The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-08-02
BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.
Corvallis not Behind in this
Onward Movement.
NEW BRICK BUILDINGS.
Several Residences on tho Rise
the School House-at the State
Agricultural College.

"Everythins is done with gim-
let in Corvallis" said certain
gentleman to a GAZETTE reporter,
while seated in front of the Occi-
dental hotel one day this week.
allow 500 What do you means"
asked the reporter.
"Oh, well, instead of going ahead
rapidly and booming the town
every thing has a dull appearance,
just like trying to bore a large
hole with a gimlet instead of an
anger"
"All right. There may be a
point to what you have just said,
but let's see ifit is true,'' said the
pencil shower and he in company
wife another person took in the
city.
Beginning here it is noticed that
a general repairing of side and
cross walks seems to be going on
all over the city which, together
with the 800 loads of gravel that
were ordered placed on the differ
ent streets by the city council,
shows a spirit of improvement that
never was noticed before.
There is the new 2-story brick
building being erected on the
northwest corner of Second and
Madison streets, for L. G. Kline.
Its architecture will be very nice
and will improve the appearance
of things greatly in this part of
the city when completed. 1t is
learned that every room in the
second story has been rented
already. The entrance to the
second floor being on the south
side. The first floor will be occu-
pied by J. D. Clark for his tin and
hardware store.
Just a little farther up. the
street and nearly in front of the
postoffics is the new building of
N. B. Avery's. Although there is
not much new brick in it on ac-
count of using the walls of the
buildings OH the north and south
sides, it will be an improvement
to be classed with "new" bricks.
The front will be of iron and glass
and galvanized iron fancy work at
the top. When completed the
store room will be used by Irvine
& Helm for their boot and shoe
business.
As before announced Simon l.
Kline may erect a 2-story brick
building OH his forty-seven foot
front lately purchased from j
Halliday, and situated just south
of Rose Bros cigar factory
Should he do this very likely the
cigar men will join IN as also
M. A. Canaan, proprietor of the
Occidental hotel, and extend the
brick work a few feet more an6
onto the south side of the hotel
This will give five large rooms
The only thing preventing thi'
beng done is the scarcity o
building material.
| This reporter has also learned
that Mr.. Zierolf, who owns tht
wooden buildings occupied b.
Roberts jewelry store and Zierolf
bakery, is thinking some of moving
the present structures away an6
lputting in new ones with walls o
brick. Should he do this thel
there would be nearly a solid ros
of bricks the length of tina
block.
Down this Main or Second stree
| to the north finds the buildin
, occupied by Albrecht's saloon an
Thompson & Nelson's wall pape
, store, receiving a couple of neN
coats of paint, and the same is be
ing applied to the store room 9
!, Nick Baesen's opposite the Ez
change hotel. Every little helps
Ieven new paint applied right wi
help show off a business street t
good advantage.
: Up the same thoroughfare to tn
= south new wooden building {
i twenty four feet front and extend
back nearly the length of a Il
) lis being erected for S. B. Graham