The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-08-16
THE MAKING OF A CITY.
Various Improvements In Progress
in All Directions.

year, but the strides in building being
made at the Holiness university
grounds and the interurban are fur
nishing lots of work. let here and
there about town new house is in
course of construction or an addition
being made until the work in all parts
of the city represents much activity
and a considerable sum of money be-
ing spent.
John Shannon, on North Market,
has repaired his home, has a new
roof and other changes looking to
ward the betterment of the house.
Chas. OFT. at No. ga North Mar
ket, has made notable Improvement
in his property He has raised the
building to two full stories and there
by secured a number of additional
rooms enhancing the value of his pro-
perty.
Another notable change on North
Market street is that at the corner
OF College avenue, where H. d. Lane
has added to and improved his resi-
dence, making an almost new house
of the place. He has excavated for
basement, raised the roof, made new
rooms and done other things that
have cost near fifteen hundred dol.
lars.
F. ]. Page, on College avenue, is
making improvements to premises
and outbuildings; new roof for sta,
bles, etc.
The Chas. Highland place on North
D. street has a new roof ana other re-
pairs and alterations.
Thos. Kearne will make improve.
ments to his place, No $40 North D
street.
w. M. Moore, No. SIG d avenue
West, has improved his home by
new roof and minor repairs.
The old "Call" house at the corner
of D street and C avenue has new
single roof.
Marion Cruzen Is making extensive
improvements to his home place, cor.
ner D street and B avenue, adding
rooms and repairing in general. John
Mackey is doing the work.
c. d. Holloway, No. Ill North d
street, has a new roof and other i'm
provements.
| A. A. Paine is making notable
changes and additions at the location
of his feed yards, the former site of
the Rand Lumber company. The
changes will cost several hundred uol-
| lars.
H. M. Newton, at No, 407 B avenue
West, has virtually new residence.
to story and basement. He has left
very little of the old place intact and
now has a fine new home,
Peter Schmitt is making O sdbstafi.
tial Improvement to his residence
place on Fourth avenue, west of Mar.
ket street. A new roof is being put
on and other changes made that are
for the betterment of the place.
Two new residences erected by
| Chas. Mccullough on South d street
help the appearance of that portion Of
| the city.
| Lutte Billick has erected new
barn on his lot on South Market
street at a cost of several hundred
dollars.
The Swanson & Peterson grocery,
South First street, corner Fifth ave-
nue., has been improved in appear
ance by numerous changes, the add.
! ton of a new porch and a coat or
two of new paint.
| j, L. Nelson purchased the little
home that stood on the lot now occu-
pied by the addition to the Penn gar
ment factory. He removed it to his
lot, No. 204 Eighth avenue West, set
it on new foundation, and has a de-
sirable little tenement place.
August Gootschlich has made some
additions and improvements to pro.
perty just north of the Anderson Can
ming company's lane, costing him sew
eral hundred dollars. He has virtu-
ally worked the house over into new
property.
Steward Hixson has an addition to
his home, No. 531 Ninth avenue East.
He is putting in a neat and conven-
| TENT bath room, one of the results OF
the Ninth avenue sewer extension. 1t
will cost several hundred dollars,
complete and equipped.
S. c. Mason, No. GIG Sixth avenue
West, has a new roof covering for
| his residence.
The Bidwell property on Second
avenue East, between Second and
Third, has new roof and is being
| otherwise improved.
| Chas. Coons has completed his re-
modelling of the old house that stood
in the cemetery grounds and has a
neat place on North Ninth street.
The new residence being built by
the Cemetery association on North
Ninth street for the occupancy of the
superintendent of the grounds is be-
ing hurried along rapidly and will be
much of an Improvement for this
locality.
THE HORSE TRADE CASE.