The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-04-08
New Buildings for Charter Oak.

Charter Oak, April 2-Charter Oak
is to have more new buildings this
season than for many years, and yet
there will not be enough to fill the de-
mand. Carpenters are already con-
tracted for almost the entire season.
The new Catholic school was staked
out Monday morning by F. S. Probas-
co, preparatory to beginning work on
that. 1t will be by far the largest
parochial school in these parts. 1t
will be built of wood so constructed
as to eventually take a brick veneer,
or, if things work out as well as they
look at present, the brick may be put
on at once. Wood is used as making
a building both cheaper than brick
and drier than concrete.
The Sprock boys have the contracts
for three new houses to be built in
what has always been known as the
Vogt pasture. These are to be thor
oughly modern five room cottages,
made as nice as they can be made.
The material is already bought for
them and some of it is being placed.
M. M. Black has begun the work
of building home for himself in the
lot Immediately west Of Mrs. G. f.
Fienes home near the Catholic church
The house is not to be so large, but
will be as fine as it can be made.
B. p. Weed is thinking almost out
loud of house on his newly acquired
property in the Washington pasture
at the south Of town. and will prob
ably build before the year is over.
The house will be built about oppo-
site the present home Of F. Dubois.
Thos. Hartwig is waiting only for
the masons to finish the new founda-
ton for the new home of NJ. L. Jones
to take the place of the one destroyed
by fire last fall. This is not quite in
town, but it is SO close that we are
giving it in this story anyway.
Louis Prock's new house will be
finished ready for occupancy about the
first of May.
Franz Reetz is strongly considering
the remodeling of his old hotel build
ing so as to make two or three resi-
dences of it. He has this old build
ing which is not of much value to him
as a money maker and he has plenty
of ground, so he will put the two to-
gether.
The Methodist church people con-
template making extensive changes in
their building this season, which will
make another great improvement. 1t
is proposed to raise the present build
ing and put a basement below it to be
used for dining room and as gym
for the younger people of the town.
Then new walks will be laid and all
the buildings will be given full coat
of fresh paint.
If the city puts in the new electric
light plant that is being so strongly
considered then new building will
be necessary for that. It will no doubt
be made of brick and set back of the
city hall. This, of course, is still in
the speculative stage. but most of the
improvements we have mentioned in
this story are already under contract.
Joe Stephen has already bought the
lumber for a big addition to the little
house he built last year for himself.
He will add four or five rooms and
make fine residence. The work will
begin on this any day when Joe gets
ready.
In the country the lumber is already
sold for a new barn on the Ed Pran-
schke farm, size 36x4S, and Henry
Bockelmann has also bought the stuff
for big barn.-Times.
Probably the Inter State Commerce
Commission would like two years to
consider what the railroad rates should
be for the next twelve months.