The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-19
Thsre Will be Busy Months Here
From Opening Of Warm Weather
as Builders Get
Busy.

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and will mean much toward the build
ing now Of the city's hereafter"
Although somewhat too soon to
commence active building work, con-
tractors and builders, architects and
others Interested mechanically in the
construction Of new buildings and re-
modelling Of the old, are busy working
over plans daily and the present is
not counting for nought with regard
to activity and making preparations
for spring time building which is an
annual custom that Keokuk has TAX
en- on in the past several years, more
briskly and one that will never be
gotten rid of as the future now ap-
pears.
Getting Ready. for New Future.
knowingly, those who are wise and
have accumulated plenty Of this
worlds goods to build a home, are
going to do so this spring and among
the list of builders are many who
have made Keokuk their place of
residence for years
Both on the north and the south
side of the city, the west portion Of
Keokuk and as much to the east as
can be comfortably reached without
building out into the middle of the
river and getting in the way of the
thousand men who are working on the
dam, are home builders getting act
i've and telling contractors just what
they want done.
Last spring was an exceedingly
active one here and many comfort
able and handsome homes took their
places among the other pretty and
substantial residences here. This
spring, summer and fell promise to
be even much buster ones and ere the
early months of 1912 have rolled
round, it will be a pleasure to drive
the visiting neighbors about and show
them substantial and increasing i'm
provements.
The city commissioners are plan
ming great many public improve
ments and will start as soon as the
weather has opened up sufficiently,
putting in new roads, repairing old
ones, building walks and other de-
partments will DE busy where inn
provements will be noticed and will
add to the surface appearance of
awakened Keokuk.
Some South Side Builders.
Following are enumerated some OF
the names of those on the
south side of the city who are lid
ing homes and who have completed
them, with a number who intend
building:
Cephas Harrison has just completed
three new four-room houses on G and
Williams streets.
Albert Peterson will erect a mod
ern, new home at Eleventh and Pal
can streets.
G. F. Sandberg will build two new
residences at Eleventh and Palean
streets on the corner lots.
Albert Azinger has plans under way
for the construction of new home
between Ninth and Tenth on Elk
change street.
j. Craig McManus is having new
residence built between Bank and
Tilnea on Ninth street.
A new house has been completed for
Joseph Hanson at Eighteenth and
BIondeau streets
Henry Nelson will build home at
G and Reid streets.
Harry Merrick will have a home
built on Reid street between B and
G.
Between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
On Exchange street, d. A. Uhler will
have built a ten room double resi-
lence.
Charles Schaefer has just had com
oleted two new residences between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth on Car
oil street.
A modern seven room home will be
quilt at Eleventh and Des Moines
streets by Albert B. Grant.
Harry Bess will build home at
Fourth and Morgan.
Mrs. Rosine l.. Hesse is just hav-
ng completed ten room, double
louise at Sixteenth and Johnson
streets.
Will Remodel.
The residence of the late D. w. Nc
clroy at 619 High streets, will be en-
rely rebuilt and remodeled this
'pring.
Build New Butcher shop.
Joseph Haubert. the butcher, is to
AVE built some time soon, modern