The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-11-21
THE MAKING OF A CITY
Building Operations Going on Here
and There About Town.

perty has had to be moved and prac-
tically all of the outbuildings have
been taken away. Car loads of Stag
and ashes have been brought in and
used as the base for the ties and
ltrackage and on this coarse sand Is
now being filled in and the tracks lev
eled and adjusted. The new round
house is now being painted and the
forms for the concrete walls about
| the new steel turn table are being
built. Grading in various places is
being done and the uprights for the
trestle of the new coal chutes are now
being erected. Concrete ash pits,
large enough to accommodate several
locomotives at once, have been built
The grading for the new main line
has geen finished and the ties for this
work have been distributed The
present main line is graded too high
for the level of the new yards and
this will have to be lowered to the
proper level. The new steel turn ia
BILE has arrived and the whole work
is being pushed with vigor. Several
hundred men are now being employed.
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| The brick work on the outside walls
of the new Spencer building is about
completed and the galvanized iron
cornices are now being placed on the
First avenue front and the scheme
gives some idea of the appearance of
the new building. The walls on the
east and west sides are pretty we'll up
toward the roof and the work indi-
Gates growth every day. The C. B.
& Q. people are arranging to run a
new switch on the east side of the
building and the M. G. ST. L. will also
have one on the west side. The plas-
tering is now being done on the inter-
iOr and the work on the exterior is
nearly completed.
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The contractor of the new Friends
church Is now engaged in putting In
the bowled floor of the audience room.
i lis floor is supported by cross cir.
ders of structural steel and the whole
solidly built into the walls. Marble
tablets have been placed on both sides
of the front entrance on North c
street and the work will now move
forward more rapidly, now that this
important work is about completed.
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The new Walthall building is about
completed. Painters and plumbers
are putting in the finishing touches
to the work and as the apartments on
the second floor and the Office rooms
on the main floor are practically all
LEASED to tenants, they will soon be
moving in and taking possession of
the new quarters.
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new gravel composition roof has
been placed on the Shepherd building
at 315-317 High avenue East and the
property otherwise improved and
made ready for winter.
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The old Standing place at 813 North
street, has recently been remodeled
and the whole house covered with a
new roof A new front porch has also
been added to the house and the
whole property put in up-toda con.
Ciftiuu.
The new building for the Union
Monarch Laundry on High avenue
west Is about completed and will
soon be ready for occupancy by the
laundry people. The boiler and some
OF the large machinery has alreaLy
been placed.
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Ihls hne fall weather is of vast i'm
portance to the Oskaloosa mechanic
ana workingman. All lines of i'm.
proVement are being pushed to the
limit, so that all will be in good shape
when cold weather sets in. Carpen.
ters, painters, plumbers and also heat
Ing contractors are at a premium and
they are all in great demand by the
house owner A few weeks more of
this good weather will see practically
all exposed work under cover and in
good shape for the winter season.
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The r. N. Bennett residence. SIS
North b street Is about completed
and the family is nearly ready to
move in. Mr. Bennett has used great
care in the erection of this home and
it will prove one of the most complete
residences in that part of the city.
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The Graham place 215 North B
street has been raised and fine base
ment placed under the house. Front
and back porches have been erected
and the whole property improved and
re-modeled.
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The changes that have been made
in the A. l.. Holder property 2O7 North
c street, have proved almost a mir.
acle. The whole property has been
changed and rebuilt SO
that 1t appears like bran new cot.
tage. 1t Is now a most desirable and
home.
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