Outagamie County, WI - "New London 1875"
       
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Subject: newspaper article "New London 1875"
Submitted by: county coordinator 
EMAIL: jmmarasch@aol.com
Date Submitted: 15 March 2000
       
Source: New London Press newspaper article from Bicentennial issue, undated.

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                          New London 1875
     Theodore Knapstein bought out Ed Beeker's interest in the local brewery.
     On Jan. 12, a group of Appleton businessmen accompanied Mr. Reed, President of the Appleton & Manitowoc
Railroad, formerly the A. & N.L. Railroad, to the New London House, where they met some of the New London
businessmen to discuss the extension of the railroad from Appleton to New London.  The first train of the Manitowoc
line entered Appleton the night before.
     A special election was held on Saturday, Dec. 4, in New London, on the need of a new bridge across the Wolf
River on South Pearl St. -- 182 voted against and 144 voted for it.  The first and third wards voted in favor of the
proposal and the second ward voted overwhelmingly 125 to 13 against it.
     On Dec. 27, another referendum on the bridge was held, appropriating $3,000.  The "yes" vote was 177 and
"no" vote was 160.