. The 
 same phenomenon is also observed dur- 
 ing the winter months by a much higher 
 temperature than is found at other 
 places near the same latitude. 
 
 Maiiilowdc beiiiL; tile direct liii^hwaN' 
 for Iratlic between tlie I'^ast and the 
 West and contiguous to the great lum- 
 ber and mineral regions of Wisconsin 
 and Michigan, with easv and cheaj) 
 access to all sorts of raw material and 
 fuel, is the logical situation for ;i great 
 manufacturing and industrial center. 
 
 The dexelopment of the across-the- 
 lake transportation lines has given an 
 entirely new character and importance 
 to the town. 
 
 The Manitowoc ri\er, which ilivides 
 the town, has been dredged and 
 widened by the United States Govern- 
 ment at an expense of several hundred 
 thousand dollars, and the city now 
 possesses one of the very finest harbors 
 on the entire chain of great lakes. It 
 has a depth of twenty-one feet and has 
 almost unlimited dockage facilities. 
 Our double-page panoramic view gives 
 a fair idea of the number of \-essels that 
 can find moorings in the harbor. 
 
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 Within a few years Manitowoc has 
 become one of" the most important flour 
 and grain distributing points in the 
 Northwest. Much the h\rger part of 
 the \-ast output of the Minneapolis mills 
 finds its way to the Atlantic seaboard 
 via the Manitowoc route. When it is 
 known that the capacity of these mills 
 amounts to over 61,000 barrels of flour 
 per day. some idea may be obtained 
 of the immensity of this traffic in the 
 Northwest. Manitowoc also ranks as a 
 great fuel distributing center. The two 
 great coal docks of the Penns)'lvania & 
 Ohio Fuel Compan\^ ]ia\e a capacity 
 in the aggregate for about 400,000 tons 
 of coal. The docks are filled during 
 the season of na\'igation when the coal 
 supply is plentiful and cheap, and ship- 
 ped to all parts of the Northwest at 
 other seasons by rail. Cars coming 
 from Minneapolis loaded with flour 
 carrv coal back into the Northwest. 
 
 Its magnificent schools and churches 
 are in keeping with the demands of the 
 times, while beautiful pri\'ate residences 
 in shadv, quiet streets are numerous 
 and attracti\'e. There is no community 
 where thrift and industry is more 
 marked, where individual rights and 
 comfort are more respected. The 
 volume of retail business transacted 
 here in all lines is enormous. Sur- 
 rounded bv a rich and fertile farming- 
 
 country, the products of the soil are 
 marketed here and sold for cash at all 
 seasons. Hay, grain, garden truck, 
 peas, and seeds are the chief products. 
 There is probably a greater production 
 of peas in Manitowoc County than any 
 other district of the same area in the 
 United States. Manufacturing in all 
 lines is prosperous, is being rajjidh- 
 extended, and new enterprises devel- 
 oped. The city will soon rank among 
 the leading jobbing and distributing 
 centers of the Northwest. Already it 
 is in the front rank in the grain and 
 fuel trade. The great ele\-ator of the 
 Northern Grain Company, built but a 
 vear ago, has been found inadequate 
 for the demands of this industry, and 
 the company is erecting a new elex-ator, 
 with a capacity of 15,000,000 bushels. 
 With an incomparably healthful cli- 
 mate, with a high class of industrious, 
 patriotic citizens, and with situation 
 unri\aled for commercial acti\ity, the 
 door of progress is open, and Manito- 
 woc has but to step into whatever 
 degree of wealth and power among the 
 cities of the Northwest her people may- 
 desire. 
 
 The Insane Hospital. 
 
 The care and treatment of the insane 
 is nowhere accomplished in a more suc- 
 cessful manner than at the Manitowoc 
 
 Insane Hospital, of which the accom- 
 panying picture is a fine representation. 
 Kindness, quietude and scientific 
 treatment are the principal features that 
 have spread its feme to all parts of the 
 State, so that many neighboring coun- 
 ties send patients to Manitowoc, paying 
 for their maintenance. From this rev- 
 enue the directors were able to make 
 the gratifying report of an income of 
 $1 1,000 ox'er expenditures for last year. 
 The two hundred or more acres are 
 kept in a high state of cultivation by 
 the more tractable patients, who are 
 greatly benefited by work in the open 
 air, in the fields, amid flowers and 
 shrubbery. The hospital is a pet hobby 
 of Mr. William Rahr, the secretary, to 
 whcise excellent business management 
 its great success is largely due. 
 
 A Shipbuilding Industry. 
 
 Among the industries held in the 
 highest estimation by the people of 
 Manitowoc is the great shipbuilding 
 yard of Messrs. H. B. and G. B. Ber- 
 ger. They have built spme of the best 
 and most serviceable boats on the lakes 
 and have for their patrons such well- 
 known corporations as the Goodrich 
 Transportation Company, whose entire 
 fleet, with the exception of two boats, 
 was put into the water by Messrs. Ber- 
 ger & Berger. This shipbuilding in- 
 
 HOSPITAL FOR THE INSA.NE AT MANITOWOC. — C. H. TEGEN, AKCHnECT. 
 
MANITOWOC. 
 
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 dustry was started in the year 1869, 
 since which time one hundred to three 
 hundred famihes ha\-e been maintained 
 by work obtained here, therefore the 
 people of this city have a very high re- 
 gard for this particular enterprise. In 
 addition to building new vessels, the 
 firm does docking and all sorts of 
 marine repairing. The dock is 340 
 feet long, 44 feet wide at gate, 12 feet 
 deep on sill, and will admit vessels ot 
 2,000 tons. They also ha\e a set oi 
 boxes capable of lifting vessels of 350 
 tons, and carry a large stock of spars 
 and repairs. This industry is one of ' 
 great magnitude and has been of im- 
 mense benefit to the merchants and 
 people of Manitowoc generally. 
 
