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Clerks-1843. D. W. Kellogg : 1844-45-46. J. E. Holmes: 1847. James W. Ostrander: 1848. Caleb S. Smith : 1849-50. H. F. Pelton : 151. D. A. Colton: 1852-53. Charles Stoppenbach : 1854, Thomas Barr: 1855. James Barr: 1-56. I. W. Bird.
Assessors-1843. James M. Cole, Alexander and Daniel H. Miller: 1844-Charles Hovt. Harvey Foster and Alonzo H. Waldo: 1845. Alpheus E. Taylor : 1846. Silas R. Stevens : 1847. William Sanborn : 1848, Alonzo H. Waldo; 1849. William P. Ward : 1850. Daniel H.
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Miller ; 1851-52, John Wheeler ; 1853, E. D. Masters ; 1854-55, John Wheeler ; 1856, E. II. Benson.
Treasurers-1843, George F. Markley ; 1844, Andrew Lansing; 1845, George Trucks 1846, Chauncey Clothier ; 1847, Isaac Savage; 1848, George Crist; 1849, James M. Cole 1850, Caleb S. Smith ; 1851-52-53-54, William A. Whipple; 1855-56, O. S. Brandon.
Commissioners of Highways-1843-Enoch G. Darling, Rodney J. Currier and A. P. Bird. sey ; 1844-Joshua Crosby, Rodney J. Currier and E. W. Hayden ; 1845-E. D. Masters. J. II. Jenks and Daniel Lansing ; 1846-A. H. Waldo, S. A. Rice and C. W. Hayden ; 1847. none elected ; 1848-A. H. Waldo, Stephen Davenport and Emanuel Hake. Thereafter the office was abolished.
Commissioners of Schools-1843-Winslow Blake, Frederick A. Potter and D. W. Kellogg 1844-W. P. Ward, Alonzo Wing and Alpheus Taylor ; 1845-C. W. Hayden, John E. Holmes and Alonzo H. Waldo; 1846-Asa F. Snell, IFarvey Sanborn and John D. Barker; 1847. none elected ; 1848-Alonzo Wing, Harvey Sanborn and Caleb S. Smith. Thereafter the office of School Superintendent was substituted for the Commissioners, and filled in 1849 1850 and 1851, by Alonzo Wing; 1852, Daniel F. Weymouth; 1853-54, John Wheeler 1855, A. Wing; 1856, O. C. Merriman.
Collectors-In 1843, no election, Frederick A. Potter and James O. Frost having each received thirty votes ; 1844, George Crist was elected ; 1845, Caleb Stevens ; 1846, Harvey D. Phelps ; 1847, Nathan Crosby ; 1848, O. S. Brandon. Thereafter the office was abolished.
Constables-1843, James C. Frost; 1844-George Crist, Josiah Drew and Gay Hayden 1845-Ilarvey Sanborn, Abram P. Birdsey and Charles Hoyt; 1846-Charles Hoyt, Gay Hayden and HI. D. Phelps ; 1847-Othello S. Brandon, Nathaniel Crosby and Harmon V. lIellen ; 1848-Othello S. Brandon, Solon Brown and Ralph P. Harrington ; 1849-Zebulon Whipple, Moses Phillips and Peter Oelberg ; 1850-Othello S. Brandon, Franklin J. Roberts and John Anthony ; 1851, John Anthony and Charles Frissell; 1852-E. G. Darling, Jesse Hubbell and W. W. Seeley ; 1853-Jesse IInbbell, John Anthony and Eber Stone: 1854, S. A. Brown and A. G. Locke ; 1855-John Brown, A. G. Howes, Eber Stone and J. F. W. Meyer 1856-C. J. Bell, John Young and Conrad Heger ; 1857-Ira W. Bird, Isaac Savage and George Hebard (to fill vacancy).
Seuler of Weights and Measures-1843, Herbert Reed; 1844, Lysander F. Bastian ; 1845, Enias D. Masters ; 1852, Jacob Maydole ; 1853, John Anthony ; 1854, Zebulon Whip- ple ; 1856, Adam Spangler; 1857, John Medick.
