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Show men placed a ladder and formed a bucket brigade to carry water up the ladder where they poured it over the kiln until the brieks were completely saturated. Any brick with lime in it burst and was discarded. The good bricks were tested again when laid in running water for several days, Nothing but the first class bricks and other materials went into the new building. The huge timbers used were hewn with a broad axe and smoothed with drawing knives. A large basement furnished ample room for commodities on hand and the store business was handled more easily. The company carried a twelve thousand dollar stock. The second story of the new building was used for a theatre and dance hall. Some rocks had been removed from the northwest corner of the old fort wall to make way for its erection, and it was the first major break in the big wall. When the term of incorporation of the Mt. Pleasant Z.C.M.I. expired, the stockholders decided to incorporate under the name of the Equitable Co-op. It was later operated as the Union Store. EARLY SPORTS Baseball was introduced in 1875 wben two teams were organized. During the 1880's they were called the Cracker Jack teams. The Red Stockings and the Resolutes vied with each other regularly in the public square. In March 1890, the City purchased 20 acres of land on the south end of State Street 94 |
