Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-01-01

d = on Staillc iING OI kiN years uLlST tie
earliest ssettlCiS came here,a they
found money Of but little use to
them. 70 illustrate this TACT, an in
"iduut occurred in 1910. Mr.. Adams
had recently received from an iudi-
an a aiiVtT half dollar piece. He eli
thcr had 40 use for the money, or
owed y. Z. OvGrman, and gave him
ttErG*ilvcr piece: AnsG:"O.r looked for
mQment with considerable appar-
ent curiosity. and threw il into the
river, remaTKiiie;at 'tte time that he
had no use. FOR it-that there was
nothing 10 purchase nor to sell &
-Ihe fsr> tswhite child bornd,ere was
jeanette, daughter Of William Stur-
gis, the. original, proprietor OF the
liIace, Tie first whirc male -cl.ifd
born here WAS IItHry Adams, SON of
Mr.. ID. w. Adams, who accompanied
Mr.. Sturgis here. The, father and
SON sGhTcsidc here, with a plenty Of
this worlds go8ds in store. 60 @ d
Cedar Falls lies on the west bank
of the Cedar River, about three hun
dred and seventy-fivc miles north Of
st. louis, and three hundred miles
west of Chicago, on the line Of the
DUBUQUE and Sioux City Railroad. =
| It to. day contains q population al
about fotir thousand people, largely
| fIom New York and the New Eng
land States. 1t has an excellent wa.
tel power, perhaps the best natural
fall for Q power0f ,any, on the Cedar
River. 49, The cotthtry surrounding the
place iaexc&llelt for farming purpo-
SEES, gently, rolling, and supplied
with ccnsiterable tin1ber-i'ideed, |
might say well tihheted ana, too,
! the most Important feature, insuring
the growth and SUPPORT Of the town,
is the fact that the country is well
settled with q thriving class of farm
crs.. As Gn evidence of-tGe develop
meut of tie agricultural resources Of
he Country .hcreabouts, and the
thrift O. tbe. "lOilcrs in tie soil,".
there were sold here the past year
over, 500, coo Of Agricultural impiC-
mentszplows, drills, rcapers, NOW
ers, thfcShegs,, etc,,,hy one Dealer, t.
T.. French, Who commenced here in
1868. Where last year he only s0l1
u hundred and Fifty OFF, certain kind
Of implement, this, his orders exceed
three hltnGrcd. Hunt &, Rowland
have also sold about one bundled
thousand dollars worth Of farm i'm
PIGMENTS the past season-harvesters,
seCders, reapeIs, etc. whose orders
also more than double those OF the
past year, aud the area OF their terri.
tOFy is Widening. Over taro huRdrfd
hOA$QaG l0IdrS' worth of farm inn
plements and machiDc3 were sold
here the past year. 1 his is pretty
In. Ia ~ o m p
Rcss' oG,the farming interest. Mfr.
Hunt Is an Old citizen, and. for a long
time Secretary Of The Cedar Valley
Agricultural Society. ..s.
WATER POWER AND MASuFACTUREs.
The water power, or fall, as it is
called, at this point, is about eighty
rods i'm length, and has a fall of four
teen feet. There is IA WOODEN mill OPP
Grated hy this water power. -, 1t was
established in 1866, and now owned
by Edwin Brown, J.. ii, Wilson and
w. c., Motif. This. mill manufac-
turcd 5,0C0 yards of cloths, nannels,
blankets, etc., from wool grown lin
this locality. 1t worked up over 30,
600 pounds of wool from ~ hich these
cloths were made, the past ten
months. They employ q capital Of
m0Tethan 100000. The factory is, a
large store structure, three stories
highs ard finds almost constant en-
pl0ymeut for some twenty odd arti-
sans8vngi III. ~ ,,....,.
Mr.. Brown has also large stone
tiouEing mill, built ,hy him i'll 1850,
four stories high, With three run OF
stones, in which he manufactured
the past year, 10000 bushels OF wheat
into llQary at cost OF about $lo5,-
coo, tcn Thousand BARRELS of which
-four he shipped 70 Chicago, T.. 49,.
OyermGn, Mcclure a Co.. lave the
oldest Touring mill here. 1t is five
stories high, built % stone. and con-
tains six runs. They manufactured
lL,O9O barrels of -four the past year.
They purchased over 10000 bushels
Of wheat, for which they paid about
500, 600, the past season.
They are also largely interested in
tho 0tiieis hOurihg mill here, which
manufactures perhaps more than half
as much flour as this one.
Ihere is.:tlsOa l1rgu starch factory
here, which was established in 1866,
with u capital of about So 900, but
not operating just now ..... %,
HE only Stove factory / know of
in the sState IS here. 1t was estab-
lislcd by Vans aun d Benjamin
with a.capital OF about $4,000. Since
it, was put i'm operation in September
LAST, they have manufactured. OYER
two hundred. cooking aud heating
stoves. There is no reason why Iowa
cannot manufacture, and furnish the
mark IT with just as good Oh articleiD
this line rs auy other State. .,t...t;
lu There is one grain elevator here
with a capacity OF II 900 bushels. e..
The OveTman, Brothers have the
Otl.er foundry 0f!the two here. which
was estimated some two years arc
with a capital OF Sl5,QG0. Looking
through it, 40 day With a. friend, /
was Interested in their mode of cast
ing sleigh shoes. They arc cast in
east,iron molds which ehills or hard.
ems the shoe on the hott0m and sides
on The same principle that car wheels
are hardened, This cast iron mold
asfouT grooves, in il, and serves as
The lower half Of the flask, which is
Goveged with an ordinary cap con
tttinify tlte sand though which The
melted iron Ia poured ia those, grooves
which, molda tue Shoe. This process
WIS inyeutCd Ivy Mr.. M ". Russell,
All lempiqyee in the establishment,
qHitc recently aGd I think y patent
Ottained.r Iley arc nodded with
MUCH greater srapldity than by the
old. fashioned way, -. - ....
There is also \ pump factory, a tam
Hesy, imo saw mills, spd.a tanning
mil iaesqTy. 4r.ip .......r al. 49, -
-,"}igst GTlNE.RaL BuSIi;Ess., l.r'. a.
Besides lie misunderstanding restab.
lishinents herc.thefe are two lumber
yardS, Il furniture .estnblishrn ent, a
Brick YARD, two carriage anu wagon
sbois, one private batilt, two pottery
fOhrzdry good stores
four drug stores, three vharfl ware and
eight more or less grocery stores,
t!Iee siFe sloygs. thFes larness shops,
one leading hOfel-the Carter House
land TWO or three smaller ones, one
Look biEfery, one printing tstahIfsh-
Cedar Falls GAZETTE, 1te
SNYDER Brothers, e. w. Snyder, ell
tor. The GAzEITi: is a sterling, Ike.
publican si!eet, well pfinted, and
wall alarse degree Of sue.
The Cedar Fails Library Assoeia.
ton has. q I'm" librafy OF one thous
ana VOLUMES, AND, are havmga course
Of lectures. this .wIhter. c., b. yail
Sam Is President and Df. S. n. |
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