Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-06-19
NEwroN FAnLs. juno IS. 1s72

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EDITOR CHRoNIeLE:-Two years age
4 correspondent declared in the CHRoN.
IcLE that Newton Falls was improving.
that its period OF decadence was past
and a brighter day was dawning for our
naturally pleasant village. 1t WAS de-
elared that the way to improve was moi
to lazily wait for capitalists to come and
open a business which should fill our
pockets with greenbacks, or until some
railroad company should build and pay
for a railroad for our benefit, but thar
those who sought aid from the gods
must strive 10 aid themselves. The
article in question gave an impulse to
public sentiment, the result Of which is
very apparent.
Our citizens have, during the past
year, set to work in earnest 20 make the
| most Of the natural capabilities of our
place. These evidences OF improvement,
public and private. are so marked they
deserve to be chronicled.
Several residences are planned and
| others are in course Of erection. DR..
Flester is building a residence on Canal
street. b. S. Robbins has just COM
! pleted one on the corner Of Canal and
Quarry streets. DR.. Hosier has built
and nov occupies as store and Office a
fine building on Broad street. Mr.. VIM.
| Herbert and Mr.. Everett have purchased
I sites and will commence the erection of
dwellings Immediately. The former on
the corner of Centre and Bridge and the
latter on Church streets. Bastor q Sons
have purchased the large warehouse
and land on corner Of Canal and Church
streets, of Mr.. Dubois. They will con-
vert it into a machine shop 10 obtain
room for their rapidly increasing bus
4 mess. A Masonic Lodge has been in
stituted, has leased and elegantly fitted
mp the hall oYer the Herbert Brothers
store. Graham and Son have converted
the Abbott warehouse on Broad street
into a hardware store. r. w. Smith has
resumed his residence here and has also
opened a hardware store, and as Green g.
Hardman continue their business in the
same line we have three hardware estab-
lishments. The Maboning Valley Agri-
cultural Association have purchased
about twenty-five acres of land in the
immediate vicinity of the Yillage-have
inclosed about twenty acres in a very
durable msnner-baye good half-mile
race-track and are established financially
on q permanent basis. The Union School
grounds have been enlarged and in
! closed in a neat and substantial railing.
The public square is being inclosed in
the same manner. Village Marshal, H.
S. Robbins, is with great energy super
intending the grading of u streets,
while measures are being taken by
village trustees, DR.. Porter, H. Taylor
and L. T. Soule, to complete our side
walks in a uniform manner-removing
mantraps and inequalities. VIM. Reed
is entirely ~rejuvenating the building
formerly known as the American House.
He has been painting, papering and
overhauling it generally. Mr.. Reed has
supplied a want in our place. He sets q
first rate table, makes people very COM
Portable and keeps a house of undoubted
and unquestioned responsibility. The
brick store formerly owned and occupied
by VIM. II. Abbott has been purchased
and entirely reftted by the Newton
Falls Lodge OF Odd Fellows. The store
room has been leased for a term of years
to r. W. Knowlton & Co, Bankers. Our
band, which is otherwise fully equipped,
have ordered a new wagon 10 be in read
mess for the coming campaign.
I c. a nH MA - H ANON.