Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-28
SINK CITY LAND COMPANY.

A'9 D;reetors. Geo. Leonard, Boston; John
Eaton. Boston, VIM. III. Wilcox, Maiden,
Mass, Frank c. Henderson, Sioux City,
Iowa, Geo. Dennison, Boston.
The Sioux City Land Company IS chartered
under the laws Of Iowa with an authorized
ean;tal Of $500. 900 over 100000 of which has
been already subscribed.
Tha COMPANY owns 800 acres of land within
the city limits Of Sioux City, Iowa, and pro-
nose to develop the same by grading streets
SETTING out trees, and building heasea tcT Par
lies az they may desire Twenty acres OF the
above Is situated in the finest residence portion
NJ the city. and commands fine view OF the
river and city, and is easily accessible by car
Bile ears.
This tract Of land viii readily sell in lots,
from ST 900 TO 81, 200 per lot six lots to the
acre.. which makes it net the Company from
SlO0. 900 to $4,000. We propose to build dur
ing the coming spring several houses OF difler-
emf styles of architecture costing from S2.2VO
to $1,000 each.
Houses of this class are in great demand in
the city and find ready sale. and the directors
Of the Company feel very confident that this
will prove very remunerative investment Tor
the stockholders.
Two hundred and eighty acres of our land is
/ Immediately adjoining the manufacturing vii
lage Of Leeds, which is being rapidly develop
ed by syndicate of gentlemen representing a
capital of over Sl5,0Oo.p00.
In - have purchased tract OF 0lo acres OF
! land in the Floyd Valley, about three miles
from the center of Sioux City.
They are now erecting large manufacturing
establishments, stores. schOOlh0uses, church
\ and dwellings, and expect within one year to
have manufacturing establishments in opera
ton which viii employ from i.0o0 to 800 men
I II will be readily seen that the developneitt Of
| this tract viii rapidly advance the value Of the
land adjoining, owned by the Sioux City Land
Company, especially as the managers Of the
| Leeds Land and improvement Company are
also largely interested With u.s. aud viii have
the western management Of the Company.
This land is near the Illinois Central Rail-
road. and hourly trains are run from Sioux
City 70 Leeds Mt a tiye-cent fare, which brings
this tract nearer for residence purposes in point
Of time than land less distant from the center
Of the city.
The rapid growth Of sioux City during the
past eight years has been phenomenal and its
geographical position, IN the center OF the most
fertile region ON the globe, with the rapid in
crease Of its rural population. assures us that |
the growth If the city. for the next Ave years
at least, viii be much more rapid than il has |
been in the past. A few facts in regard to the /
growth Of the city will suffice:
Ia 1850, Sioux City hd apopulation Of .200 |
in 1881, 15,Jl4; in 1856. 22.;sJs ia 1887, 30.S42
and in 1888, 40.l62 and good Judges now esti- /
mate the population at between 1900 and 1
$1,000.
In the territory tributary to Sioux City there
are over 10000 square miles OF the richest
land the sun ever shone on.
This vast territory has not seen one-tenth of /
lis possible development as yet. and is capable
OF sustaining a population at ~ least 2.62j.U00 7
The opening Of the Sioux reservation will
add ll.O0aMe fertile acres SO Sioux City 's.tef-
ritoFy Ian empire Of itself
Sioux City is the gateway Of this great and
rapidly developing section, and the natural
center Of trade for a senpe IT country capable
81 making and sustaining a city of at least
100000 people.
Sioux City has the largest iobbing trade in
Iowa, and has no competing city within over a
hundred miles
It's jobbing trade extends through the vast
domain consisting of Northwestern Iowa. the
two great Dakotas ,each an eIssliFel Southern
Minnesota, Nebraska. Wyoming. thence west
ward 20 the Paciic coast
Occupying the position that Sioux City does
II must OF necessity grow, rs the trade and re-
sources of this mighty territory expand and de-
velop 10 degree even beyond the incompala-
BILE record Of the past.
The jobbing trade Of 1855 was upwards of
twelve millions Of dollars, and will aggregate
not hess than fifteen millions IN 1850
Sioux City mas the largest linseed oil mill in
the world, DAILY capacity . leo bushels
Sioux City has the largest stoneware and
pottery works west Of Ohio
Sioux City has material for pottery brick
and glass industries unequalled IN America.
Sioux tity offers the best inducements to
that can be secured at any
point.
SIOUX City is q great railroad center. Six
great trunk lines. with their branches, radiate {
from this point into the tributary territory:
The Illinois Central.
The Chicago, Milwaukee, & St Paul
The Chicago st. Paul, Minneapolis & Oma-
The sioux City & Pacific. and the Fremont.
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley.
The Chicago & Northwestern. :
And on the 18th of May 1859, the Union Pa I
iile entered Sioux City, adding great trans !
continental line to rhe already superb railroad
iystem. Ii
The freight handled at Siaux CITY proper {
oeas; 4
Thirty-fiye passenger trains daily, leave c
ins city. The business for 1855 of the vari4 /
us lnes csentering in Sioux City, shows an in Z
atslse OF from - to 30 per cent over 1887. I
Sioux City has a magnificent railroad bridge a
osting two million dollars, across the Missouri {
iIver. upon which all roads have a right to c
resssi and pontoon bridge for wagon and Q
oct travel. 9
:end transit of any CITY in the world of lbs v
we. IL has twenty-six miles of cable. motor. b
nd horse car lines. s
Sioux City viii soon have the only elevated a
abroad outside of New York and Kansas v
ity. /,
Sioux City has more banking capital
han any other city in Iowa.
In 1887 II bad eight banks, with a com r
lned capital of = 100000 and surplus OF 2
l04 300; now it has thirteen banks. with J
Z, a4O, 600 capital and $4,000 surplus.
Inc clearing house at Sioux City shows
arger clearings than that of any other I.
ity in the state I
The Sioux City postoffice shows a much d
anger growth than any other postoflfce in | :,
owa. The gross money-order receipts i h
nd disbursements for 1883, amount To r,
], uzo, 49, as against s625, 900 in 1887. q
sioux City distanced, in 1883, every city d
n the State in the amount OF business q
by the express and telegraph n
4
Sioux City has handsomer business Il
locks than cities of twice its size general b
have, and by far the best in the State. a
sioux city erected nearly one thousand b
ONES in 1858. !,
The public and private improvements in n
ioux City for 1855 were II 304 40 AGAINST :,