MANITOWOC, man-i-to-wok', Wis., city and county-seat of Manitowoc County, on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Manitowoc River and on the Wisconsin Central and the Chicago and Northwestern railroads, about 77 miles north of Milwaukee. The city, picturesquely surrounded by a semi-circle of low hills, was chartered in 1870. It has a good harbor and regular steamer connection with all of the im portant lake ports; large grain elevators, ship building and repair yards, and an extensive export trade in wheat and other grain, lumber, leather, beer, dairy products, etc., and imports of groceries, cloth and clothing. The manufac tures are important, the census of 1909 return ing 80 establishments, with $6,764,000 capital stock, employing 1,824 persons at $1,007,000 annual wages, using materials valued at $3,963, 000 and with a product valued annually at $5,939,000. These figures are now estimated
to be about 15 per cent higher. There are three large breweries; the other industries were brick-yards, hay presses, creameries and cheese factories, saw- and planing-mills, and manufac tories of leather, flour, furniture, foundry prod ucts, machinery, agricultural implements, edge tools, cigars, canned goods and glue. The city has national, savings and other banks, water works, gas and electric light; and daily and weekly newspapers, several of which are pub lished in the German language. Manitowoc is the seat of the county asylum, Saint Mary's Hospital, Saint Felix Industrial and Reform School, Holy Family Hospital and he James Library, and has a courthouse, a high school, public and parochial schools and several hand some churches. Pop. 14,000.