from the Janesville Gazette Jan. 10-11, 1925
an entire issue of this paper was found tucked in the papers of Lizzie Brummond Krahmer b. 1884 d. 1966
Transcribed exclusively for Genealogy Trails by Barbara Moksnes
Story of Janesville,
City of Home and Beauty - Trading Metropolis of
Southern Wisconsin"
Area: 4,800 acres. built up area, 1,500 acres. Altitude, 722 feet.
Population: U.S. Census: 1890, 10,836; 1900, 13,185; 1910, 13,894; 1920, 18,293; estimate for 1925: 21, 342
Assessed Valuation: Real Estate, $20,936,660; personal property, $6,902,045; total, $27,838,705. Figures from 1924 assessment.
Birth Rate: 23.1 per thousand
Bridges: 8, 4 steel, 4 concrete. total length 1,953 feet.
Building operations: $375,000 in 1924
City Debt: $1,323,500. Value of all city property, $2,500,000 estimated.
City Library: Carnegie, with 23,000 volumes
Clubs: chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions, Lakota, Elks clubs and church organizations.
Death Rate: 12.3 per thousand
Educational Institutions: ten grade and high schools. 3 Parochial schools. Number of pupils, 3,250. Vocational school. County normal school. State school for the blind. Business college. Night school.
Financial Institutions: 2 national banks, and 2 state banks, Total resources, $9,422,000. savings bank depostis, $4,463,970.
Government: city manager form, with council of 7 members.
Hotels: 9
Industrial Production: Number of manufacturing establishments, 85. Annual output, $26,000,000.
Parks and Playgrounds: 17 parks with an acreage of 141. 4 public playgrounds and 2 supervised swimming beaches. Municipal golf course.
Newspaper: Janesville Gazette, evening daily, except Sunday. Circulation, 12,291 copies.
Power: Wisconsin Power & Light Co., New Gas Light Co.
Public Safety Fire Dept. Central station, 25 men. Completely motorized 6 pieces of motor equipment in use. Number of alarm boxes:81. total number of alarms in 1924, 259. damage, $25,391.
Religious and Other Institutions: 14 churches, including all leading denominations. Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. 2 Hospitals.
Streets: Total length, 88 miles. Alleys, 6.2 miles. Total length streets paved, 30 miles. Gravel streets, 17 miles. Sanitary sewers, 45.4 miles. Storm sewers 10.16 miles
Street Lights: Total public lights, 990. Including 402 ornamental lights. cost $28,800 per year. Streets lighted, 78 miles.
Tax Rate: Total city, county, school and state, $24.89 per $1,000 for 1924
Telephones: Wisconsin Telephone Co., 5,200 stations. calls per day, 25,800. Long distance per day, 500
Theaters: 4. Pictures and vaudeville in 2
Transportation: 2 steam and 2 electric roads. 7 motor bus lines.
Water supply: City owns the water works. Plant valuation, $650,000. Supply drawn from artesian wells. Daily consumption, 1,500,000 gallons. Water stands the highest test of purity.
Labor: Janesville is what is classed in labor circles as an "open town". A large porportion of workingmen own their own homes. City has never had any serious labor trouble.