The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-07-18
THE MAKING OF A CITY
Building Operations Going on Here
and There About Town.

sale house is now moving on rapidly.
For few days there was some din.
Guilty experienced in putting in the
footings for the different columns,
but this Is now completed and the
forms FOR the concreting OF the
main floor are now being erected.
This is very exacting, as the base
ment columns and the slabs for the
floor are poured at the same time
The columns are filed first and
brought to a level with the floor and
then the slabs are made. All OF this
work is reinforced with steel and all
CT the steel work has to be placed in
position before the pouring of the
concrete Is done, 1t will take several
days to get this work ready
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University Park is not as active in
the building line this year as usual,
and yet a few new houses are being
erected Prof. Paul Lawson is erect.
ing fine house at the east end Of
the Park, and Mr.. r. L. Riggs is
the public highway on the south.
Other parties are making various inn
provements such as painting, fixing
their plumbing and heating apparatus,
&c. In progress the town is holding
| its own. The Traction Company has
recently taken up the double track
and switch that they had at the east
end of the campus for use at chautau,
qua times, and now the cars stop at
the street which leads south to the
general store.
L. j. Spurgin, 149 College avenue,
is building fine new porch on the
front Of his residence, and NJ E.
Moore, $40 College avenue, after
completing the extensive improve
ments recently noted, has had his
whole place newly painted, so that
everything now looks new and bright.
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Sam w. Jones, SOL South Third
street, has put new roof on his resi-
dence and has made other improve
ments on his property. The Hoffman
house, 800 Fourth avenue east, has
recently been repainted and In other
ways improved 30 that II hardly
looks like 1t did formerly
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F.. j. Schmitt, 401 Fifth avenue
east, has put new roof on his place
and the property of r. J. Blalock,
clio Fifth avenue east, is being com.
pletely remodeled and changed. The
residence of E. w. Hinshaw, of ia
X avenue east, has been newly re-
painted and is decided improve
ment.
The construction department of the
Traction Company are busy. The
new line for the transmission OF
power to New Sharon is being put in,
the gangs working north and south
from Lacey. The greatest progress
has been made. toward the south, but
the work is moving rapidly. Teams
and men are now excavating and
grading for the new electric line to
the Country Club. Part of the steel
is now on the ground and the track
men are working in the turn from
Ninth avenue east to South Eleventh
street. This is the Burnside corner
and it is now scene of busy activity
Various improvements and changes
that have recently been made at the
Country Club house are rapidly ap-
preaching completion. The place
was formerly occupied by Edward
Mckinley and family and was lately
purchased by the Country Club. The
greater portion Of the changes have
been made on the north, east and
south sides, the front toward the
road being practically as it was. On
the north has been added a fine sum-
mer kitchen with lattice screen to-
ward the front. Extending back we
come to wide screened porch which
will be used as dining room during
the summer season and 1t is so ar
ranged that the screens can be taken
OuI anu Tie WHOlc cuCiOSSu Win glass
sash. This wide porch extends across
the east end Of the building and also
about half the distance on the south
side. Part of the porch on the east
side and all on the south side is open
for promenade uses. At this corner
Of the building the ground is some
what low and this wide open porch
is thus high and commanding in its
view. The views which can be OBJ
tanned toward the east and south are
exceptionally fine and this point will
make a popular resort. Under the
porch on the south side is storage
place for automobiles, &c, and as
the entrance to the grounds is on the
south, 1t makes it most convenient.
Just inside from this open porch,
with its views to the east and south,
has been arranged a fine large room
for dancing purposes, and among
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