The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-11-20
GREATER OSKALOOSA
The Work of City Building Goes
Merrily On.


in progress at the present time and
then declared that nowhere else in his
varied travels had he seen such mark
ed evidence of substantial growth.
Eyes, this is certainly Greater Oska-
loosa,' You are indeed making a city
of the old town"
Work in Progress.
The city making now in progress,
is about as follows:
Work on the new postofice is get
ting along at rapid pace. The fall
in temperature caused the windows
to be placed Friday and the new
building is now completely enclosed.
The electric wire men are busy with
their part of the contract and next
week will see their work completed.
The men who have been putting on
the marble wainscoting are about
through with their part of the work.
The flooring of the work room and the
framing of the windows and a little
work here and there and the first
floor will be completed and ready for
the work of the painter.
The curbing about the place was
completed Friday and Contractor
Ed Matthews has done a good job
one of which he is proud. The next
thing to be done will be the paving
of the alley on the north of the post
Office lot and the driveway on the
east of the building and through the
length of the lot. The paving will be
of brick laid upon a bed of concrete.
Mr.. Matthews was given the contract
for the work Friday afternoon and
he will rush the work to completion.
The giving of thegrades and the set
ting of the stakes for the various
points about the building and the lots
was done by our city surveyor John
Shannon, and he is to be congratu-
lated upon the splendid job he has
done. 1t was a difficult piece of
work.
Y. M. C. A. Building.
The new Y. NJ G. A. building is
making giant strides toward compile
ton. The brick layers are working
on the cornice terracotta and the
place will soon be under roof. The
entrance portico is being erected and
will be quite a feature of the building
when completed.
Public Library.
Foreman John Byers IS making ex-
cellent progress with the work on the
new library building on South Mar
ket street. The foundation has been
completed ana the workmen are now
engaged in setting the base stones on
the first floor preparatory to getting
the floor joists and the rough plank
ing in place. 1t is desired to get this
done before the anticipated bad win
ter weather puts stop to operations.
The work will be carried forward just
as far as possible before the cold
weather compels further work to
cease.
The New Power Plant.
Construction work at the power
houses of the Oskaloosa Traction and
Light Company is nearing an end.
The big chimney will very soon be
completed and ready for the work that
b. to do. The walls of the
car barnes are now almost done and
the building will soon be enclosed.
The big Westinghouse engine is now
in the building and has been placed
upon it's foundation. 1t is now ready
for the assembling Of its several parts.
Electric Line.
The track layers of the street rail-
way are at work along High avenue
west going toward Oskaloosa College.
The curve where the line leaves High
avenue and turns into B street has
been placed. The line reaches the
Rock Island station by leaving the
Market street track at Sixth avenue
and running thence east two blocks
! to Second street, then south to point
east of the Rock Island passenger sta
ton. The work of setting the trolley
poles and of stringing the wire for the
new lighting system is progressing
very nicely in all parts of the city,
This work will be completed in good
time along with the other departments
/ of the Improvement.
The Heating Plant.
! Several car loads of the wrought
iron pipe for the Yaryan heating sys
/ tenn have arrived and are being dis
tributed along the route of the line
! The main pipe line to the city will be
made of eight inch pipe and will be
extended to the rear of the Hote
Lacey. From here it will be six in
ches to a point north Of High avenue
Lateral lines will be sent out from the
main line toward the east. The work
of laying the pipes and digging the
trenches will be commenced Monday
The boxing for the pipes has been in
course Of construction for some time
past. The material was worked. Ut
as rapidly as it arrived and now three
fourths of the boxing is ready for the
pipes. The heating plant will be
ready for service as soon as the other
parts Of the big improvement will DC
completed. The pipe lines will be
laid in alleys wherever it is possible
so to do.
The "walling up" of the big boilers
at the nOwer housa Is now OccunVina