Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-02-19
CEDAR FALLS AS VIEWED BY A
STRANGER.


docs our place as follows:
Cedar Falls, the terminus now of the rail.
way, and only six miles distant from here
! {Watcrloo) is a busy, thriving, go ahead
town. had two tip,top laughs under my
! slesye up there, and must tell about them
1t is 80 much colder out here than at Wash
ington that wanted room with fire. and
| made request to that effect Of Wilcox, the
jolly proprietor Of the Carter House, who
knows how to keep hotel as well as the next
man. Towards bed time came in and ask
ed if my room were ready. You are the
gentleman that wants the room with the fire
IN 2 asked young man Of sweet sixteen,
who was attending TO matters. He said The
porter would build the fire at once. Present.
~ | called around again. You are the gen-
tleman that wants the room with the fire in 81
An affirmative answer, but the room wasn't
quite ready. bribed him with a little cur.
rency, and it was not long till he motoned,
me up stairs. Placing the lamp on a table
and in quite confidential way speaking in
my ear, he asked "You are the gentleman
that wanted aroom with afre in, amt you ?"
Seeing the room was frstrate, and the fire
bright IL was wanted to come down here
on the morning train, and went down stairs
to say so. Giving the youth cfsmart sixteen
another " currency" stated the CASE
Yes" said he, all right" :" You are tho
gentleman who has the room with the Gre in {?
Notwithstanding my general politeness,
hollered. Bat, on account of my own
laziness, missed the train after all. Think
ing would have to 60 in a buggy, | asked
the intelligent contraband of the house, " IL
there was livery stable in town. 30 YES
sab" he replied" black boots ~ Taking
oil my hat in acknowledgment of deafness
greater than my own, repeated the cues.
ton in a loud voice. 80 yes, sah," again
~ live here!" Thanks to Wilcox. I Got
down to this place without further trouble
and returned to Cedar Falls the same even.
ing, and spent there most agreeably about
two days.
There is probably no town in interior Iowa
which has done more business during the
past year than Cedar Falls. The terminus
OF your railway, it necessarily commands the
trade OF q very large section Of country both
10 tue westward and northwsrd. This il,
must have done by reason of its railroad adj
vantages alone. In addition, it has the sd.
vsniagss Of Gne water power already greatly
improved. It's saw mills, its hath, sash and
door factories, and its Touring mills, would
have given it large trade, even without q
railroad. Having both, it has fourished like
green bay tree.
am enabled to speak more fully Of Cedar
Falls than Of Waterloo, from the fact that
the enterprising G0zette Of Friday had val
liable article, giving pretty full history of
the place from its first settlement and de.
tailed statement of its business during the
year 1868.
Here follows a tabular statement made up
of extracts from our article of last week,
which ws omit.-Ea.
Almost all the time, the streets are
crowded with teams, some of which have
brought their produce from considersbl o
distance.
They have a regular Board of Trade at
Cedar Falls, and carry on business Of all
kinds on large scale, and on scientific
principles.'
The great advantage of Cedar Falls over
other towns, especially when the railroad
shall have gone farther west, is its water
power.
There are two large stone Touring mills in
Cedar Falls which last year manufactured
$4,000 barrels Of flour for shipment, besides
that made for home consumption. There is
large mill in addition nearly done. The
three will be atle to make about 10000 bar
rels OF -four per annum. The saw mills, the
lath, sash aud door factories also do q large
business. The foundation for a wooden fac
tory is now laid. 1t will be in full operation
as soon as it can be completed Several
large business buildings, and lots of residen-
ces are to be put up early, the coming sesso-.
In short, Cedar Falls, in the business point
OF view, is one Of the best towns | have seen
anywhere.
The town has very fne location. From
some OF the high points to the rear of the bu.
slness part, there are grand views of the sur
rounding country. Here are many private
residences, not few Of which are neat an i
tasteful. Near the public square, a noble
park OF natural trees, are the most expensive
dwellings. Here Mr.. Fox, of one of the mills
and Mr. Barnum, commission merchant, are
each putting up residences which will COM
pare very favOrshly with many of the noted
residences on the bluffs of Dubuque. Not
very far from the park is the foundation for
large public school, which will soon be
| completed, and will have capacity for some
six or scvon hundred pupils.
J -''~.N ~ 'SNS VA Soch at ScuHf
Falls, Melendy, Bsrnum, Perkins, of the Ga.
zctte, Fox, Brown, Finch, l know not how
many OveTmans, Van Saun, Sessions, Pow.
ers, Mullarky (hsrring his politics. Williams
Wilcox, and plenty others. But probably
the cleverest fellow in tho United States is
Lloyd, who kept tip-top restaurant and
who brought me, in the finest kind Of bug.
gy behind the fastest kind of Morgan, dow
to Waterloo, without money and without
price. He is not only trump, but a whole
hand full Of trumps.
have now been pretty much all owe,
Iowa. In my Judgment, the Cedar Valley
is the finest portion Of our glorious State
and am sure there is no finer portion of the
Valley than Black Hawk county.
An Iowa GRAYBEARD.-The following was
handed US for publication by one of Uncle
Sans boys who vouches for the facts:
There died recently at st. Louis Mo-. an
Iowa Gray beard, he was 81 years old, he had
had two wives and q children. Nine sons
are now soldiers in the IT, s. army. His
! Youngest child at his entry in that corns u,c