Justices of the Peace-1846-George Trucks, Robert Masters and H. Foster ; 1847, A. Foster and Winslow Blake; 1848-W. Blake, Isaac Savage and John E. Holmes ; 1849-Isaac Savage, Charles Rodgers, William Sanborn and D. H. Miller ; 1850-Isaac Savage, Alonzo E. Avery, Pearley D. Bagley and A. B. Curtis; 1851, Winslow Blake and Charles Rogers : 1852-John E. Holmes, O. Bullwinkel and E. D. Masters ; 1853-W. W. Torrey (to fill vacancy), Charles Rogers and Isaac Savage; 1854, George Hlebard and G. W. Hovt; 1855- I. W. Bird, Charles Rogers and P. D. Bagley ; 1856, O. Bullwinkel and Rufus Dodge ; 1857. Ira W. Bird, Isaac Savage and George llebard.
VILLAGE CHARTER.
By an act of the Legislature, approved March 9, 1857, a certain piece or parcel of land, described by metes and bounds, and known as the Town of Jefferson, was set apart as a town. ship proper and created a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Village of Jefferson, to be competent to have and exercise all the rights and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and obligations, pertaining to a municipal corporation. The government of the village was vested in a President (ex officio a Trustee), four Trustees, one Marshal, a Treasurer and an Assessor, to be elected on the first Tuesday of May. anunally, and to hold their respective offices one year, or until their successors are chosen and qualified.
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At the first election held in pursuance of the act of incorporation, N. C. Hurlburt, Charles Stoppenbach, George Trucks and E. G. Fifield, were chosen Trustees, with J. E. Holmes, Presi- dent, and Charles T. Clothier, Clerk.
The meetings were held at stated periods, and the business transacted being such as is ordinarily disposed of by municipal Boards of Aldermen.
At subsequent elections, until the village charter was amended in 1867, and the subsequent incorporation of the village intoa city, village officers were elected and served as follows: Presidents -1858, Charles T. Clothier ; 1859, Geo. Crist; 1860, Ira W. Bird ; 1861, Charles T. Clothier ; 1862, Charles Stoppenbach ; 1863, John Jung ; 1864, John Jung; 1865, Edward McMahon ; 1865, Gerrit T. Thorn, (at a special election held May 27); 1866, Gerrit T. Thorn ; 1867-68, Christopher Grimm ; 1869, Nicholas Jung; 1870, P. N. Waterbury ; 1871-72, Ira W. Bird ; 1873, S. T. McKenney; 1874, C. Grimm; 1875, Ira W. Bird; 1876, W. H. Porter ; 1877, Ira W. Bird.
Trustees-1858-Charles Stoppenbach, O. C. Merriman, A. H. Waldo and John Reinel, Jr ; 1859-E. Schwellenbach, J. M. Miller, N. Kispert and John Seifert; 1860-D. F. Jones, John Ilager, John Reinel, Jr., and Conrad Ileger ; 1861-Alonzo Wing, G. T. Thorn, William Puerner, Jr., and Conrad Heger; 1862-Alonzo Wing, John Hager, Christian Muck and Eber Stone; 1863-Franz Aumann, John Reinel, Jr., Christian Muck and Eber Stone; 1864- Alonzo Wing, William Zoehrlaut, J. W. Ostrander and Solon Brown ; 1865-Christian Muck, Joseph Mansfield, J. M. Mueller and Henry Walther; George L. Chapin, at special election held May 27, 1865; 1866-N. J. Steinaker, Adam Spangler, Nicholas Jung and Jacob Maydole.
