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ABBOTSFORD T RIBUNE PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1951
Abbotsford Hardware completes 30 years of service
The Abbotsford Hardware Company observed its 30th anniversary Saturday; 30 years of uninterrupted service in the community. Special gifts were given to all who called at the store that day.
The Abbotsford Hardware Company was started in the first part of March 1921, as a partnership including E.B. Dahlberg, Fred Amacher, and Hans J. Amacher, who also owned an operated the Stetsonville Hardware Company at Stetsonville.
Hans Amacher, after operating the Stetsonville store for a year, came to Abbotsford, at the age of 20 years, and began his career in the hardware business here.
In 1934, Mr. Amacher purchased the building, and in the spring of 1935, the partnership was dissolved, with Mr. Dahlberg retiring and the late Fred Amacher taking over the Stetsonville store, while Hans Amacher took over the Abbotsford store as an individual owner.
As the years went by, many new lines were added until at the present time, a complete line of hardware, heating, plumbing, electrical wiring appliances and bottle gas service is offered to the people of this trading area. The Abbotsford Hardware Company employs about 20 people.
In the fall of 1950, the Abbotsford Variety Store next store was added, with the thought in mind of having more ground space for future expansion.
Mr. Amacher was born on a farm at Stetsonville, where he was raised and attended school. He worked on the home farm until 1920 when he started in the hardware business.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1981
Colby plans water facilities improvement, expansion
Colby’s water system was the main topic of conversation at the Colby city council meeting last week, as aldermen approved motions to upgrade the present facilities an expand the system’s capacity for the future.
Hoped-for future construction in the city’s industrial park was the main impetus for the council’s desire to boost water storage capacity in that area. As Alderman John Jones put it, “If we don’t have an adequate water supply out there, no industry will build in that area.”
Faced with that fact, the group okayed several motions which will eventually lead to the drilling of at least one new well and construction of a 200,000-gallon capacity storage tank. Although most of the water in the tank will be on reserve, that much capacity is a must, according to city officials.
Laws governing industrial sprinkler system state that a supplying water system must be able to deliver 150,000 gallons in case of an industrial fire. The proposed tower will supply that, with 50,000 gallons available for daily users in that area.
The price tag on the new tower will be about $250,000, according to Roy Gilhausen of the city’s water consultant, Perry-Carrington Engineering Co. of Marshfield. “With the new well or wells, pipes and other equipment, the total will probably come to around $320,000,” he added.
The city will also explore funding possibilities. A short-term loan was mentioned, as was borrowing from the state trust fund, but municipal bonding appears the most likely route. Federal grants are apparently not available for such projects.
