Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-05-11

According to the figures above there
were five people to each dwelling house
in town at that time. The number of
houses (see facts herewith to substan-
tiate) has been increased at least one
hundred since the above report was
made. Five to each house would be
500. Then, the Orphans Home having
been established within the last year we
may reckon in the children there and
most of the employes-say two hundred.
This gives us at least 700 to be added to
the 2, 723-making the present popula-
ton of Cedar Falls 3,423. We believe
this calculation il too small, as the way
people have focked to Cedar Falls dur
ing the past three or four months leads
us to believe that the estimate of five to
a house is not large enough by consider
able. Our opinion is that the popula-
ton will reach 500 or 3, 700 but, our
only desire being to give the facts a.
nearly correct rs possible, We let the
estimote stand-3, 423.
RENTS. ..-..
All kinds Of buildings dwelling
houses, stores, shops-are scarce and
correspondingly high. Property rents
mostly by the month here, instead Of
by the year as is common "down east"
Nothing comfortable in tho way of o
house can be had for less than So per q
month. A house Of five or six good
rooms readily brings from $12 to SIS per
month. The best rented houses in town
go at $ls and $50 per month. Storerooms
bring $500, $500, $500, $500 and a. high
as 500 year, according to size and To-
cation and quality Of building.
WILD AND IMPROVED LAND.
Prairie land, adjoining city limits,
$50 to $40 per acre; improved $50 to $50.
Timber, within three miles, $40 to $50
per acre. Prairie land within eight or
ten miles Of the city, sells from 81 to s.
per acre; improved, from $50 to $685.
Timber, that distance, from 80 to $50
per acre.
CITY LOTS.
The best lots for dwellings, near busi-
ness, are worth from $500 to $3.50; quite
convenient, from 500 to $500 and $3.50
depending much upon location. Blu.
siness lots, on Main-st., 22x132, bring
from $500 to $1,000 some more and some
less, according to their proximity to the
center Of trade.
TRANSFERS OF CITY PROPERTY.
The following table shows the opera
tions in city property from May LIST to
May Sth inclusive:
E: Brown TO Chas. 4 Geo. Miller, lot s
H: Meliin to Dec. Miiisr, VEST Is s... Of '''
NJ; n 8, k;:s 8 ss 3 epyy., north 5000
E: II. Gregg to Jerome H. stanley. 10. Z wv
! c. 4: circuit 70 ": s. Garrison. lot and ''
R: L. 4 ]. Taylor 10 ]. NJ Benjamin and ''
ior's addition. $4,000
saeO.Oo
Our report for the month of April,
published last week, showed the value
of transfers for that month to be $l2,-
1000. The active operations In real g.
tate, which these figures indicate, 10 .
strong indication of the prosperity Of
Cedar Falls.
List Of Buildlngs now being Erected IN
Cedar Falls.
We have stated, q number Of timea
lately, that there was great deal Of
building being done in Cedar Falls this
spring; and, on one occasion, said that
we thought there were as many a. sey-
enty-five In process Of construction. We
findth the number ia even larger than
we had estimated, and suck sort IS uais-
takes are not common to country edit
crs. We ha,r been to much pains to