Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-04
MARsHALL1owN LEADS.
head. the iis, OF iowa Clues In linz
provements to BE Made This sen-l

8 licusis tine Iisl OF Town Clues IN linz
provements to BE Made This sen-
son.
According tosflgures gathered By the
Des Moines Capital relative to improve.
ments 10 be made in the cities and
towns OF the state the coming year Mar
ehalitown heads the list with an esti-
mated expenditure of 100000 The cor
rTespondent who made the estimate for
& Marshalltown Included the many new
residences planned, the $4,000 sewage
disposal plant. the syrup refining plant
to be added to the glucose factory as
soon as the sewage disposal piart il
completed. and other projects The fig
ures compiled are quite interesting and
= are as follows:
Over three million dollars In i'm
provements will be made in the cities
and towns of Iowa during the coming
season. Nearly three million alone re-
presents the assured outlay In forty of
the leading centers of the state. the fig
ures being based upon statistics
gathered by the Capital thru its numer-
GUS Iowa correspondents The exact
amount, figured in round numbers to
be expended in the forty cities and
towns referred to, is s2.75O06o. The i'm
provements contemplated. many of
which are now In process or have just
been completed, embrace a large vari-
ETY.. Many OF the cities and towns are
erecting new public buildings, including
churches and school houses in many In
stancaA some are improving the bust ;
ness portions OF the towns, While nearly
all are being honeycombed With new
ana modern residences.
The amount of improvements in the
various places range all the way from
5000 to 100000 Marshalltown and
Ames lead the list with the latter fig
ure. followed by Clinton with 100000.
Creston and Fairfield With 100000
Toledo with slT5,0oo. Charlton with
ss!oc.eae and Storm Lake with 100000
s Among the cities which VIII expend
from $4,000 to $4,000 are bloomfield.
West Union, Mt. Pleasant. Pocahontas.
Hamburg. Iowa City. Clarinda and JEFF
ferson. Those towns whose expansion IL
more modest include FIT Madison. Grim
:ellll. k:.cs:!!!!e, p:::.;;sstsi;;s char. S'iiafiou,
Hampton, Vinton. Gowrie. Iowa Falls
Germania, Webster City. Montezuma,
Oskaloosa, Hudson. Audubon, Center
Point. Rock Rapids, Alta, Cambridge.
Bridgewater. New Hartford. Dallas
Center, Washington. Missouri Valley
una 1arlan.
Among the government buildings to
be erected Is one costing 100000 at
Clinton and another costing the same at
Creston. AT Marshalltown the principal
Improvement will be In the nature of
residences, chief among which liz a
handsome new $4,000 home being erect
ed by ex-senator j. l.. Carney Toledo,
in May. Will assist at the dedication of
$4,000 Methodist Episcopal church,
and in the same city later the Baptists
are to complete a $4,000 edifce The
Congregationalists at Rock Rapids are
building new church and so are the
Episcopalians at Oskaloosa. paro-
chial school, costing $4,000. will be built
at Washington. Ia. and Parsons College
at Fairfield is building new dormitory
to cost $4,000. Fairfield 10 also to put
down mile and half of paving. and
this, with numerous railroad improve
ments contemplated there. constitute a
good-sIxed boom for the place.
There is to be new 100000 hotel at
Storm Lake, a new $4,000 school house
for Iowa City, canning factory at
Iowa Falls. a fine new storage elevator
at Missouri Valley. an auditorium at
Clarinda, besides innumerable resIden-
ces and business blocks In every portion
Of the state. and farm building i'm