In 1867, the charter was amended by dividing the village into four districts and increasing the number of Trustees to eight, upon which basis the election of that and subsequent years until 1878 was held, resulting as follows : For 1867-Edward Copeland and C. A. Holmes, of the First District ; Nelson Bruett and Martin Meyer, of the Second; Nicholas Jung and John Reinel, Jr., of the Third, and Nicholas Haas and George W. Bird, of the Fourth. 1868 -C. A. Holmes and Edward Copeland, of the First District; P. N. Waterbury and William Fanholts, of the Second; Nicholas Jung and Andrew Puerner, Jr., of the Third, and John Jung and Joseph Stoppenbach of the Fourth. 1869-W. P. Forsyth and George L. Chapin, of the First District; Charles Stoppenbach and Adam Smith, of the Second; George From- mader and Andrew Puerner, Jr., of the Third, and C. K. Zimmerman and IIenry Walther, of the Fourth. 1870-Jacob Maydole and Paul Hitchcock, of the First District ; Adams Smith and C. Muck, of the Second; Andrew Puerner, Jr., and J. M. Mueller, of the Third, and Ira WV. Bird and Henry Walther, of the Fourth. 1871-J. Maydole, William Zoehrlaut, Henry Walther, J. M. Mueller, Henry Mueller, William P. Forsyth, J. Haws and E. Stoppenbach. 1872-Paul Hitchcock and Marshall Lane, of the First District ; S. T. MeKenney and William Zochrlaut, of the Second; Jacob Breunig and George Frommader, of the Third, and Ernest Schwellenbach and John M. Roessler, of the Fourth. 1873-G. J. Smith and Marshall Lane, of the First District; William Zoehrlaut and Adams Smith of the Second ; Jacob Breunig and John Reinel, Jr., of the Third, and Martin Friedel and R. Schwellenbach, of the Fourth. 1874 -George Copeland and James Gates of the First District ; William Zoehrlaut and Solon Brown, of the Second ; John Reinel, Jr., and P. McAtee, of the Third, and Martin Freidel and Charles Illing, of the Fourth. 1875-George Copeland and James Gates, of the First District ; Solon Brown and Adams Smith, of the Second ; J. M. Mueller and Joseph Loetz, of the Third, and J. F. W. Meyer and Henry Walther of the Fourth. 1876-Orrin Henry and Philip Wolf, of the First District ; Solon Brown and W. P. Ward, of the Second; W. C. Waldo and Andrew Puerner, Jr., of the Third, and S. Roessler and F. Jung, of the Fourth. 1877-Orrin Henry and Phillip Wolf, of the First District ; Solon Brown and Francis Fanholts, of the Second; W. C. Waldo and G. J. Loetz, of the Third, and Simon Roessler and G. Muck, of the Fourth.
Clerk-1865, W. H. Tousley; 1866, Nicholas Steinaker ; 1867-68, Nicholas Steinaker; 1369, W. H. Porter; 1870, N. Steinaker ; 1871-74, D. E. Baker; 1875-77, F. E. Illing.
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Treasurer-1858, Ira W. Bird; 1859-60, John Young: 1861-62, D. D. Lansing; 1863. N. J. Steinaker; 1864, Adam Spangler ; 1865, George W. Bird; 1866, W. H. Tousley : 1867, II. W. Brandon; 1868, Joseph Weiss; 1869, Charles F. Bullwinkel ; 1870-71, N. Winter- ling : 1872-74, Henry Walther; 1875, A. G. Locke; 1876-77, Henry Walther.
Street Commissioner-1865, William F. Puerner; 1866, William F. Puerner: 1867.J. F. W. Meyer: 1868, William F. Puerner: 1869, A. Brown; 1870, George Crist: 1871, C. L. Schenck; 1872, D. F. Jones; 1873, W. P. Ward; 1874-75, J. L. Manville ; 1876, Henry Zeh ; 1877, Panl Kiesling.
Village Attorney-D. F. Weymouth, 1867 ; George W. Bird, 1868; D. F. Weymouth, 1869-70; W. H. Porter, 1871-72; D. F. Weymouth, 1873; D. C. Weymouth, 1874; W. L. McKenney, 1875; N. Steinaker, 1876: Robert Kirkland, 1877.
Marshal-Eber Stone, 1858; S. N. Massey, 1859; Michael Jahn, 1860; J. F. W. Meyer, 1861; John Reichel, 1862: Joseph Hotter, 1863; John Sixbee, 1864; Joseph Hotter, 1865 ; John Sixbce, at a special election held August 12. 1865; J. G. Heilmann, 1866 ; James L. Manville, 1867; C. J. Weiss, 1868 : Peter Nettersham, 1869; A. Brown. 1870-71-72; G. Muck, 1873; A. Brown, 1874; C. Whipple, 1875: A. J. Vandewater, 1876-77.
The amendment to the village charter, approved April 4, 1867, provided for the election of a Police Justice, triennially. In accordance therewith, Geritt T. Thorn was chosen at the election held the May following, but failing to qualify by June 15, a special election was held, at which J. F. W. Meyer was elected his successor, and served until the charter election of 1870, when C. A. IIolmes was elected. In 1871, Capt. Nelson Bruett was elected to fill the vacancy occa- sioned by the resignation of Mr. Holmes, and in 1872 was elected for a term of three years. In 1875, W. L. McKenney was elected.