 Northern Grain Company. 
 
 Among Manitowoc's big enterprises 
 the Northern Grain Company occupies 
 a conspicuous place. The great ele- 
 vator, erected something o\er a year 
 ago, with a capacity of 800,000 bush- 
 els, has been found inadequate to meet 
 the demands, and is being augmented 
 by the addition of two new houses of 
 750,000 bushels capacity each. These 
 elevators have a working capacity to 
 
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 unload, clean and put in first-class 
 merchantable condition, 250 cars a day, 
 and a loading capacity into boats of 
 100,000 bushels per hour. They are 
 of the latest models of construction. 
 
 The company originate and handle 
 from fifteen to twenty-five million bush- 
 els of grain per year. This big lousi- 
 ness is transacted through 160 country 
 elevators, located on the North-Western 
 and Wisconsin Central lines in si.x 
 Western States. 
 
 The company is represented on the 
 Atlantic seaboard at New York and 
 Boston, and in Europe at London, 
 Li\'erpool and Antwerp. 
 
 Manitowoc Steam Boiler Works. 
 
 The manufacture of marine boilers is 
 one of the leading and most important 
 industries of the City of Manitowoc. 
 Many of the steam vessels on Lake 
 Michigan and the other lakes have been 
 equipped with boilers from these works. 
 The firm makes a specialty of hea\y 
 work, fitting up the largest \-essels 
 sailing in these waters. The business 
 was founded by Mr. William J. Hess, a 
 practical boilermaker of twenty-five 
 years' experience, and one of the most 
 skillful in the country. The Hess boiler 
 is a synonym for excellence, built upon 
 
 RESIDENCE OF JOSEI'H VILAS. 
 
 honor, and those who know most about 
 it are loudest in its praise. The large 
 plant covers a Ijlock of ground, and 
 emplovs fifty men in the various depart- 
 ments. While the firm makes a spe- 
 cialt\' of marine work, thev also manu- 
 iacture pulp digesters for paper mills, 
 on which they have a large trade. 
 
 A Big Seating Factory. 
 
 JM.\MT0W0C SE.VTIXt; COJIP.VNY. — 
 
 This big establishment is engaged in 
 the manufiicture of church and school 
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 is purely a local enterprise, being owned 
 and operated entirely by Manitowoc 
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 A GRCAT MAUTIINCi INDUSTRY. 
 
 Till': Wn.i.i.wi l\.viii< Sons' Com- 
 pany. — The malt niauufactured by 
 lliis firm has loiii;- had a hiijh reputation 
 and a large demand among brewers in 
 the United States. .Since the opening of 
 the new freight route by means of the 
 car-ferry line across the lake, however, 
 the demands for this e.xcellent product 
 have shown a large and gratifying in- 
 crease. The barle)' grown in this sec- 
 tion of Wisconsin is acknowledged by 
 experts to be the finest malt-producing 
 grain grown anvwhere. Besides ha\-ing 
 the best grain in the world as a starter, 
 the scientific method of handling would 
 insure a good article of malt from more 
 or less ordinary stock. Each member 
 of the firm is an expert maltster, with a 
 lifelong experience in preparing and 
 handling this delicate product. The 
 business was established in 1847 and 
 incorporated in 1S93. The officers ot 
 the corporation are : William Rahr, 
 president; Maximilian Rahr, \-ice-presi- 
 dent, and Reinhardt Rahr, secretary 
 
 and trt'asui'er. The ca])acity of the 
 house is about 600,000 bushels per 
 year. The ele\'ator storage capacity 
 (if the tlilfercnt elevators is about 300,- 
 000 bushels. The malthouse is con- 
 nectetl by sidetracks with the Chicago 
 l\: North- Western Railway and Wis- 
 consin Central Railway, which, with 
 the car-ferry line operating across the 
 lake, gives the establisliment practical 
 railroad connections with e\ery line in 
 the United States. In the matter of 
 freight rates and quick despatch, the 
 William Rahr Sons' Company are in 
 positior, to give the best service of any 
 malting establishment in Wisconsin. 
 The firm shipped in April of this year 
 an order for 300,000 bushels of malt to 
 the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Associa- 
 tion at St. Louis. This great shipment 
 went forward in special solid double- 
 header trains of ft)rty cars each o\'er 
 the North-Western Line. This order 
 is belie\'ed to be the largest single order 
 fir malt e\-er placed by one concern 
 
 with one concern; and considering the 
 high standard of excellence maintained 
 by the great St. Louis brewers for their 
 product, this order by them may be 
 fairly considered as the highest possible 
 tribute of a consumer to the quality of 
 the malt nianuf ictiu'ed by the William 
 Rahr .Sons' Company. 
 
 Kneipp Malt Food Co. 
 
 The deleterious efiects of coffee have 
 long been recognized by the medical 
 profession as among the causes of many 
 of the nervous troubles incident to 
 modern life. The best substitute ever 
 discovered to take the place of this 
 great beverage of the people is Kneipp' s 
 Malt Coffee. It is so nearly like coffee 
 in taste that the most confirmed coffee 
 drinker takes to it at once, and finds in 
 a brief time that his nervous system is 
 restored to its normal condition. The 
 Manitowoc fiactory sells a million and a 
 quarter of pounds per year. Free 
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 HEADLIGHT. 
 
 A TAMOU^ PEA GAINNINQ INDUSTRY. 
 
