Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-11-10

III tIlt MttIlpuiSt anu IoapttSt
The hotel formerly known as the Amer
lean house has been retitted, and with
some alterations both within and with
out, has been transformed into Sol
diers' Orphans Home, a branch of
which institution has been located at
Cedar Falls and placed under the SUPER
intendence of Arthur Morrison, Esq,
gentleman of integrity and ability. Al
though scarcely in running order as
yet, we are informed that the Orphans
Home already has about score of in
mates, and many more are awaiting
the completion of arrangements for re-
ceiving them. -.... ......
The business men of Cedar Falls have
also an organization known as the Board
of Trade, and have fitted up very COM
Portable rooms for their accommodation.
For several years there has been a So
ciety known as the horticultural Socic-
ty, having n library of about one thou
sand volumes, and sustaining each sea-
son n course of lectures.
The location of Cedar Falls, at the falls
in Cedar River, affords advantages for
huilding up a manufacturing interest Of
no small Importance. There il no bet
ter water power in the State than at this
point Ii is estimated that il is capable
of furnishing power for one hundred
run of stone. There are at present three
! large Touring mills in operation at Ce-
dar Falls, two of them of stone and one
a frame building, with an aggregate run
of eleven stone. The number of barrels
of flour manufactured by these mills
during the present year will not be less
than 10000, and it is said they have a
capacity for 81, 900 barrels. IL ......
Within the past year there has been
erected large stone structure intended
for woolen factory, by Messrs. Elliott
x Collins. This will supply want long
felt in the Cedar Valley, and will add
materially 70 the business Of the town.
Messrs. Wilcox & Bulge are engaged in
building large foundry for the manu-
facture Of stoves. Among other build
ings of Importance which are contem-
plated, and in process of erection, we
noticed beautiful residence owned by
Edwin Brown, which when completed
will have cost $l2 1000. The Episcopal
Society has purchased a lot and is pre-
pairing to build u church ediiice during
the comingycar, for the accommodation
of an increasing congregation. During
our visit to the Falls we saw on every
hand the evidence of prosperous growth,
in new buildings, and in what western
towns SO sadly need--good Sidewalks
We were informed that over one hun
dred new buildings had been put up
during the present year. We were care
ful to ascertain the value of lands about
the town, suitable for farming purposes,
and found that unimproved lands in
the vicinity of Cedar Falls were worth,
on an average, about seven dollars per
acre, improved lands about twenty dol
lars per acre, and timbered lands from
thirty to fifty dollars per acre. With
land so cheap, and the advantages of a
good market SO great, We do not wonder
that many people from the east seeking
homes in the West, should determine
to make locations in the Cedar Valley
The complaint so commonly made by
people coming west, of II scarcity of tim.
bcr, is not heard i'm reference to Black
Hawk county, for there is an abundance
of timber. There are at least ~, 900 acres
ofgood timbcrod land between Waterloo
and Janesville, while the timber on the
Shell Rock and Beaver, in Butler Co.
is conveniently near.
We are informed 10y gentlemen wht
c deal i'll real estate, and therefore hav,
4 opportunities for knowing, that the sal,
s of real estate within the vicinity of Ce
G dar Falls during the present year, ha
: largely exceeded that of any previou
J. year, and this has included improves
u farms, as we'll as uninproyod land.
c which have been purchased for the pur
:, pose of putting them under cultivation
G We have thus, from notes hastily col
$ lected, attempted to give an idea Of tn
. prosperous condition of Cedar Falls, bu
4 have omitted to mention that whicl
{ above all other things now interests tn
, people of that thriving young city. DE
= termined to make Cedar Falls rail
=, road center, they have gone to worl
with energy for the establishment of ,
: line connecting them with st. Paul, Oh
i the north, and St. Louis on the south.
: Cedar Fails has at present Il railroa,
: connection with the country west, ant
markets east, by the Dubuque & Sioul
4 City Railroad, and with the countr,
: north by the Cedar Falls d. Minnesot;
a Railroad, already completed to Waiver
a ly, in Bremen County. The contem
D plated road, the company for buildin,
- which is already organized, will b
known as the Iowa Central Railroad
G The grading for this road is being don
e by contracts, and work is being pushe'
< with all possible speed. The citizens 0
= Cedar Falls subscribed S65, 900 for aid
ing i'm the construction OF The road, an,
the citizens Of the country south OF Ce
9 dar Falls, through which il will pass
| have also subscribed literally. Wher
: completed it will connect with tn,
t North Missouri road for st. Louis, ant
= with the Minnesota Central road for st
Paul and Minneapolis. From the ener
l gy and determination thus far display
ed, we can have no doubt that all obsta
Z cles will be surmounted, and eventual,
"a road will be built through the hear
of Iowa, connecting st. Paul with ST
! Louis. OF course there has been not
little rivalry with some of the ill feel
: ing always attending rival interests, be
I tween the towns of that section of tn,
f. State i'm reference to the location OF th'
road. In this we have no desire to min
gle, and shall be perfectly satisfied !
; the best interests of Iowa are secured
without reference to sections. The EN-
! terprise of the people of Cedar Falls, ant
+ their liberality in subscribing i'm aid o
I the construction of the road, appears Il
2 have given that town I'm advantag.
over others, and it may now be Sc
I down as u fact that the iowa Centra
Railroad Is located to Cedar Falls, ant
!, when that road is built Cedar Falls viii
be an important point on the road.
: There are many other matters o
} which we had intended to make men
g ton i'm an account Of Cedar Falls, but
> want of space must be our excuse fe
1 emitting them for the present. For tn,
I facts which we have given thus briefly
: we are indebted to the courtesy of gen
2 tlemen residing at Cedar Falls, and es
! pecially to Messrs. I'll. A. IL q. ID. Per
I kins, of the GAZETTE, for access to tn,
r files of the GAZETTE, in which we foun,
: well written accounts of the growth o
g the tewB, and business statistics.
G In our intercourse with the people O
;, Cedar Falls we have found them gener
. ally liberal, and courteous, and nowher
9 know Of community more desirabl
for location in matters Of business, o
g for the advantages of good social rela
4 tions.
e MATis1MoNy VS.. SINGLE BLESSED
@ NESS. Matrimony is hot buckwhea
e cakes, warm beds, comfortable slippers
t smoking coffee, round arms, red lips
t kind words, shirts exulting in buttons
J, redeemed stockings, boot-jacks, happi
J, ness, etc. Hurrah!
i, Single blessedness Is sheat-iron quilts
: blue noses, frosty rooms, ice in tn
r pitcher, unregenerated linen, heelles
anslrS noff1a Sxy ,rit fri Ice