County Supervisors-G. W. Bird, 1870; no record until 1874, when Charles Stoppen- bach was elected, and served until the granting of the city charter.
Justice of the Peace-Elected in accordance with the general law providing for the election of " one Justice of the Peace and one Constable for each incorporated village," approved March 12, 1874. For 1876, George Crist ; 1877. Christopher Grimm.
Constables-For 1876, Charles Whipple ; 1877, A. J. Vandewater.
Assessor-Mathias Melzner, 1858; Gilbert Allen, 1859; George Kispert, 1860; Joseph Berger, 1861; N. J. Steinaker, 1862; Joseph Berger, 1863; Adam Spangler, 1864; Joseph Berger, 1865 ; Joseph Berger. 1866-abolished.
Pathmasters-Conrad Ileger, A. Muck and N. Kispert, 1865; abolished.
By an act of the Legislature, approved March 19, 1878, the village of Jefferson was incor- porated as a city, divided into three wards, and provision made for the government thereof by the election of a Mayor and Police Justice; also two Aldermen and one Supervisor from each Ward. Elections for Mayor and Aldermen to be annually, for Police Justice, once in three years. All other officers necessary for the management of the city were to be appointed by the Com- mon Council.
In obedience to the provisions of the charter, elections have been held as follows, with the accompanying results : April 9, 1878, Ira W. Bird, Mayor ; W. L. McKenney, Police Justice : J. W. Ostrander, Supervisor from the First Ward; Adam Spangler, of the Second Ward, and Christopher Grimm of the Third : George Copeland, William P. Forsyth, Aldermen of the First Ward ; John Reinel, Jr., and Edward McMahon, of the Second, and G. Muck and S. T. Mc Kenney, of the Third. Pursuant to Section 2. Chapter VII. of the charter. the Common Council convened Tuesday evening. April 16, 1878. organized and appointed the following officers : Edward McMahon, President ; F. E. Illing, Clerk ; II. Walther, Treasurer : A. J. Vandewater, Marshal : W. H. Porter, City Attorney, and A. Hemingway, Street Commissioner.
At the election held on Tuesday, April 8, 1879, the following officers were awarded certificates : Mayor-John Reinel. Jr.
Supervisors-J. W. Ostrander, of the First Ward; Adam Spangler, of the Second, and Christopher Grimm, of the Third.
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Aldermen-George Copeland and Orrin Henry, of the First Ward ; William Verhalen and Jacob Breunig, of the Second, and Ernst Schwellenback and Charles F. Bullwinkel, of the Third.
At a meeting of the Common Council, convened Tuesday evening, April 15, 1879, George Copeland was chosen President of the Board, and the following city officers appointed : F. E. Illing, Clerk ; S. Roessler, Treasurer ; A. J. Vandewater, Marshal : John Lederer. Street Commissioner ; D. C. Weymouth, City Attorney ; R. M. Clark, Adam Kispert and Christopher Grimm, School Commissioners.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
It was not until the village of Jefferson had sustained several severe losses by fire, involving the destruction of an extensive brick grist-mill, foundry and machine shops, and many other buildings, that its citizens fully appreciated the situation, and agitated the necessity of procuring reliable apparatus for self-protection. In the summer of 1871, a call for a meeting of citizens was issued, for the purpose of taking action in the premises, and, though a meeting was held and largely attended, and though the absolute necessity of immediate action was admitted, a diversity of opinion found expression as to whether a hand or steam fire-engine should be purchased. After the convening of several meetings, and a prolonged debate on the merits of the subjects in hand, the question was finally decided in favor of a steam engine, together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, and a committee was appointed to procure a machine of acknowledged merit.
In harmony with the directions made in that behalf, the Committee, after a canvass of the various proposals submitted for its adjudication, concluded a contract with the Silsby Manufac- turing Company for the delivery of an engine of the rotary pattern, together with a hose-cart and 1,000 feet of hose, for the sum of $7,813.75. -
In the meantime, the organization of a company was in progress, and, on the 14th day of August, 1871, a number of citizens assembled at the furniture store of J. C. Tilton for the pur- pose of completing such organization. John Hawes occupied the chair. W. H. Porter officiated as Secretary, and a committee was appointed, charged with the duty of enrolling members. The ensuing week a meeting was held, the committee reported and were discharged, and the organ- ization was perfected by the election of the following officers, which was the nucleus of the present Department : Thomas Conan, Foreman ; G. J. Smith, First Assistant ; Paul Kiesling, Second Assistant ; W. H. Porter, Secretary ; J. C. Tilton, Treasurer, and Alvis Beischel, Hose Captain. The Board of Village Trustees confirmed this election, and appointed A. J. Vande- water Engineer, who appointed Martin Friedel and Henry Walther his assistants.
