Minnesota Communities

	Red Wing: Pottery

Source

Document 2

Type

Boarding Agreement

Year

1898

Source

Goodhue County Historical Society

Size

264K

This agreement was made with Louis Johnson to provide room and board for Red Wing Stoneware employees.

Red Wing, Minn., Dec. 30, 1898.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT between THE RED WING STONEWARE COMPANY and
LOUIS JOHNSON.
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into on the 30th day of December,
1898, to be and remain in force for the period of one year from the
2d day of January, 1899, to the 2d day of January, 1900, WITNESSETH:
That the said Louis Johnson herby agrees to conduct and manage a
boarding house at the Clay Pits of the Red Wing Stoneware Company for and
during the year above mentioned, and to board any and all men employed
by the Red Wing Stoneware Company at said Pits, and to charge for said
board a price not to exceed Three Dollars ($3.00) per week for each man,
or a pro rata price for each day, and to furnish good and sufficient
food and lodging, and to conduct said boarding house and lodging house
in such a manner as to satisfy all men employed by said Red Wing Stone-
ware Company.
And said Louis Johnson further agrees that, for the privilege of
conducting said boarding house, he will pay to said Company the sum of Two
Hundred Dollars, ($200.00) per year, as rent for the dwelling house,
lodging house, barns, and out buildings owned by said Red Wing Stoneware
Company, and the above rent of Two Hundred Dollars, ($200.00) per year
to be paid as follows: Twenty-two Dollars ($22.00) to be paid on the
first day of April, May, June, July, August, September, October and No-
vember, and Twenty-four Dollars, ($24.00) to be paid on the first day of
December, during the year 1899, making altogether a total of Two Hundred
Dollars, ($200.00) yearly rent.
And the said Louis Johnson further agrees, if required by said Red
Wing Stoneware Company, to furnish a good and suitable team, together
with harness and all appliances necessary for the work at said Clay
Pits, and at a price of Thirty Dollars, ($30.00) per month, or a pro
rata price for each day during the months and days that clay is being
dug by the Red Wing Stoneware Company.
The Red Wing Stoneware Company, in consideration of the sum paid, and
in accordance with the above stipulations, agrees to rent its buildings
and an area of land equal to the present area of pasturage on its clay
land situated in the town of Goodhue, to said Louis Johnson, and to pay
to said Louis Johnson the sum of Thirty Dollars, ($30.00) per month
for use of team provided by said Louis Johnson during each and every
month, and a pro rata sum for each day or part of month that said team
is actually in service and at work for said Red Wing Stoneware Company.

The Red Wing Stone Ware Co.