Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-01
BLUFFS PROSPEROUS YEAR
Large Amount of Building Done During
the Past Twelve Months
tvtRAL LARGE STRUCTURES IN THE LIST
Particular Activity Noted In the Way
Of Erection OF Private Residences,
the Average Cost Being
Greater Than Usual.

le year just closed was one Of prosper
ity and the people Of Council Bluffs can
look back on the last twelve months with
satisfaction. Tho dawn OF the new year
promises another equally prosperous twelve
months.
Retail and wholesale trade during 1905, it
il generally conceded, was excellent. Public
improvements did not keep pace with pri-
vatc enterprises but 1905 was record
breaker i'm the line of building. Not in the
history or the CITY has there been so much
building Council Bluffs has always been
essentially a city of homes and this was
fully demonstrated during the last twelve
months In every section of the city houses
have sprung up almost like mushrooms. 1t
is noticeable that the class OF private resi-
dences improved during the last year and
numerous fine residences were erected.
The record Of building permits shows
that 1871 permits were issued for buildings
costing in the aggregate 1851, 1856. This rec
ord. however. is far from complete, as many
fail to take out a permit. and buildings ag
gregatiug at least Sl75,O0O were constructed
without permits issued for them.
some OF Important structures.
The most important building now in
course Of construction is the elevator being
built by the Transmississippi Grain com
pany to replace the old Union elevator
burned last March. This will cost, 1t II
estimated, $4,000. The new barns and Of
fees of the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street
Railway company at Twenty-eighth street
and Avenue A are nearing completion and
represent an outlay of about $4,000. The
Jennie Edmundson Memorial hospital, cost
ing $4,000, is in course OF construction.
Warehouse Construction Company No. eX-
pended $4,000 in rebuilding the implement
warehouse burned down a year ago while
occupied by the Fuller-Johnson & Shugart
company. The exchange building of the In
dependent Telephone company, now near
ing completion. represents an outlay OF
nearly $4,000. At the Christian Home. a
memorial building In memory Of the
founder. Rev. j. G. Lemen and his wife,
has been erected during the last year at a
cost of $4,000 John Beno spent upwards
Of $4,000 In remodelling and improving his
block on Pearl and Main streets, and the
improvements on the old Stewart building
commenced by A. A. Clark will cost up
wards OF $1,000. f. Children & Sons ex-
pended several thousand dollars during the
year I'm adding to their factory on South
avenue. while the building Of the Kretch-
mer factory cost upwards OF $4,000. The
Growers Canning factory represents on
OUTLAW of $4,000. while the Grape Growers
association expended 5000 in n ware
house. Elevators have been erected during
tbe last venr nv tho Rock Island railroad
= proVc Pros. Shueart & Ouren. representing
in the avvrp@n.o MANY Thousand of dollars
Al tha Town school for the Deaf the state
Is exrerdirC 500 oN0 I'm tho construction OF
new buildings. The wear 1905 Witnessed the
completion and openinG Of the $1,000 library
building donated nv Andrew Carnegie.
The result Of all this building was that
there was arrle work for all classes OF
skilled and unskiIled labor.
pubiic announcements.
Public improvements during the last year
cid not cut a very big swath and were less