Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-04-03
heaIty orchards can be seen in thi,

Tie conspicuous brick building In
| the centre of town ia tho new school
building which cost upwards OF S25, :
600, and which is very creditable TO
the people. Some very fine resi-
dences attract your attention, and
you are shown where several more OF
the solid men of the town are pre-
pairing to build residences surpassed
by only one I'm the interior OF Iowa.
But you are satisfied withithe gencr-
nj appearance, aud begin to desire
an insight into the business Of the
| place. SO ea4 ~ 4ss1ttf
The water power here Is excellent,
and can be managed with perfect
ease by means of o race which can be
easily extended 70 any desired dis
tance. It is sufliclent, IL properly
managed, to operate from six to ten
times the machinery now used. tits
owned by the Ovcrman family who
entered the land here. Some heavy
enterprises have been preveiited
from seeking this locality beca,ise pi
the high price set upon the power.
This has been the experience OF near
ly every town possessed or a valua-
ible water power, 60 that Cedar Fails
isino exception, and the lOrermans
have only acted out human nature.
| But IN one respect they have done
better than most men possessed of
such valuable property---they have
discovered their error, and atloptetila
more liberal policy, with tho design
of encouraging, rather than driy-
ing away. capital. This IL certainly
very cfeditable, aud will tend to
Stiulilafa mann fu afnp;r.r and h.,fli
up the town.
The manufacturing already done
here is, by no means, inconsiderable.
there being I'm operation three good
merchant Touring mills, a starch fac
tory, a woolen mill. two furniture
factories, two foundries, u pottery,
two saw mills, sash and door fac
torysa o soap factory, and two brewer
les. The greater portion of these are
operated by water. The amount Of
capital at present invested In manu-
featuring enterprises is not less than
lSl7o,o 900. which amount will soon be
doubled. 81 g,.l
The milling Interest Is On impor-
tent one as will be seen from the
amount OF. -four shipped. $50 al
The Valley Mills are owned aud op-
Grated by Wilson aud Oyerman. The
building Is frame, 32xo0 feet, four
stories, and has three run on stones.
j. nj. Overman's mill, called lss( 'edar
Falls Mills,h lis stone building, DO
x60 feet, four stories, has four run Of
stones, and Is operated by Fox and
Wright. Tho Brown min, owned
and operated by Edwin Brown, is
also four-story stone building, 35x-
so feet, and hns three run OF stones.
The aggregate capacity OF these
mills Is three..- carloads OF -four per
day. i.4 Is ilaaBisIe -
The barrels used are put up here,
the material being brought from Chi
engo Il and forty men are afforded
constant employmenthi their mans !.
facture. 81 fa9g a-y S i8
The Woolen factory Is also q STONE
building based upon the solid rock.
The machinery Is new and first-class
I'm every respect, and turns ont d sat.
isfaotory quality Of goods. I'hercarc
two sets OF machinery, aud the build
Ing Is SO crowded as To necessitate al,
enlargement the present season. -
The mill Is owned and opere ted by q
company, aud one man and team are
employed to travel through the ,coun-
try with their goods.
The Starch Factory--the only one
In the State-is owned by com pany
styled ."The Cedar Fails Starch Man
ufacturing Company 1t was organ
ized In April, 1866. q. A.. Baker e
Bro. are the manufacturers, tho for
mer having been connected for many
years with some of the largest factor
les in the country. The amount OF
capital authorized by their charter II
Sloo,0OO. The amount now invested
IN not SUFFICIENT to carry on the en-.
prise successfully and IL Is expected
that Dubuque capitalists will imme.
diately subscribe the balance OF The
$780, 600, when extensive improve
tnents will be made. The building
ls 84x134 feet, and is built OF stene.
by boring q little over 20 feet through
the rock which forms the, foundation
for all the mills, an inexhaustable
supply of the purest water IA obtain
ed-Aa desideratuin i'm the manufsc-
ture of starch. About rs bushels OF
corn are consumed daily, but the
amount will soon be increased to 200.
The starch Is pronounced by good
ljudgcsin inferior To none In the country.
| All the pastcboard and wooden boxes
used In preparing the starch for ship
are made here. ~
You must perceive that this Is b
/ very important enterprises. as &c pro.
yides for the utillzati0p isof the corn
crop which eau be raised, here with
such ease. 1fstarcli can be protita,
bly, inade where corn ranges from ont
dollar to q dbllariand half per bush.
el, certainly it should be much more
| profitable, where corn can be raised
for half that Price. Like every en-
terprise which Ia calculated to trans
form our coarse grains into commo
dities easily and cheAply transported
4 this should receive strong encour
agement. And Cedar Falls cayinol
fail to perceive that factory which
creates n demand for 00, ,001 bushei,
Of corn each. year is an important ac
cessory TO the business OF the place
II requires considerable capital to op
crate IL, but those who have invested
will, doubtless under proper mani
agement, receive handsome divi
dends.
NJ. White 4 Co. are man ufacturlne
furniture quite extensively, and pro
pose to builda firstsclass factory this
year. aud enlarge their business &C
Besides she additions to The woola,
mill and starch factory, and the new
furniture factory, above alluded 10
there are ether improvements In con
temptation, In the. line OF manufac
lures. "A paper mill will probably b,
put up tbis syear q new WOODEN mil
tor the manufacture of fiannels ex
clusively is in contemplation, ant
the owners of the waterpower intent
to erect an immense stone. building
upwards of200 feet long, and dividet
into rooms, which, together with
given amount of power, they vii
rent to cabfnet-makers and other
whocan be well accommodated. Thi
Is an enterprise that will renlunerat
! the projectors, accommodates the oc
cupapts, and benefit the city. Th
total manufactures OF the place re
ported to the enssessorai in 1860, amount
ed to 500 900. sa l lNsy Etl8
One moro enterprise In tho line 3
manufactures xls needed.--a custom
Touring MILL Farmers are naturall
desirous of having Hour from thei
own wheat and from tile neighbor
hood OF this town they go to Water
loo aud other points where they cal
be accommodated. The. true polic,
. Of D town, ambitious of becoming
cpffre 0f husif1 ek1 IL mot nstIxy ff. tr,,,