 A. Landreth Company's Great 
 Pea Canning Industry. — Since the 
 establishment of this big business in 
 1890, the Albert Landreth Company 
 have set a very rapid pace for the pea 
 factories of the United States. This 
 firm sustains the reputation which has 
 been well earned by close study and 
 attention to the details of the business 
 of putting up the very finest product in 
 the way of canned peas turned out any- 
 where in the world. While the soil 
 and climate surrounding Manitowoc are 
 particularly favorable to the production 
 of this delight of the epicure, still the 
 wonderful success of the firm has been 
 brought about by original and peculiar 
 methods of handling. In order to 
 obtain the very choicest grades of peas, 
 the company rents the land, plants and 
 picks the crop, which makes it entirely 
 the master of the situation. 
 
 Climate has much to do with the 
 proper maturity of this vegetable, but 
 after it has matured much skill is re- 
 quired to properly preserve it, so that 
 the flavor may be retained. The pack- 
 ers of the Lakeside peas ha\-e adhered 
 
 to their original plan of putting up 
 nothing but the finest quality of canned 
 peas. Their maxim has been, "From 
 the \ine to the can in the shortest pos- 
 sible time. ' ' They ha\'e always said : 
 ' ' Let us have quality rather than quan- 
 tity. ' ' 
 
 In renting the land used in growing 
 the crop, this company has a great ad- 
 vantage. If peas were purchased from 
 the farmer he would insist on their ma- 
 turing, so as to get large, crowded pods, 
 and it would matter little to him if they 
 were tough, provided he could increase 
 the number of bushels. This is where 
 this company sacrifices quantity for 
 quality. By renting the land, as they 
 do, and having such a great force of 
 pickers, they are enabled to harvest the 
 crop at just the right time. 
 
 The company has not purchased a 
 single bushel of peas in the green state 
 since they have started in business. 
 They ha\'e grown them all. 
 
 This insures the public a uniform 
 quality. Every can with a Lakeside 
 label on it has a guarantee. 
 
 The company point with pride to 
 
 their large number of special customers 
 from the very best people li\'ing in dis- 
 tant towns in the West, who send to 
 them for their supplies, even at a large 
 special expense for transportation. 
 
 The Albert Landreth Company are 
 leaders in their line of work, and, as is 
 always the case where success is great, 
 they have imitators who claim a prod- 
 uct ' ' equal to Manitowoc. ' ' This is 
 the highest praise the company could 
 receive, and proves that their goods 
 have become the "Standard of Excel- 
 lence." The peas pass through the 
 various processes, and the result is a 
 product stored in millions of their 
 "Lakeside gold-labeled cans," ready 
 for the table, as natural and delicious 
 as from the crisp, dew-laden, freshly 
 picked pods from the garden. 
 
 This great industry has grown to its 
 present immense proportions through 
 the indomitable will and energy of its 
 proprietor. This method of preserving 
 this luscious vegetable is original with 
 Albert Landreth, whose experiments 
 and lifelong study has brought it to its 
 present state of perfection. 
 
 PLANT OF THE ALBERT LANDRETH COMPANY, AT MANITOWOC. 
 
IVTANITOWOC. 
 
 15 
 
 ABOUT *SMAl>UCY GOODS.'' 
 
 Till-: Smalley MANUFACTUurNi; 
 Company, whose plant we show here- 
 with, claim to be the largest manufac- 
 turers of ensilage and fodder-cutting 
 machincr\- in the world. Their prod- 
 ucts are marketed in e\'ery stockrais- 
 ing and dairy section of the United 
 States and Canada, and are renowned 
 for unusual merit wherever introduced. 
 Their business was established by the 
 present head of the company in 1857, 
 and has grown until they are justified 
 in making the following announcement 
 to their friends, which they make in a 
 recent edition of their catalogue : 
 
 No more complete or convenient plant 
 for manufacturing is to be found in the West 
 than that owned by our company. Ample 
 foundry room, with a daily capacity of 
 10,000 pounds of finished castings ; exten- 
 sive machine shops, suppiied with alt im- 
 proved and labor-saving machines, together 
 with well-equipped woodworking rooms 
 and commodious warerooms, enabfe us to 
 manufacture first-class goods at very reason- 
 able cost; and while we neither aim nor 
 intend to compete with shoddy or poorly 
 constructed implements, we know that our 
 products will gain favor wherever intro- 
 duced. We believe the average American 
 farmer is sufficientlv intelligent to detect real 
 
 merit when he sees it, and knowing the e.x- 
 cellence of the products, we have no fear 
 but "Smalley goods" will always secure 
 their share of farmers' patronage. 
 Very respectfully, 
 Sm.\lley Manufacuring Co. 
 
 •Smalley goods include: Ensilage and 
 fodder cutters, root cutters and vege- 
 table slicers, farm feed mills and ear- 
 corn grinders, corn shellers, champion 
 plows, sweep and tread horse powers, 
 2, 4 and 6 horse farm engines, drag 
 and circular saw machines and bolting 
 mills. 
 
 The picture shown herewith is that 
 of Mr. Edmund Jewett Smalley, presi- 
 dent of the Smalley Manufacturing- 
 Company, cut of whose plant appears 
 on this same page. Mr. Smalley was 
 born at Riga, Monroe County, New- 
 York, on July 6, 1817. He established 
 his present business in 1857, and has 
 de\'eloped it from a small concern into 
 one whose products are known in every 
 part of the United States and Canada. 
 
 He is still actively connected with 
 the company as its president, and 
 though eighty-one years of age is hale 
 and hearty and can talk ' ' Smalley feed 
 
 EDMUND JEWETT SMALLEY. 
 
 cutters" or the merits of "ensilage 
 and dry fodder cutting ' ' with as much 
 vigor as ever. He is a splendid exam- 
 ple of what a good constitution, backed 
 up by a life of excellent habits, can do 
 toward making one's old age a happy 
 one. His associates in business not 
 only hope but think they are safe in 
 predicting that he has many years of 
 business usefulness still in store for 
 him. 
 
