. History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources; an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories; biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; views of county seats, etc. ... cago, and Harrison Ludington and DanielWells, Jr., of Milwaukee. During the first year the millwas run under a contract by Kimball & Brown. May 15,1858, Isaac Stephenson bought a one-fourth interest fromthe company, which was then known as N. Ludington &Co., of Chicago, and I
. History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources; an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories; biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; views of county seats, etc. ... cago, and Harrison Ludington and DanielWells, Jr., of Milwaukee. During the first year the millwas run under a contract by Kimball & Brown. May 15,1858, Isaac Stephenson bought a one-fourth interest fromthe company, which was then known as N. Ludington &Co., of Chicago, and I. Stephenson & Co., of Marinette. manufacture for this season is placed at 36,000,000, so thatthe company has no occasion to dread a timber famine forsome years to come, even if no more land is bought. Thisorganization, the strongest in the Northwest, owns andoperates a water-power mill on the Escanaba River, Mich.,four miles from the village, which has a capacity of 50,000feet per day, and a shingle mill at Marinette, of 55,000capacity, beside its principal establishment at the latterplace, of 175,000 capacity. Its carrying fleet consists ofthe tug Bismarck, the largest in the trade, and nine bargesof which the company owns a third interest, and theschooner Bertha Barnes. This barge line, the most ex-. MARINETTE In the Winter of 1863, Harrison Ludington sold one-eighthof his interest to Anthony G. Van Schaick, of Chicago. In1867, Mr. Stephenson sold one-eighth of his interest to Brown, of Marinette. The next year the former pur-chased the interests of Messrs. H. Ludington and VanSchaick,and the company was incorporated under the name bywhich it has since been known. N. Ludington Company,with officers as follows : N. Ludington, president; A. , vice-president; E. B. Rice, secretary. Mr. Brownwas superintendent until 1872, when Mr. Stephenson pur-chased his interest, after which the officers were: N. Lud-ington, president; I. Stephenson, vice-president; E. ,
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