Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-26
MORE BUILDING
THAN last YEAR
More Improvements Already in
Sight For Season Than Com
pleted in All Of 1906
AGGREGATE COST IS s14s,s5o

Fine New Residences is Where Mar.
shalltown Shines This Season, I'm.
provements Of $6o,5oo in This Diree-
ton Alone Already Contemplated
Public Buildings, Stores and Fac
tories. -,
Marshalltown already has either un-
der course Of construction or contracted
for more new buildings than-were COM
pleted fhruout the entire year of 1906
It is still early, and the list will prop
ably be further increased by anotnei
month 1t is going to be . season O
great activity in the building line. and
all branches OF skilled labor in the
building trades are in great demand
The T.-R. has made an effort 70 as
certain just what building for the
season is now actually in sight, under
course OF completion. or finished TINS
year 1t has not underworld to 80 into
talked-or construction, to any great
extent, unless there seemed to be q good
reason for believing that present plans
will be realized. From the people VINO
are themselves building have prices
been obtained, 80 that . total amoun'
OF improvements, in the sum Of $l4b.66o
already in sight Tor Marshalltown this
season. is believed to- be conservative,
This aggregate amount Is divided as
follows: Residences, $6o,500; public
buildings and improvements. $4,000;
business blocks, factories and additions
to same. s32,55o.
New Residences Will Cost $60, 500.
Marshalltown Is going to shine more
particularly this summer In new resi-
dences. While many people are build
ing homes for their own occupancy
others are putting up modern houses
and cottages for renting purposes. Only
those who have been looking Tor homes
probably realize how scare good houses
to rent are, and never was there sucn
a demand for modern houses that rent
around $50 and $25-a substantial class
Of dwellings. There are people In town
today who are boarding and rooming
because no suitable houses are avail
able. With new homes for present rent
ers there will be vacated several good
houses that will be ready for new ten
ants before the fall renting season
opens. IS.
Hiahvisw Busy Place.
Highview addition is busy place
this spring, and three new houses are
already in course of construction, with
one other to be started next week, ana
good for the building Of three
others, and possibly four, during the
present summer.
A. J. Weadley, coffee salesman from
Waterloo, Dis putting up one OF the finest
Of the residences now being built, and
it is already In shape for the plaster
ers Mr.. Weadley's new home is to be
at 500 North Fifth street, and will be a
two-s story house, modern in every re-
'spect, and equipped with the vacuum
heating system. The house will cost
$4,000.
Two doors to the south, On Fifth, al
the lot numbered Alb. stakes were
driven Thursday for the foundation OF
the new home Of w. II. Gilbert. OF the
Central Iowa Business College. Mr.
Gilbert's residence will cost $4,000, and
the contract has been. let. It will be a
colonial cottage, thoroughly modern
one and one half stories.
To the north OF the Weadley home
5o4 North Fifth, work will be cons
menced next week, in making ready FOL
the construction Of the new home OF
Ross Hubbard, cashier Of the Marshall
OIL Company. This will be the most
pretentious OF any of the new Highview
residences already planned. 1t will be
OF the Dutch style of architecture. and
will cost $4,000
To the east OF these three new houses
is the new residence of F. 3. Rouse, a
travelling salesman for the, National
Wringer Company, situated at Az
Park street. This will be similar to the
Gilbert home In architectural style, a
colonial cottage, and will cost $4,000.
The Rouse house is now ready for the
plasterers.
Apartment House and Flat.
McCombs Bros. have pretty well
completed, as far as the exterior is con-
cerned, their new apartment house at
207 East State street. The roof is now
done, and the plastering and veneering
Is In progress This building is a du-
pick apartment house and will cost
complete, $4,000. One house is the ex-
act counterpart Of the other, the two
stories Of each containing eight rooms
and bath, with garrett the full
length, and three rooms in the cellar.
The veneering is Of pressed brick. The
front will be modern and after the style
of regular city apartment house,
with double plate glass windows, SUR
by cut glass. Porches will ex-
and down stairs Both apartments weer
rented long ago. almost before the
ground was broken, and III. F. McCombs
says he could have rented a dozen
more just as well as the one If he had
them. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Higgin will
occupy the west half, and Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Hoover the east. The building
will be ready for occupancy by June /.
O. L. Ingledue Is having plans drawn
by two different architects for his new
fiat building that Is to be erected on
his lot at 3OS East Main street. pur-
chased last summer. The building will
contain modern apartments Of seven
rooms each for four families, two on
each floor. The building will be mod
ern in every respect, and will be built
of pressed brick MIR. Ingledue will
spend close to $4,000 in the improve
ment.
Other Residences,