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 THE PERE MARQUETTE LOADING CARS AT THE CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY CAR 
 
 FERRY SLIP AT MANITOWOC. 
 
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IVTANITOWOC. 
 
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 VIEW OF MANITOWOC RIVER, SHOWING PART OF CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY 
 
 DOCKS AND FLOUR HOUSE. 
 
 
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 HEADLIGHT. 
 
 A Wholesale Liquor House. 
 
 F. SiXTA & Sons. — This was one of 
 the first houses in Northern Wisconsin 
 to engage in the Hquor business and it 
 has become widely known as a rehable 
 source of supply. It was started in a 
 small way in 1867 by Mr. F. Sixta, and 
 the present copartnership was formed 
 in 1892, by the admission of his sons 
 Frank M., Edward W. and E. C. Si.xta, 
 all young men of merit and tried experi- 
 ence in the business — in fact, they were 
 raised in the business. The house car- 
 ries a large stock, selected with rare 
 good judgment, embracing all the 
 choicest brands of wines, brandies, gins, 
 rums, etc., h'om the most celebrated 
 distilleries. 
 
 The firm handles the famous Kelly 
 Island, Ohio, wines, and wines from 
 California, making a specialty of fine 
 Kentucky and Eastern rye whiskies. 
 The trade extends throughout Wiscon- 
 sin, with shipments to neighboring 
 States. The Anti-Cholerical Stomach 
 Bitters which this house has manufac- 
 tured for the past twenty-five years, has 
 obtained a wide reputation and an enor- 
 mous sale throughout the United States. 
 It is particularly noted for its unfailing 
 qualities as a stomach strengthener, 
 
 WISCONSIN CENTRAL FI.Ol-R HOUSE AT :\IANITOWOC. 
 
 blood purifier and nerve tonic. This 
 business is managed with excellent 
 judgment and intelligence, and the firm 
 guard the splendid reputation of the 
 house with great care. The premises 
 comprise a two-story brick building, 25 
 by 85 feet in size, and the trade comes 
 from this and tributary points. 
 
 C. A. HuCHTHAUSEN, Agent North- 
 western Line. — Mr. Huchthausen has 
 had a \'aried and active experience in 
 railroad work, extending over more 
 than a quarter of a century. He began 
 his railroad career with the North- 
 western road in 1871, and has been 
 evervthing from freight handler t(5 sta- 
 
 tion agent. In 1882 he accepted a 
 position with the Lake Shore line, re- 
 taining same until it was absorbed and 
 became the Ashland Division of the 
 C. & N.-W. R'y some four or fi\'e 
 years ago. He has an enormous capac- 
 ity for work, which gives eminent satis- 
 faction to the company and the public. 
 HeadlRiHT desires to acknowledge 
 indebtedness to the Timberman for 
 much of the information contained in its 
 article on the F. & P. M. R. R., in 
 this issue. The Tiinbeniian is the larg- 
 est and most successful journal devoted 
 to the lumbering interests published in 
 America. 
 
 VIEWS OF THE WHOLESALE LIC.IUOR HOUSE OF F. SIXTA & SONS. 
 
MANITOWOC. 
 
 19 
 
 The City Government. 
 
 The municipal affairs of the city are 
 honestly and economically adminis- 
 tered. Taxes are low, and in all puh- 
 lic enterprises the people's interests 
 ha\e the first consideration. The city 
 government is in the hands of a mayor 
 and board of fonrteen aldermen. 
 
 THOS. E. TORRISON, HIAVOR. 
 
 Thomas E. Torrison, Mayor, was 
 born in Manitowoc in the year 1855. 
 He was educated in the common schools 
 of his native town, supplemented by six 
 years at Luther College, Decorah, 
 Iowa, where he was graduated in 1876. 
 He has been active in the management 
 of the big business of O. Torrison & 
 Company for the past twenty-one years. 
 The estimation in which he is held by 
 his fellow-citizens is attested by the fact 
 that he has been four times honored as 
 
 mayor of Manitowoc. He is a clear- 
 headed, conservative business man, and 
 his wise direction of municipal affairs is 
 no less marked than the success attained 
 by the big house in commercial affairs, 
 of which he is the nominal head. The 
 broadening of Manitowoc's commercial 
 horizon, which has received a great im- 
 petus by the opening of the car-ferry 
 lines across the lake, will not be ob- 
 scured so long as he shall remain at the 
 helm of the municipal ship. Mr. Tor- 
 rison also serves the city as a member 
 of the Board of Education, and is the 
 president and a director in the Mani- 
 towoc Seating Company. 
 
 George B. Burger represents the 
 city from the first ward. He is the 
 senior partner in the shipbuilding in- 
 dustry of Burger & Burger. 
 
 Carl Hanson, alderman from the 
 first ward, is serving his first term. He 
 is a \aluable member of the community 
 and a faithful and efficient public officer. 
 
 Robert E. Hempton has been re- 
 appointed to serve the second ward in 
 the city council. He is one of Mani- 
 towoc's successful business men and a 
 thoroughly popular official. 
 
 H. D. Smalley is serving his first 
 term, representing the second ward. 
 He is a son of E. J. Smalley, president 
 of the Smalley Manufacturing Com- 
 pany, and is himself interested in that 
 great industry. 
 
 G. Levenhagen, member of the 
 city council from the third ward, is 
 
 THE COURTHOUSE. 
 
 another of Manitowoc's highly respected 
 citizens. His influence in the council 
 is always put forth for the best interests 
 of the city. 
 
