The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-05-18
Figures as Obtained by the Illinois
Central.
4 SPLENDID SHOWING.
Illinois Central Gathers Statistics About
Iowa Towns for Publicatien-Whati it
VIII Say About DenIsnn

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The following facts about Denison
have been gathered by the enterprising
men of the Illinois Central for publica-
ton in a pamphlet concerning the
towns along their line. Denison should
be grateful to the railroad for thus ad-
vertising it's advantages. The best
thing about the figures given below is
that they are not padded but are the
actnal facts about our thriving city.
We give the information in the form of
questions asked and answered. Our
business men should secure copies of
this paper in order that they may easily
answer all inquiries as to our town.
i Population of Denisen? $3.50
i County debt? Nothing.
\ City debt? S24 1000 90.
= Assessed valuation of property in the
county, $5,s0s:2O5.
i Assessed valuation of property in city
of Denison? s4OO,0OO.OO, these figures
being one-fourth of valuation.
4 Tax rate ia county? -Four and three
fourths per cent on basis of one-fourth
of valuation.
Death rate per annum? to 1890.
Railroad lines? Illinois Central,
Chicago s. Northwestern and Boyer
} Valley.
Annual shipments by rail? Cars re-
4 ceived in 1899, 1000 cars. Cars for
, !!warded, 800.
81 Number of banks? Three; one Ma
, tional, one State and one private.
Capital invested in banking? $780,
O00.O0
4 Educational establishments? First
, class system OF public schools; three
: Large high school buildings: the Deni
son Normal College and dormitories
Parochial schools and German Lutheran
, Ischool.
D Water works? First class system
with stand pipe and direct pressure
D conveying water to all parts of the city
Water of best quality, obtained from
an inexhaustible we'll. Recent analyst
shows water to be of purest quality.
City lighted by gas or electricity
Electricity; first class system of ar
and incandescant lights.
Churches? Nine; Methodist, Pres
byterian, Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran
Episcopal. German Methodist, Chris
. tian Science and Holiness.
Raw material? Fine quality of ella
. for brick: good soil and all 1t produce.
!. Industries desired? Pickle factory
Canning factory; Packing house; See
. distributing house; Beet Sugar factor,
Starch factory; Flax mills.
- Objects of interest? Romantic seer
cry, fine residences, depot building
v. college aud school buildings an
churches. The McHenry Park herd {
Polled Angus cattle, one of the larges
and best herds in the U. S.
Cost of fuel? Hard coal, So 90 pc
NJ ton; soft coal, SD 90 per ton; slack fc
steam, $l.OO per ton.
= Water power? Boyer rivers.
10 Cost of labor? Farm hands, S1S t
a. 1923 per month; day labor, 81. so to $40
per day; skilled labor, $500 to So, 90 pc
day.
Description? Denison is the count
90 seat of Crawford county-one Of th
,r- largest counties in the state. Is locs
ted IS miles north east of Omaha; I
= miles south east of Sioux City; 70 mile
south west of Ft. Dodge and so mile
!, north west of Des Moines. The city
located at the junction of the East an
of West Boyer rivers, with the Chicago
NorthW estern railroad on the east an
or the main line of the Illinois Centrs
and Boyer Valley railroads on til
west, each of sold railroads having new
~ commodious and modern depot buil(
ings. 1t has number of hotels, fin
a streets, court house, opera house, man
on fine churches and school buildings.
has most picturesque location and O
at account of its excellent drainage an
I'd altitude is unusually healthy.
n Height above sea level? 1900 feet.
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