The Village Board at once issued plans and specifications for the building of an engine- house, hooks, ladders, trucks, etc., and, at a meeting held September 3, 1871, the former was let to Charles Stoppenbach for $3,750; the latter to Beischel & Reul for $459, who completed their contract, the engine-house being the handsome briek structure which now decorates the corner of Milwaukee and Second streets.
In the month of November following, a hook and ladder company was organized and the following officers elected : John Bienfang, Foreman ; James Puerner, First Assistant ; Lorenz Meyer, Second Assistant ; Andrew Riess, Secretary, and F. J. Berg, Treasurer.
Since its organization, the Department has responded to more than twenty alarms, and in every instance did excellent work, notwithstanding that, on several occasions, the fire was so located as to threaten the destruction of the most valuable portion of the city, and but for the promptness and labor of the " boys," almost irreparable loss would have been the inevitable result. The dates of the various fires are as follows :
In 1872-January 13. April 9 and 25, and June 29.
In 1873-March 11 and October 19.
In 1874-August 15 and 18, November 25 and December 17.
In 1875-January 4, March 27 and October 23.
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In 1876-June 25 and December 2.
In 1877-September 30, November 11 and December 22.
In 1878-February 14, March 17 and September 5.
In 1879-To date, March 5.
In 1876, it was found that the engine-house was too small for the necessities of the service, and that, owing to architectural defects, there was no means for the proper care of the hose, which became, in consequence of such defects, materially damaged. With a view to remedy the existing evils, it was decided to build an addition to the enginc-house; also a hose tower, which was completed, during the year 1877, by Adam Spangler, at a cost of $1,356, including $200 paid Mrs. Adam Muck for the realty.
At present, the Department is in perfect order, ample for any requirements in subduing the elements, and consists of an engine, Hook and Ladder and Hose Company, known and offi- cered as follows :
Eureka Engine No. 1 .- F. E. Illing, Foreman ; Charles Illing, First Assistant; George Kiesling, Second Assistant ; Michael Beck, Secretary ; Adam Kispert, Treasurer, and thirty- five men.
Hook and Ladder No. 1 .- Christopher Bienfang, Foreman ; George Fuchs, First Assist- ant ; G. J. Loetz, Second Assistant ; John C. Fircher, Secretary ; Otto Kirschensteiner, Treas- urer, and forty-four men.
The Hose Company is made up of thirteen men, commanded by Peter Schweiger, the entire force being under the control of Adam Spangler as Chief, with James R. Garrity, Assistant, being the successors of James W. Ostrander, who was Chief of the Department from its organ- ization to the appointment of Mr. Spangler.
The Department is supported by a tax levied on the assessed property of the city, and water is procured for the extinguishment of fires from cisterns distributed about the city, as also from Rock River.
The value of property owned by the Department is stated at $16,000.
WATER POWER.
During the session of the Territorial Legislature, convened and held in 1842, an act was passed empowering D. G. and Gilmore Kendall to construct a dam across Rock River for the purposes of improving the navigation of that stream and affording motive power. to be applied to the running of mills, etc. The aet was approved on the 4th of February, 1842, and, on the 1st of May, the construction of the dam was commenced by D. G. Kendall and E. G. Darling, to whom Gilmore Kendall had conveyed his interest.
The work was done by these gentlemen, assisted by George Crist and others. They con- structed a crib-work of logs for piers, at short distances from cach other, across the river, on the top of which were placed stringers of heavy logs, surmounted by spars of tamarack timber from eight to twelve inches in thickness and about twenty feet long, one end of which was supported by the stringers, the opposite end slanting down on the up-stream side and resting on the river bed. The interstices were filled up with thin hewn pieces of timber, gravel, etc., and the work was completed during the winter of that or the following year.