 Nels N. Winingsted was elected 
 to the council this spring as a represen- 
 tati\'e of the fourth ward and fills his 
 chair to the entire satisfaction of his 
 constituents. 
 
 M. C. Kleman is a member of the 
 city council from the fifth ward. His 
 reelection to the office this spring is 
 proof that his past services in that body 
 were appreciated. 
 
 GusTAV Mueller represents the 
 seventh ward in the council. He is 
 secretary and treasurer of the big 
 
 
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 HEADLIGHT. 
 
 COl'NTV JAIL. 
 
 Schreihart Brewing Company. This 
 genial whole-souled gentleman is a gen- 
 eral fiivorite with all classes of people 
 in the community. 
 
 August VVillert represents the city 
 from the fifth ward, and gi\'es the same 
 attention to his public duties that he 
 de\otes to his jirivate affairs. 
 
 John F. Du.mke, alderman from the 
 sixth ward, is an old resident of Mani- 
 towoc. He has been engaged for man\' 
 years in the retail shoe business and is 
 an efficient and highly respected public 
 officer. 
 
 Frank Blesch, a member of the 
 city council from the si.xth ward, is serv- 
 ing his first term. He has a high stand- 
 ing in the community as a business man 
 and a citizen. 
 
 Ignatz Naidv, also ser\-es in the 
 city council, representing the seventh 
 ward with credit and honor to himself 
 and the city. 
 
 The First German Ev. Lutheran 
 Church. — This is one of the largest 
 reliyious institutions of Manitowoc. 
 
 PUHLIC SCHOOLS. 
 
 'I'he efforts of Mr. K. Machmiller, the 
 pastor, are Iruitful of much good. 
 
 The Holy Family Convent 
 
 The growth and de\-elopment of this 
 community of P'ranciscan sisters illus- 
 trates in a most forcible way what may 
 be accomplished when persons or indi- 
 viduals are inspired by a high purpose. 
 The connnunitv was founded in 1869, 
 when tour young women received the 
 Franciscan habit from the hands of the 
 late lamented Re\'. J. Fessler. Al- 
 though the order has suffered in the 
 past for lack of funds, and once their 
 hopes were blasted by a flash of light- 
 ning which destroyed their beautiful 
 home, they zealously toiled with strong 
 faith until they became one of the 
 greatest f ictors for doing good in the 
 State. The situation of the convent, 
 in the country, four miles from Mani- 
 towoc, overlooking Silver Lake, is 
 most beautiful. Here amid the quie- 
 tude and jieace of rural life three hun- 
 
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 dred sisters are prepared for teachers 
 and other religious work. The sisters 
 are now erecting a splendid hospital in 
 Manitowoc at a cost of over |;40,ooo. 
 The hospital will be open to all, and 
 the poor unfortunate without money 
 will receive as skillful treatment and 
 care as the millionaire. Pictures of 
 these institutions appear on page 29. 
 
 EVANGELICAL LUTHER.\N SCHOOL. 
 
 rlRSr L,ERJI\N EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 
 CHURCH. 
 
IVEANITOWOC. 
 
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 St. IloMiAri', Parish: 1\c\-. Wil- 
 liam ]. l\'il, Isfclor, Rc\-. AIIhtI ]. 
 Miuliir, Assislant Rector. — Rev. 
 l'"atiuT I'cil was honi in Racine, Wis- 
 consin, in the year \^4<-). His youth- 
 ful echication was gained at parochial 
 and priwate schools in his natix'c town, 
 which was supplenienteil \>y a course ol 
 sexeral )'ears at .Si. h'rancis' .Seminary, 
 in this .State. 1 le wa.s ordained a priest 
 August 6, 1872, and served as assist- 
 ant for some time at .St. Joseph's, Mil- 
 waukee, and from there transferred to 
 Caletlonia, .St. Louis Parish. He came 
 to Manitowoc in May, 18S1. Our 
 picture will show St.- Boniface Church, 
 school and residence as it is today, all 
 of which is the result of Father Peil's 
 loving and energetic labors. Four 
 hundred and ten families are regular 
 communicants ol his parish. The 
 school is in charge of the Sisters of .St. 
 Francis, Al\-erno. Father Mueller was 
 born in Barton, Washington county, 
 this State. He was educated at St. 
 Francis, and ordained a priest in 1897. 
 He is serving his first charge as assist- 
 ant rector of St. Boniface Parish. 
 
 
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 NEWSP.VPEKS OF M.VXITOWOC. 
 
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 HHADLIQHT. 
 
 John Schuette. — One of the pio- 
 neer business men of Manitowoc is the 
 above-named gentleman. The inter- 
 ests of John Scliuette embrace miUing, 
 manufacturing', banking, etc. He is 
 proprietor of the Oriental Mills, which 
 have a capacity of 300 barrels per day, 
 and president of the Manitowoc Savings 
 Bank, which has a capital of $100,000. 
 He is also president of the Manitowoc 
 Electric Light Company, which was 
 incorporated in 1889. It now has in 
 service 5,000 lights, for which power is 
 furnished by eight dynamos. It is one 
 of the model plants of the State, and 
 receives a generous support from the 
 citizens of Manitowoc. Mr. Schuette's 
 revenues are further augmented by the 
 Manitowoc Land Plaster Works, of 
 which he is proprietor. About 2,000 
 tons of fertilizer are produced and sold 
 every year. The accompanying pic- 
 ture is a representation of Mr. Schuette's 
 interests. 
 
