The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-12-12
Over half A MILLION !!
Oskaloosa's Great Improvement Record
For The Past Year.
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notable of all was the erection of the
new jail for Mahaska county. The
structure is the best that modern
thought and experience can devise. 1t
is a safe and sanitary prison. The
residence of the sheriff is two-story
and a basement with all modern con-
veniences is at the front of the Jail
building proper. The cost of the
Z building to the county has
The heating plant of the court
house has been thoroughly overhauled
and repaired, boilers reset and the
heat extended to the new Jail building
at an expense of about ..... $4,000
The Independent School district of
Oskaloosa erected an addition on the
north of the First ward school build
ing 1t is of brick and is of two
stories with basement. The cost to
the district was in the neighborhood
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! RAILROADS.
The railroads of the city have been
about as busy during the season as
have the other institutions, and the
is not small one.
The Iowa Central has been at work
improving it's yards in the city. Wolk
has been done at the round house.
The mechanical department of the
road has been greatly added to, and a
large store room and foremans Office
has been erected. The additions and
improvements done in the city by the
company will amount to $50. 100000
The c. R., l. & P. have made num-
Der of improvements. Have a new
water tank in construction; have put
in brick crossing at Second street.
Have met the city half way with the
improvement at Seventh street, and
the station houses have been thor
oughly renovated and reprinted, rep
resenting total cost of ... 81 10000
The B. & w. repaired the station
house office and paved the yards be-
tween High and First avenues at
total cost of about ..........$ 100000
CHURCHES.
One of the most notable improve
ments of the year is the new church
edifice of the st. James Episcopal or
ganization of the city. 1t is located
at the corner of Third street and First
avenue, occupying a lot sixty by one
hundred and twenty feet. The church
is a handsome structure built of rock
faced brick, seating capacity some
thing less than a thousand persons
! A lofty tower is at the northeast cor.
ner and this will contain a set of the
finest chimes that have ever come in
to the west. The property represents
q value of about ..........$25 100000
The salvation army erected a new
brick barracks, 50x60 feet, at the cor
ner of High avenue and B street. 1t
is two story structure well suited to
the purposes of the army. There is a
basement below with furnace for the
heating of the building. The second
story contains the living rooms of the
local captain. The building is valued
DIT .......... 2O,OUU.UU
Wesley Chapel, colored church, en-
larged and improved ........,$900,00
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT.
Buildings have gone up en every
hand and improvement has been quite
general. Eight new business blocks
and many places have been remodeled
and altered. The total of the i'm
provements in the business part is
$175,05O00, and the following review
will show where the work has been
done and who did it.
The. Armour Packing Co. took the
]. S. Capel place just west of the Iowa
i Central on First avenue, raised the
building and improved the place for
an Office building and a store house;
built new platforms and stables at a
Sam Bafdauf improved his store
building by having a new metal cell
ing put in his main store room, sixty
by one hundred and twenty feet. The
front was altered and added to and
"Luxifer" prism glass put in. Later
the front was further changed to in
Clude a vestibule and an additional
show case; shoe department furnish
ed, etc.. ................S5 SIS, 10000
! H. ID. Browning, successor to George
Carbon & Son, built a wood yard and
general supply place and Office east of
the narrow guage tracks between Sec
ond and Third avenues, and removed
tc the place from the corner of Third
street and High avenue. He made ad-
ditions to the Office place at the corn
er of High avenue and Second street,
and the total improvements represent
/ ed value of about .......... $500. 90
Frank Baker rebuilt the Iowa man
ufacturing company foundry and fac
tory that was destroyed by fire and
replaced improvements and purchased
new machinery at a cost of 100000
Richard Burke's Times Office re-
moved to the Converse property, the
old Greenough house on High avenue
cast, and the >plaee was repaired to
the extent of about ........ $500. 90
Fred Blattner completed work com
menced last fall, making improve
ments to his property worth in the
neighborhood of .......,. $3.50. 90
Mrs. Alice Bennett put front in the
business room occupied by the Norris
Jewelry store, an Improvement worth
ABOUT ...,........., 700. 90
i The Burnside Lumber Co. erected
large sheds and new two-story and
basement, Office, all frame SIS, 600. 90
i Mrs. w. ]. Brown rebuilt building
on High avenue west, occupied by