During the next spring, Messrs. Darling & Kendall constructed a saw-mill on the east side of the river, near the foot of Dodge street, which was also built under the supervision of Mr. Kendall, who raised the frame on November 13, and, during the winter, sawed the boards with which to roof the building. The premises were completed and became the scene of busy labors, continuing many years, until they were torn down in 1877.
On the 8th of July, 1843, Alonzo Wing purchased E. G. Darling's interest in the water power, and, on the 15th of the following February, became sole owner of the franchise by the purchase of D. G. Kendall's share, and so remained until 1848. The season of 1844 witnessed an unusual rise in the river, causing some damage to adjoining property, which was made the
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basis of a suit by the town of Aztalan. During this summer, a steamer made its way from St. Louis to Jefferson, via Rock River, and " tied up" for a few days at a point immediately north of the bridge at present crossing Crawfish River, on the west side, where it remained for a "few hours," an object of special interest, and then returned to the bosom of the Father of Waters.
On the 29th of May, 1845, the dam was indicted as a nuisance by the grand jury of Jefferson County, to which a plea of not guilty was made, and, upon the issue being joined, the case proceeded to trial, resulting in a verdict of acquittal, rendered on the 26th of May, 1846. It might be here observed that four actions have been instituted against the dam at various times by plaintiff's who alleged that they had sustained serious injuries to their lands by reason of over- flow, in three of which the plaintiff's have been compelled to pay the costs.
On the 23d of February, 1848, Mr. Wing sold a quarter-interest in the property to Mer- rick Sawyer, and, with that gentleman, began the erection of a saw-mill on the present site of the woolen-mills. Mr. Wing had charge of its construction, raised the frame in September and the building was completed and in running order in the following winter. The spring-water, which is so much resorted to by invalids now, came out of the ground under the west sill of the mill with such force that it was carried to the second story, where it supplied the mill-hands with drinking and bathing water. The old mill did faithful service until age and rivals unfitted it for duty, when the building was torn down and its site appropriated to the occupation of the Jefferson Woolen Mills.
On the 8th of August, 1849, Wing & Sawyer disposed of three-sixteenths of the dam property to George Hulburt, who, in conjunction with James Wadsworth, put up a large brick flouring-mill. The same year the purchase was made, they dredged a supply canal and utilized the water-power purchased to milling purposes to such advantage that the property now owned by Johnson & Wolf is one of the most valuable and extensive in this section of the State.
On the 21st of January, 1851, Mr. Sawyer purchased an additional interest in the enter- prise, and, on the 27th of June, of the same year, the damn was partially carried away by high water, which, however, was rebuilt soon after its destruction by Wadsworth, Hulburt & Wing, who. with Mr. Sawyer, owned the property jointly until March 13, 1852, when Mr. Wing repur- chased Mr. Sawyer's interest, and, on December 31 following, sold seven-sixteenths of his estate to Dwight Hillyer and Orrin Henry, who held title until November 1, 1854, when the latter disposed of his share to his partner, and, within a year thereafter, Mr. Wing sold the balance of his interest to John Seifert, who, with Wadsworth & Hulburt and Dwight Hillyer, became owners of the entirety. In 1857, W. D. Hillyer disposed of his interest to Charles Stoppen- bach, who, with John Seifert and Wadsworth & Hulburt, were proprietors of the premises until 1864, when David Johnson purchased the latter's shares for $10,000.
On the 19th of May and 21st of July, 1866, Stoppenbach and Seifert sold their stock to the Jefferson Woolen Mills, a corporation chartered in the spring of that year, the buildings of which were immediately erected and have since been run by the power thus afforded.
This season (1879), the water has been unprecedentedly low and many repairs have been completed which will bear fruit for many seasons yet to come.
The dam property is owned by Johnson & Wolf and the woolen mills, in the proportion of five-eighths to three-eighths, and is valued at $24,000.
MANUFACTURES.
Jefferson Woolen Manufacturing Company .- This manufacturing industry, one of the most extensive. prosperous and valuable in the county, is located on the west bank of Rock River, from which stream it is supplied with its valuable motive power. The Company was incorporated April 2, 1866, by Alonzo Wing, Edward McMahon, N. Jung, Charles Copeland. Charles Stoppenbach, William A. Whipple, N. Groh. J. Bruenig and A. Grimm, with a capital stock of $25,000 (privileged to increase the same to $100,000), to be expended in the purchase
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