 The National Bank. — Among 
 the banking institutions of the State 
 the National Bank of this city deserves 
 a place in the front rank. It was or- 
 ganized in May, 1894, with a capital 
 stock of $100,000. The bank building 
 is illustrated in this issue. It is a model 
 of completeness and an architectural 
 ornament to the North Side. The 
 interior is handsomely and tastefully 
 furnished and all modern bank devices 
 are in use. The official staff" and direc- 
 tory is composed of the following- 
 gentlemen : L. D. Moses, president ; 
 Leander Choate, of Oshkosh, vice- 
 president ; Clarence Hill, cashier. 
 
 C. A. Groffman, Druggist. — Mr. 
 Groffman brings to bear in the conduct 
 of this business a long practical e.xperi- 
 ence which now extends back some 
 twelve years. His stock is complete in 
 every respect, comprising everything in 
 the line of drugs and medicines, pro- 
 prietary remedies, also toilet articles 
 and perfumery in great abundance. 
 His trade is a permanent one, and in 
 the matter of physicians' prescriptions 
 the greatest care is given to their accu- 
 rate compounding. Mr. Groffman has 
 now been established about four years 
 and has developed a business interest 
 alike successful and creditable. He is 
 a nati\e of Manitowoc and a leading 
 member of the K. of P. 
 
 BANK AXD other INTERESTS OK JOHN SCHUETTE. 
 
 Manitowoc Music Company is un- 
 der the management of Mr. C. H. 
 Paulus, who is an old-time and highly 
 respected resident of Manitowoc. The 
 store is filled with all sorts of instru- 
 ments and other delights of musicians. 
 
 Mr. J. W. Beatson, connected with 
 Headlight for the past four years, 
 withdraws on the publication of this 
 issue, his own publications demanding 
 a larger share of his attention. Head- 
 LicHT wishes him continued success. 
 
 THE national BANK. 
 
MANITOWOC. 
 
 23 
 
 Tin: W'l i.i.iA.Ms is tlu- Icadiiii; fust- 
 class huU'l in Manitowoc, and is under 
 the niaiia.yenicnt ot' a veteran hotel 
 man, Mr. C"i. A. Alexander. It has 
 recenth" been compleU-lv rcniodelei-1 anil 
 refurnished, and is as neat and coiii- 
 f(_)rtalile as any house in the State. It 
 is heated throughout with steam. 
 Electric lights, and bells are among the 
 modern accessories to comfort. The 
 bar in connection is stocked with choice 
 wines and liquors, imported and 
 domestic cigars. Mr. .Alexander brings 
 to his aid in the management of the 
 Williams an experience in hotel work 
 of man)- years. For four years he was 
 at the head of the well and favorably 
 known Bardon, at Hurley, Wisconsin, 
 which has ahvays had a high place in 
 the estimation of the traveling public. 
 
 John N. Hover conducts the barber 
 shop and bathrooms in the basement of 
 the Williams House. This establish- 
 ment is equipped with all the modern 
 accessories to gi\e its customers the 
 highest class of ser\ice in this line. 
 
 O. ToRRisox & Co.MP.\xv. — This 
 is an oftspring of one of the oldest 
 mercantile establishments of the North- 
 west. The business was founded in 
 1849 by the late O. Torrison, and 
 grew to immense proportions under his 
 mastertlil direction. On Mr. Tor- 
 rison' s death, in 1892, control of the 
 property passed to the Estate of 
 O. Torrison, and the direction of the 
 
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 various enterprises is in the competent 
 hands of sons of the founder. .Steps 
 are now being taken to incorporate it 
 as a stock company, under the laws ol 
 the State, with the above name. The 
 accompanying picture is a representa- 
 tion of the big house, which is com- 
 pletely filled with a well-assorted stock 
 of dry goods, millinery, clothing, car- 
 pets, curtains, shoes, crockery, grocer- 
 ies, etc. The firm also deals in grain 
 and farm produce of all kinds. Their 
 
 trade, wholesale and retail, extends 
 throughout Manitowoc and adjoining 
 counties. 
 
 Edw. S. Baer & Co., Bicycles, the 
 leading bicycle establishment of Mani- 
 towoc. In addition to being agents 
 for the .Sterling and other high-grade 
 wheels, the firm manufacture a good 
 wheel and conduct an extensive repair- 
 ing and enameling business. Mr. Baer 
 is an expert wheelman and a high-class 
 bicycle machinist. 
 
 THE TORRISON BLOCK. 
 
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 HBADLIGHT. 
 
 Manitowoc is an unusually healthy 
 city, and remarkably free from epidem- 
 ics of all kinds. The medical serxices 
 requisite to the community are in the 
 hands of thoroughly competent physi- 
 cians and surgeons, representing the 
 various schools of medicine. He.mi- 
 I.IGHT presents herewith a group of 
 rei)resentative Manitowoc physicians. 
 These gentlemen are graduates of the 
 best colleges, have all been eminently 
 successful in their profession, and in 
 most cases ha\-e had many years of 
 practical experience in the treatment of 
 diseases. 
 
 William J. Raeuber, Architect. — 
 No better index to the rapid advance- 
 ment of public taste during the last 
 generation could be Ibund than in the 
 re\-olution of its architectural styles. 
 While the older residences of Manit(j- 
 woc display in many cases the same 
 unfortunate lack of taste that is in e\i- 
 dence through all |)arts of the country, 
 the newer homes that are springing up 
 so rapidly are almost invariably models 
 of good taste and architectural beauty. 
 We print herewith a group of modern 
 Manitowoc homes designed by Mr. 
 Raeuber, who, although a compara- 
 ti\'ely recent comer, has already erected 
 dwellings in all parts of the city. 
 
