. The street railway review . upplanted wooden hulls, ship buildingwas one of the prominent interests of the city. As earlyas 1836 two steam lighters were built for transferringfreight over the bar at the mouth of the river. Theywere built by Mr. llubbell, were named the Menomoneeand Badger, and were the first vessels launched oak timber was abundant in the great forestswhich extended back from the lake, and as late as 1849 .),•!(■> (s)lAid^l/\ailM<dv9^Vtcw^ Capt. Clow built the schooner Honest John, appropriat-ing all the timber necessary from the forest without theslightest
. The street railway review . upplanted wooden hulls, ship buildingwas one of the prominent interests of the city. As earlyas 1836 two steam lighters were built for transferringfreight over the bar at the mouth of the river. Theywere built by Mr. llubbell, were named the Menomoneeand Badger, and were the first vessels launched oak timber was abundant in the great forestswhich extended back from the lake, and as late as 1849 .),•!(■> (s)lAid^l/\ailM<dv9^Vtcw^ Capt. Clow built the schooner Honest John, appropriat-ing all the timber necessary from the forest without theslightest protest from the owners. Vessel buildingsteadily increased, until in the 50s a vessel was launchedcomplete, fitted out in just 46 days from the time of lay-ing her keel. During the war the Christie was turnedout, and passing through several owners, finallj was pur-chased and put in commission as a blockade runner, butwas at last captured and destroyed by a United Statescruiser between the West Indies and a Southern THE PABST BUILDING. At one time two of the yards ranked among the largeston the lakes, and vessels were built to cross the last steamers were launched in 1891. The harbor is one of the best on the lakes, and thirteenlake transportation companies, using over So steamers,make this one of their chief receiving and dischargingports, and 150 vessels winter here every year. Theharbor has never been closed, and the annual clearancesare about 12,000 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of6,000,000. Last year the coal receipts by water were1,000,000 tons; of salt 500,000 barrels, and of lumber200,000,000 feet. RAILROADS. Five well known lines of railroad enter the city, viz.;Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; Milwaukee & Western;Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western (last month becamea part of the C. M. & St. P. system); Chicago & North- western and the Wisconsin Central. Both the C. M. &St. P. and the C. & N. W. have very fine depots, whichare the largest in the st
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