The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . rentices), paying them every Sat-urday night, when running full, from four thousandto four thousand five hundred dollars. Of the ma-terials consumed annually may be mentioned fivethousand tons of coke, three thousand tons of coal,ten thousand to twelve thousand tons of pig iron,six thousand to eight thousand bushels of charcoal,two hundred and fifty tons of millstones, one hun-dred and fifty tons of hay, besides thirty to fortycar-loads of fire-brick, clay and fine sand, and twothous
The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . rentices), paying them every Sat-urday night, when running full, from four thousandto four thousand five hundred dollars. Of the ma-terials consumed annually may be mentioned fivethousand tons of coke, three thousand tons of coal,ten thousand to twelve thousand tons of pig iron,six thousand to eight thousand bushels of charcoal,two hundred and fifty tons of millstones, one hun-dred and fifty tons of hay, besides thirty to fortycar-loads of fire-brick, clay and fine sand, and twothousand loads of lake sand, and some thousands ofloads of foundry loam and clay. What the Reli-ance Works may become remains to be seen, butits progress under its present ownership renders itwell worthy of a place among the leading manufact-uring interests of the Northwest. Mr. Allis was married in 1848 to Miss MargaretM. Watson, of Geneva, New York. Mrs. Allis, awoman of superior natural endowments, is possessedof fine attainments, remarkable energy, practicalviews and strictly just sentiments. She is manager. 0 THE UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 465 of the Industrial School of Milwaukee, whose objectis the education of vagrant children, and there ex-erts a most healthful influence. Her characteristicinfluence, however, is more especially shown in herown family of children, consisting of eight sons andthree daughters living. She has taught them obe-dience to their parents, respect for others, and lovefor each other. The eldest son is twenty-six yearsof age, and was educated at Antioch College inOhio; the second at the Institute of Technology inBoston, Massachusetts. The eldest daughter isbeing educated at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. The others are being educated in Mil-waukee. Mr. Allis is in politics a republican; in religion aUnitarian. He is a member of the board of trus-tees of the Northwestern Life Insurance Company,and director of the National Bank Exchan
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