Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-08
improvements During the Past
Year Amount to Many Thou
sands of Dollars
GOOD WATER WORKS SYSTEM
New Church, Several New Business
Blocks and a Number of New Fac
tories Among Many of the Years I'm
provements-Banks in Good Condi'
ton and Increasing Capital Stock.
Special ts Tlmes-Rerubhca...


Belle Plaine Dec. Sit is doubtful
il any of the interior cities of Iowa
with a population of 5000 or less can
boast of the substantial advancement
made by Belle PLANE during the past
year The improvements made have
been both municipal and private, and
indicate that Belle Plaine is the center
of a prosperous community. Among the
important improvements calling for a
large expenditure OF funds are the fol-
lowing:
The water works system. including
about four and a half miles of mains.
elevated tank, pumping station, and
deep artesian WE'LL $4,000
Congregational church, $4,000, In
Guiding a $500 pipe organ; two two
, story brick buildings.
About dozen residences.
Canning factory, costing $4,000.
| Besides these, the most important
local investments are $4,000 capital
stock, fully paid up, in the Corn Belt
Savings Bank which has about ninety
| shareholders.
The First National Bank increased
| it's capital stock from $4,000 to $4,000
and sold the additional $4,000 at 5000,
or 100000.
The city has on hand $4,000 for the
purpose OF constructing a sewer out
let next season, and already plans are
I,ai, IA for, tho nrprtiOn of several
business buildings and residences for
| next season.
The closing up of the link from Rap
i'd City to Pierre. S. D., of which about
seventy-five miles remain to be built,
will be completed early next season.
This line will mean that great deal
of the Black Hills business which now
goes over the Fremont, Elkhorn d MIS-
souri, Valley division and transfers to
the main line at Missouri Valley. VIII
be diverted to this new short cut, low
grade line, and will be transferred to
the main line at Belle PLANE. The OPP
ening of this line will mean that at
least eight or ten additional train
crews will have headquarters at Belle
PLANE, and about five men are figured
to train crew, or total of forty or
fifty men. If each of these men is n
head of family of four, this increase
of business will mean something like
$50 to 200 new residents for Belle
PLANE next season, from this one in
crease of business alone.
Belle PLANES bank ciearances have
increased over $4,000, as compared to
last year.
Street grading has been in progress
this season, and will be continued next
season, with the result that our streets
, will be much improved in appearance.
About five miles of cement sidewalk
were laid this season, and a great deal
more will be laid next season, includ-
ing a cement walk from town to the
cemetery, for which funds are now
being raised. Altogether, the year 1906
is the most prosperous that Belle
Plaine has seen for some time, and the
prospects for a still better year next
season are very bright. The electric
light company plans to secure a new
franchise, altho their present franchise
does not expire until August, 1908, and
upon securing new franchise the
company will entirely remodel and en-
large their present plant. The COM
pany will also change from 10 to
60 cycle circuit, and will probably put
on continuous service, night and day.
Users of power will particularly appre-
ciate this.
During the last year one Industry
which has been added is pop factory,
which has been unable to keep up with
the orders.