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1901

He succeeded in acquiring the property, inducing the railroad companies to put in a joint switch system, and locating the machine works of John Thompson & Sons Manufacturing Company and the Racine Knitting Mills; 200 lots of the first recorded plat were sold.

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County1901During 1901

The county erected a soldier's monument in the court house park, raising $10,000 for the purpose.

County1901During 1901

Charles K. (or the subject described) bought his present farm of 157 acres in Section 26, Spring Valley township.

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Failing to reach any arrangement with the owners of the land, he moved the industry to its present location, where it subsequently became the Fairbanks-Morse Manufacturing Company. Continuing negotiations with the owners, however, he succeeded in 1901 in acquiring the property aforesaid, inducing the railroad companies to put in a joint switch system, and in locating two industries, namely, the machine works of John Thompson & Sons Manufacturing Company and the Racine Knitting Mills. In connection with this movement 200 lots of the first recorded plat of the district were sold and the enterprise as a manufacturing site was fairly launched.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 1, PDF p. 208 / book p. 189

1901

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Failing to reach any arrangement with the owners of the land, he moved the industry to its present location, where it subsequently became the Fairbanks-Morse Manufacturing Company. Continuing negotiations with the owners, however, he succeeded in 1901 in acquiring the property aforesaid, inducing the railroad companies to put in a joint switch system, and in locating two industries, namely, the machine works of John Thompson & Sons Manufacturing Company and the Racine Knitting Mills. In connection with this movement 200 lots of the first recorded plat of the district were sold and the enterprise as a manufacturing site was fairly launched.