Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-06-16
TOWNS AND CITIES

! are characterized by that enterpris,
) and energy which alone can build uI
! towns where the advantages are for
tuitous. Every town in the county
Is supplied with good schoois, and Q
, goodly number of churches, all In q
good condition. The morality oI
each Is especially noticeable, while,
notwithstanding the license policy
which generally prevails, the sale OF
Intoxicating liquors is remarkably
limited. Manufactures are carried
on in each town, and in some very
extensively, with a bright future in
prospect in that direction.
Besides Cedar Falls, which we
treat at some length, there is In the
county, Waterloo. city of several
thousand inhabitants, six miles be-
low Cedar Falls; LaPort city, con-
tanning thousand inhabitants
Gilbertville, fourteen miles below
Cedar Falls, on the river, population
about $50; Barclay, In Barclay town
ship, population about 200; Cedar
City, In the eastern part of the coun-
| ty, with population of 200; Hud-
son, on Black Hawk creek Ray
mond, on the railroad, eleven miles
east of Cedar Falls; Cedar Valley p.
o., about eight miles from Waterloo
on Miller's Creek: Enterprise p. o.;
Lester p. o.; Blakeville p. o. and
Nautville p. o. comprise the cities,
towns and villages Of Black Hawk
county, and although many of them
are now small they will grow larger
by the fuller development of our ag-
ricultural resources aud introduction
of new railroads. @-s-.a %...- .-~ @-@
We have already gone beyond the
bounds set for this part of our sketch,
but we think our readers will pardon
us when they consider the import
ance of the subject we have been
treating Turn we now to
CEDAR FALLS
the brightest gem in Black Hawk
county, the consideration of which
cannot be otherwise than interesting
to every reader of the GAZETTE. We
will give our attention wholly TO the
consideration of the town as it is, its
history having been repeatedly writ
ten, and our time and space some.
what limited. s E@ |-
Let us first notice the -
:. LOCATION OF CEDAR FALLS. mt 4
After having visited the place, and
having become familiar with the To-
cation and surroundings, one will
not doubt the practicability or
shrewdness Of It's projectors. Being
on the Cedar river at the crossing OF
the Dubuque and Sioux City railway
1t is 100 miles from Dubuque, aud 232
from Sioux City. On the Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota
road, the place Is sixty miles north-
west from Cedar Rapids, and at the
southel n terminus of the Cedar Falls
and Minnesota road. These different
roads give to the place easy commu-
nication with all the world, aud com
peting lines Of railway to all the de-
sirable plarkets of the country. The
town has decided advantage over
many other inland cities, In the mat
ter of scenery, drainage. &c, IT. being
upon high and desirable ground
Away to the east, west, south and
and north are broad stretches of no.
BILE prairies, undulating and broken
only by the hills and valleys along
the course of Cedar river and its trib-
utaries. all lined. just at the present
time, with beautiful verdure. Now
while the trees are clad i'm their beau
tiful foliage, when the air is perfum-
ed by the fragrance of myriads of
natural flow beds, when groves re-
echo with the sweet songs of wild
birds, q more pleasant city cannot be
found anywhere. 1t seems like an.
other Arcadia, where the senses are
lost in wilderness of simple joys,
and the soul Of man goes out I'm ST.
lent communion with the Maker.
Before turning our attention 10
Cedar Falls magnificent water. power
and the interests connected with ID,
let us see what can be said of real
estate In our city and the ..
APPRECIATION OF PROPERTY.
For the three years last past and
until the present year, Cedar Falls
may be said to have been on s'stand
STILL" the place neither growing or
loosing In population or business
In this time the prices of property
have advanced very slowly If at all.
A lethargy seemed to fall upon many
and no effort was made to advance
yet work was steadily going on
which had the interests of the place
in view, the result being the com>
pletion Of the Cedar Rapids and Min
nesota railroad to the town which Is
now making tho place lively one,
and advancing 1t In many respects
Now our citizens seem to have
awakened from that lethargy and are
making long strides in advancement.
The prices Of real estate are becom-
ing buoyant, the appreciation be-
coming every day more apparent.
The values of farm property have
been raising and are still increasing.
Investments are good at all times -
No one can purchase at a loss.
Cedar Falls is destined to be man.
ufacturing point of considerable note
and that too within very few years.
This can be avoided only by the de-
tsrmined stupidity of our citizens, a
virtue ~ which II not attactable to
any of them.
OUR MAGNIFICENT wATER>PowER
will be sought by men Of capital and
developed to greater efficiency than
now.
This water-power Is substan TALLY
natural fall In the river, though 1t
has been improved somewhat. BE.
low the dam are stiff rapids, the cur
rent being very swift. The current
Is also strong above the dam, so that
1t will be readily seen that the power
is not over one.half developed. -
Now there is head Of nine feet and
volume Of water at a medium stage
of $500 cubic feet passing the dam
each minute or equal to nearly one