 The residences of Dr. Henry, Judge 
 Craite, and nianv other costlv and 
 
 A GROIP OF PRO^nNI•:NT PHYSICIANS. 
 
 beautiful h(jmes which ha\e been re- ventilating of public and private build- 
 
 cently finished, are the work of this ings. 
 
 gentleman. Through association with HEADLIGHT! Extra copies can be 
 
 a civil engineer, Mr. Raeuber is pre- ordered from Mr. Charles F. Fechter, 
 
 pared to undertake any class of hea\y who is the local agent for the Manitowoc 
 
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 Plu.ncp. & Nki.son Company, 
 Wholesale Grocers. — This business 
 began in a rather small way in 1S74, 
 and has grown to rank among the 
 leading wholesale grocery establish- 
 ments of the State. The company was 
 incorporated under the laws of Wiscon- 
 sin in 1 888, with $100,000 capital. 
 The success of the company is due in a 
 great measure to the splendid shipping 
 advantages of Manitowoc, since heavy 
 goods, comprising grocers' stocks, are 
 delivered at the company's docks at 
 lake rates of freight. The company 
 enjoys a large trade thi'oughout a big 
 section of the Northwest, which shows 
 a very flattering increase from year to 
 year. The territory is covered by a 
 force of tra\eling salesmen. 
 
 Franz & Schmitz. — This firm is 
 engaged in the real estate, loan and 
 insurance business, and ranks among 
 the leading establishments of this char- 
 acter in the City of Manitowoc. The 
 
 SOME jnaUiERS OF THE M.VNITOWOC l!AK. 
 
 business was established in 1877 by Mr. 
 John Franz, and after some changes in 
 the succeeding years, became as at 
 present in July, 1896. They are also 
 agents lor several steamship lines, 
 among which are the Hamburg-Amer- 
 
 J. FRANZ. 
 
 L. A. SCHMITZ. 
 
 ican Packet Company, North German 
 Llovd, Star Line, Rotterdam and 
 Amsterdam. Both of these gentlemen 
 are lifelong residents of the city, and 
 liave always been hekl in the highest 
 esteem by their neighbors and the pub- 
 lic in peneral. 
 
 The Ori-.RA Hoi'SK. — Headlight 
 prints an i[iterior and e.xterior view ot 
 this fine theater. The house has a 
 seating capacity of 800, with a stage 32 
 by 56 feet. It is the only theater in 
 Manitowoc, heated by a furnace and 
 lighted by electricity. The house is in 
 every way equipped and prepared to 
 handle first-class attractions. Managers 
 contemplating tours through this section 
 of the State will do well to address Mr. 
 Stephan Kranik, manager, for open 
 time. 
 
 The Manitowoc bar, a group of the 
 representatives of which is printed 
 herewith, includes among its members 
 men of wide reputation and high stand- 
 ing in the community. Hon. Emil 
 Baensch is the State's lieutenant-go\- 
 ernor. Messrs. L. J. and E. G. Nash 
 constitute the well-known firm of Nash 
 & Nash. Robert and Herbert Mark- 
 
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 THE OPERA HOUSE. 
 
 INTERIOR OPERA HOUSE. 
 
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 ham are sons of John D. Markham, 
 one of Manitowoc's oldest lawyers, 
 and have succeeded to the business. 
 Mr. E. J. OnstacI is one of the rising 
 )'ouny attorneys of the city. Mr. E. 
 L. Kelly is a partner in the firm of 
 Schenian & Kelly. Mr. Schenian's 
 portrait will be found in the group of 
 county officers. 
 
 JnHN D. .Markham has spent forty- 
 two years in the practice of law in 
 Manitowoc, still sitting at the same desk 
 built for him by a local carpenter when 
 Manitowoc was young. But Mr. 
 Markham loves old associations, and 
 delights to talk about old times. He 
 has met and known intimateh' fundus 
 men galore in his different sojourns at 
 Washington in the interests of Manito- 
 woc harbor, and attendance upon the 
 Supreme Court, of which he can enter- 
 tain the visitor with many an interesting- 
 story. Mr. Markham has a remarka- 
 ble memory for facts and dates, and his 
 fund of political and historical knowl- 
 edge is prodigious. 
 
 C. A. Gii-:l(>\v, City Treasurer. — 
 Although a Democrat, he was elected to 
 this important office in a strong Repub- 
 lican couununitv, on an independent 
 ticket, without opposition. 
 
 C. H. Tkgen, Architect. — Most 
 of the new public institutions of Mani- 
 towoc, which are models of refined 
 
 C. LIEBENOW & SON, JEWELERS, 
 
 architectural taste, and the pride ot the 
 city, are the originations of Mr. Tegen. 
 He is a thonjugh student in his line, 
 gi\ing his work most profound thought 
 and care. His success is demonstrated 
 in the erection of many beautiful build- 
 ings, especially in the elegant edifice of 
 the Manitowoc Insane Hospital, illus- 
 trated on another page. He also built 
 the new county jail, a model of modern 
 jail architecture. Mr. Tegen has erected 
 many school buildings at various 
 places, and the Racine County Asylum, 
 built by him, has been ''the means of 
 sending his fame as an architect through- 
 out the .State. He takes particular 
 pride in planning residences, and the 
 beautiful home of Mr. Charles Spindler, 
 which is pictured here, is a fine speci- 
 men of his work. 
 
 C. LiEBEXow & Son, Watches, 
 Clocks and Jewelry. — The accompany- 
 ing pictures are interior views of this 
 beautiful store. The firm carries a 
 large stock of watches, clocks, jewelry, 
 sih'erware, optical goods, and every- 
 thing usually found in a first-class house 
 of this character. They are agents for 
 all kinds and grades of standard 
 watches — Elgin, Waltham, Hampton, 
 and other first-class watches. Mr. 
 Liebenow has a large trade, which is 
 the result of many years' effort. 
 
