The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-10-18
BUILDING NOTES.
Permanent improvements in and
about the City.

year. There Is not a street or avenue
of the city that has not it's new houses
or dwellings, being ~remodeled or en-
larged. The following permanent
improvem nts are noted:
NEW RESIDENCES.
Ira Kellogg remodeled a building
moved onto his lots west of the Iowa
Central on A avenu and practically
made a new residence Of six rooms
at No 7Os. Cost about S $500.
Mrs. Josephine Barnhill hes done
some remodeling and has a neat little
cottage of four rooms on her lot on
North J street that is jnst like a new
place Cost about 81, 200,
DR.. Sam Clark is erecting a fine
eight room residence property or
North O street that will have all th'
modern conveniences. The number
will be 621.
Herman Coryell has commenced
the erection Of the commodious sever
room residence, $50 North B street
1t is W. stories with a basement anc
modern improvements will be placed
therein.
Russell Hartman has erected !
small dwelling place on @ avenu
vest.
Benjamin Siemmons has purchase'
the west lots of the James McQuistoI
property at the corner Of SeCon
street and B avenue, and has con
menced thereon the erection OF
couple of modern cottages for rem
ing. The cottages will be seven roor
aud basen emit. John Mickey is dom,
the cOntr, ct work.
Bart sinclair continues to add I
MS carpenter shop and planning mi
IN South Q street. He will th
entire half block in a short time ,
the rate he has been going recently
Elizabeth Paul at No. ITO FIR
aven 10 vest is building an additio
70 her residence properly that Ca /.
for the expenditure of several hun
dred dolla s
The Fred Blattner ice house an
cold storage Improvements IN tn.
southwest part of the city will max
quite II change in that part of III,
landscape 1t will be necessary fui
a number of telephone poles an
wires to be removed and changeu
The Improvements made will repre-
SEM a couple OF thousand dollar
One of the paris OF the ice house j
now on the ground and the other vii
be removed from he ground of III,
Iowa Central as soon as possible.
George Mettler has made some ex
{ nsiVe improvements to his residence
property on Q venue west to the ex
tent of about 500
The BrlcKner place on G avenue
west likewise has been improved i,
several ways.
L. W. Hill has been making a mum
Der Of changes at the Hedden plac,
Q avenue west that will amount I,
about SluU.
Roy Hartman has moved an Ole
70 his lot in Miller's addition
and has fixed it up so that it is d
very preSentable residence place.
Mrs. R. Wetherwax, at the corner
Of c venue aud G street, has been
maxim sume changes and improve
Lewis CLARK 6O9 E avenue has a
new foundation under his house.
Benjamin Terrell is making prep8r-
atoms to erect a new barn at his
property on D street that will cost
several hundred dollars.
John Mackey is spending several
hundred dollars at his home place on
D street of Q avenue in adding a
OF rooms 10 his house. There
IS also a new cellar and porch.
Mrs. zzie Mooney, 300 North D
has raised her house, put a
new foundation hereunder built new
Dorches and applied the brush in a
generous manner, all at the cost of a
If hundred dollars.
The Marion Cruzen residence at
he corner of D street and B avenue
las been raised and had two hundred
dollars Of improvement TO the better
nent of appearance and increase of
I
Improvement seems to be the
patchwork of the Oskaloosa Wood
Working company. The mill at the !
corner of D street andgA avenue has
paint and newness everywhere.
There have been skylight+ placed in
he roof and other needful things
lone. Several hundred dollars have
,een expended in the work.
George Ries has practically made
new house OF his residence at $40
West A n He has raised the
house and added another story.
John F. Lacey hasl improved his
property at 21O North @ street by a
general ov-rhaulingi and repairing
has made a great betterment in
the appearance Of the same. ,
The Dodge property at the corner
If B venue and B street has been
improved by the addition OF a new
'oof.
The above is but a part Of the work
'eiDg done and the HERALD will give
he balance of the list from day to