The Columbus journal., 1883-01-10
improvements.

improvements.
| PLATTE CENTER, Jan. Let, Y3.
Ed. JOURNAL thinking it would
be an item of interest to some of your
readers to know something about the
extent of improvements that has been
done in the northw estern portion OF
Platte county in the year ending with
Dec. 3ls,, 'S2, by looking over my
book find that I began the year,
Finishing the inside of q 1924 #.
dwelling for james Murry.
Cattle shed 1896 f., cattle yards
6x8 rods, hog shed lOx4S it., hog yard
3x6 rods, troughs for hogs, water
trough and hay racks for cattle for j.
w. Early.
Building for Andrew Larson an sd-
dition to his dwelling. lOx32 IT,, par
titioning it of into rooms.
Building for Nels Mnnson a house
l2xl4 #.
Addition to Fred. Dsck's dwelling
l2xlS IT,, and one chimney.
Plsstering building l4x2O for John
Hurry.
Built one chimney for H. Murdock.
Addition to Andrew Nelson's barn
l2x2S #.
Addition to T. Dack's dwelling Sxl6.
Built for L. H. Jewell barn 24x48
#. water tank holding 25 bbl., brick
ed up two wells and dwelling house
1924 H., II #. studs. These build
ings are first-clsss, dwelling has brick
foundation, double plsstered up stairs
and down.
Plsstered building 1928 it., and
built 3 chimneys for W. Warrington.
Pisstered q building l4x24 #. with
wing l4xlS #. and built two chimneys
for Luther Chaplin.
Plastered ceiling 10xl6, white wash
ed building lOx24, and made 7 win
dow crevices for Mr.. Rider.
Plastered . building 14xl4 for q
German, name unknown.
Built barn 24x24, for G. B. Hulst.
Built Parsonage to Sweede Meth
odist church, main building l4126 IT,,
with wing l4xl8 it,, brick foundation
plastered and finished up stairs and
down this is an $500 building; also
frame barn, 1920 #.
Barn 24x36 it,, IA #. studs with
basement full size for horse and cattle
stable; I'd floor corn cribs and grain
bins Sd floor hay loft for r. B. Sutton.
Repairing for G. B. Hulst farm
dwelling 24x28 #. by raising it and
putting Q new foundation, making q
cellar whole size of building, renailed
the sideing and fred the exterior of
building generally.
Repaired the Magoon dwelling for
A. Dsck moved it 8 rods; put brick
foundation from cellar bottom; plas-
tered it up stairs and down; built q
40 bbl. cistern, versnds the length of
the dwelling, and one chimney.
Addition to barn 1880 for Nels
Munson.
Plsstered building 1894 #. built
one chimney and a 40 Dbl. cistern for
Martin voorhees,.
Plastered building l6x24 #. with
wing l4xlS #. up stairs and down, for
G. Lehman.
Built one chimney for j. R. Smith.
Fixed . blscksmith shop into
dwelling house by putting in floor and
windows, partitioning off into rooms
and plasteriug and building chimney
for Martin Bloedorn, Sen.
Plsstered building l4xlS for v.
Baldwin.
Built 2 ctimneys for r. Nicholson.
Sided and papered . building 1924
for A. Giles.
For A. Heinrich laid the floor, put
in tho windows and doors, psrtitioned
of into rooms and lathed and plss-
tered . basement under his dwelling
22x24 It.
Plsstered and cased building l2x
l8 It. for Fred. Dack.
Repairing two l2xl6 Il. dvellinps
BY attaching them together pspering
and siding them.
Built for q. B. Hulst Q cattle shed
!2x4S #. This was finished Dec. 26.
Up to this date ] have only had i've
days idle Tor lost time, the above
work plastering, brick work and car.
penter work has oil been done BY the
undersigned in the year 1882, except
ing the assistance the separate owners