 G. G. Sedgwick, City Attorney, is 
 also a member of the Board of Public 
 Works. Mr. .Sedgwick is chairman 
 of the North Side School Board, and 
 is interested in State and National 
 politics. He was a delegate to the Re- 
 publican National Con\'ention in i8g6. 
 
MANITOWOC. 
 
 RESIDKNCE OK L. J. NAKIl. 
 
 William Ratiisack & Son con- 
 duct one of the largest and most pros- 
 perous hardware establishments in the 
 city. They carry a full and complete 
 stock of everything' usually found in a 
 first-class house of this character. 
 Their business has been a success from 
 its establishment some fi\e years ago — 
 so much so, in fact, that they ha\'e been 
 compelled to increase their storeroom 
 capacity, and now occupy a building 30 
 by 52 feet, with anne.x 28 by 30 feet. 
 In connection with their general hard- 
 ware business they conduct quite an 
 extensive job and manufacturing de- 
 partment, in which some tvveh'c people 
 find employment. The firm is com- 
 posed of William, Louis, and William, 
 Jr., who stand high among the progres- 
 she and energetic business men of 
 Manitowoc. The success of this busi- 
 ness is the logical outcome of fair deal- 
 ing and honorable methods. 
 
 RESIDENCE OF F. 
 
 The Water Supply of Manitowoc. 
 
 One of the greatest boons to a city, 
 for the maintenance of the public 
 health, to insure cleanliness and free- 
 dom from ejiidemics, and lor efficient 
 protection against fire, is an abundant 
 and [)ure supply of water. Manitowoc 
 is especially blessed in this respect. 
 The source of supply is Lake Michi- 
 gan. The lake w^ater is filtered by a 
 natural process through a wide strip of 
 sand before reaching the point of distri- 
 bution. 
 
 The handsome residence of Mr. F. 
 A. Miller, which we present on this 
 page, is a fair example of a modern 
 Manitowoc home. Mr. Miller is head 
 bookkeeper in the employ of the 
 immense establishment of William 
 Rahr's Sons, and is a poinilar young- 
 man with a wide circle of iriends. 
 
 We also print a picture of the resi- 
 dence of Mr. L. J. Nash. It is sur- 
 
 rounded by magnificent shade trees and 
 extensi\e lawns, and is one of the most 
 beautifid and pretentious homes in the 
 city. 
 
 Wernecke & SCHMITZ, Hardware. 
 This enterprising firm are among the 
 leading merchants in their line in this 
 city, and occupy, for the conduct of 
 their large business, their own splendid 
 building, which is [lictured in this num- 
 ber of Headlight. This is one of 
 the most attractive business blocks in 
 Manitowoc, and stands as a monument 
 to the progress and push of this house. 
 Everything in the line of shelf and 
 hea\y hardware is to be found in their 
 I)ig stock, in connection with which 
 they do all kinds of work in tin, copper 
 and sheet iron, employing in this branch 
 of the business several men. Henry 
 Wernecke and Herman .Schmitz consti- 
 tute the firm, lioth ot whom are highly 
 regarded in l)usiness anil social circles. 
 
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 WERNECKE & SCHIUTZ, HARDWARE. 
 
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 A. F. KUHL, Livery and Boarding- 
 Stables. — One of the largest and best 
 equipped livery establishments in INIani- 
 towoc is conducted by the abo\'e- 
 named gentleman. His equipment of 
 carriages, buggies and otlier vehicles is 
 new, handsome and up to date in every 
 respect. The horses in his barn are 
 beautiful animals, well groomed and 
 stylish, and the undertaking branch of 
 the business has all the necessary equip- 
 ment required. A specialty is made of 
 boarding horses, and those who intrust 
 their animals to Mr. Kuhl's care may 
 do so with the assurance that they will 
 receive the best possible attention. Mr. 
 Kuhl is a member of the city council, 
 and his administration of affairs in this 
 capacity gives satisfaction to his con- 
 stituents and the public. 
 
 Northwestern House. — This has 
 been one of the leading hotels of Mani- 
 towoc for many years, but never in its 
 history has it been conducted on a 
 higher plane than since it has been 
 under the management of Mr. F. C. 
 Borcherdt, its present proprietor. Mr. 
 Borcherdt is an experienced and accom- 
 plished hotel man, and understands to 
 the smallest detail the requirements of 
 the traveling public. The service at 
 the Northwestern is first-class in every 
 respect, and it would be difficult indeed 
 to find a table more bountifully supplied 
 with substantial fare. The proprietor 
 believes in conducting the house on 
 such a plan that it will do its own 
 
 advertising, and those who have par- 
 taken of its hospitality under the new 
 management are the most acti\e in 
 spreading its fame. 
 
 MeNDLIK & MULHOLLAND. — This 
 establishment is one of the largest 
 among the many retail houses of Man- 
 itowoc. The firm occupies a corner at 
 Eighth and Buffalo streets, 55 by 60 
 feet, two stories and basement, with 
 an anne.x 20 by 80 feet, which is 
 completely filled with an immense 
 stock of general merchandise, includ- 
 ing clothing, boots and shoes, dry 
 goods, groceries, crockery, etc. Both 
 of these gentlemen are merchants of 
 rare ability, and know to a nicety 
 how to select goods to suit the demands 
 of their large trade. They are both 
 old and highly respected citizens of 
 Manitowoc and are interested in all that 
 jiertains to its welfare. Mr. Mulhol- 
 land is a member of the City Council, 
 and president of that body. He is also 
 chairman of the Harbor Committee, in 
 which position, by his extraordinary 
 business ability, he has been able to 
 render the city the most valuable serv- 
 ice. Mr. Mulholland is an ardent 
 churchman and holds a high office in 
 the Catholic Knights of America. 
 
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