Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-10-27

lighted, and was deficient 80 far as
water was concerned. 1t had the
only theatres LEFT In the clty-the
Globe aad various German halls
and hotels, which, with changed
names, are accommodating the rush
of people now whiting the city. The
buildings destroyed In this division
by hre were Of little value, and al
most enough win be put up this sea-
son TO replace them. There are, TO
De precise. about 90 churches, 900
stores, 800 manufacturing establish
ments and workshops, $500 saloons,
and $500 dwelling houses still stand
ing in the Vest Division, so there ia,
as yet, mo reason Ibr excessive acs-
pondency. The North and and South
Side Rolling Mills are still farnish.
ing employ yment to hundreds Of
wOrkmen.
This same discovery was ALSO made
on the South Side. Much % has
BEEN lost much remained. The
widening Of State Street had stimu-
lated inprovsments fAr down On thnt
thoroughfAre, while the eastern part
Of Archer Avppae snd Twenly-ssc-
ond stresk had be1n greatly improv-
ed. Those railroads which came In
there were enAbled to carry on their
business. and the remaining elevas
tors have been able TO manage the
grain delivered to them. The loss In
school buildings has also been light,
only one having been consumed,
and thirty churches ana over IL, 900
buildings In all yet remain. Their
street railroads are uninjnred, and
their ten distilleries and brewerIes
are still In full operation.
1t was ON the North Side that the
loss was greatest, for there IL was the
most thorough; but the Water Works
are there, the sewers are there, the
filed streets are there; the churches
are ruined, but they are still holy
points, the frst to be rebuilt, and
around which buildings will rapidly
arise. Two schools remain, and the
perplexing Question Of the Kinzie
School is settled for the time being ;
while the problems for opening and
straig b tening strsets can be safisfac-
torily solved. rhe gss works are
ready to sxpply the North and South
Sides, while much of the lumber and
coal lying near the basin has gone
through unharmed. The bridges on
the North Branch are not materially
injured; and, while none remain on
the river, yet there is the La5alle
street tunnel. @
In 1860 the city had l09, 900 people,
or less than are now comfortably
domiciled on the West Side alone
We lad no lake tunnel. and the
canal bad not been deepensd. The
msans Of crossing the river and the
South Branch at LaSalle and Wash.
ington streets did not exist. Then
the work Of raising the streets to
grade had scarcely begun. Now,
more than half Of those In the burnt
districts have been fillsd In. Then
there were less than three miles -
block pavsinsnt, while now thsse -
forty, > comparatively large portion
OF which " In the burnt district, and
damaged though II IL, the streets are
In better condition than they were
ten years ago. We have water-p pipes
laid, and sewers built, and we have
railroads and other material resources
which did not then exist. The city
has been put back--it has met with q
serious bIow--but it II further ad-
vanced than In 1890. and lts recuper-
alive powers are 20 great that It will
not take it long to regain the ground
that Il has lost and to reassume Its
prominent position among the cities
of the United States.
IAN 10 not lost; the nnconQuefable viii
And courage never to submit or yield"