The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-02
MAKING OF 4 CITY.
improvements That Are Pushing
0skaloosa to the Front.

ING SUN tOtdl lUI Iu0 ISSluSutS at Inc
end of the season. Nine new houses
have been erected in the ward this
season, or are now in course of build
ing. The business part of the ward
also shows material gain in several
improvements.
Mrs. Rhinehart has about complet-
ed the improvements on the business
rooms occupied by the II. d. Boyer
clothing house, at a cost of several
thousand dollars. A two-story addi-
ton was built at the rear Of the store,
making the building fully one hundred
and twenty feet. All of the second
story rooms were remodeled and
made over into new suites. City heat
was put in the building and all in all
the change is one Of the best Of the
season. The exterior of the building
is being repainted which makes quite
fine appearance.
The Howard building on First ave-
nue. is another change worth several
thousand dollars. The building has
been added to at the rear and all of
the second story has been remodeled.
City heat was put in and the building
looks very fine with new modern
front
A. p. Spencer is making extensive
improvene nts 20 his nome at the cor
ner Of Sixth street aul Fir7t avenue,
necessitating The outlay of several
hundred dollars. Two OF the rooms
IF the homo Lave been materially en-
urged and hard wood floors have
been laid in all parts of the house.
The walls and ceilings have been
newly decorated and changed from
basement to garnet. The exterior CT
the house has been noticeably altered
and improved and the entire building
has been reprinted. The compl ated
improvements will make this home
one of the most comfortable, convent
ent and elegant in the city.
Work will soon be begun on the ex-
tension of the street railway into the
O'Neill addition. A number Of lots
have been sold here despite the fact
that little effort has been made to
dispose of them. Several new houses
will also be built in the territory this
season.
A. B. Anderson is having cosy cot
tage, five rooms, erected at GA South
Fifth street, which will cost near
$500.
H. r. White has made an addition
to the house at 1901 East Seventh ave
nue., adding a kitchen on the north
side OF the house. The improvement
will be worth about $500.
c. A. johnson, S45 Seventh avenue
east, has put new roof on his barn
that cost in the neighborhood of $500.
A neat cottage of six rooms is be-
ing erected in O'Neills addition, on
South Seventh street, by Theo. Evans,
Of the Bell Clothing Co. The cost OF
the home will be about $1,000.
w. A. Heinzman, 410 South Seventh
street, has thoroughly remodeled his
home, building onto the porch ana
changing the number of rooms from
six to seven and making the house
modern in every way. The cost OF
the improvements will amount to ST.
600.
Mrs. Semira Phillips has spent ser-
eral hundred dollars in adding to and
improving her residence place on
South Market, corner of Third avenue.
A couple of rooms have been added
and several changes made.
The new residence Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli Ketner, across the street south
from the Phillips residence, is getting
along quite rapidly. John Mickey
has the contract.
The new house OF worship of the
Pentecostal Mission on South Market
street, at the intersection Of Fifth
avenue, is pfastered and the finishing
WORK is now in progress. The church
will be ready for the organization in
about three weeks.
The Eli Ketner property fronting
on South Market has a new shingle
roof and additions in outbuildings,
costing several hundred dollars
P. T. Johnson, residing south of the
Iowa Central tracks on South Market
street, has a new roof and improve
ments that have cost a couple or
three hundred dollars.
Newricll Longstaff has erected a
cosy six-rCom cottage on South First
street, south of Twelfth avenue. 1t
is a one-stoTy cottage with basement
and an improvement worth about
1920.
Pierce Ratliff is making some i'm
provement on property on Fifth ave-
nue. east. He has a new stable erect
ed at cost of about $3.50, and will
erect a new dwelling before the close
of the season, removing the house that
now stands on the lot.
n. Cayen, at the intersection OF
Fifth avenue and Third street, has a
new roof for his dwelling and other
changes.
Thos. Thornburg has purchased the
old frame building Of the Standard
Oil Company and is removing the
same to his property southeast of the
city to be used in the erection OF
needed buildings.
w. z. Boyer No. SIC Fourth avenue