Waukon Building Improvements 1890 |
Waukon is a town of steady, substantial growth. It has never had a "boom" and we hope it never will have one of the speculative kind that, when the fever is over, leaves the patient weaker than at first and must have a season devoted simply to recuperation. Like former years, the one just closing has been one of progress and solid growth for our beautiful, lively, flourishing town. Most of our estimates have been obtained from the owners of the property and the others on good authority:
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buildings................................................................$1200.00 H. F. Opfer, store improvements ......................................................75.00 C. S. Stilwell, house improvmts, rep's............................................150.00 T. F. O'Brien, house and store.........................................................100.00 E. M. Hancock, house ........................................................................35.00 A. T. Stillman, house............................................................................25.00 J. R. Thompson .................................................................................250.00 C. D. Bayless, house ........................................................................125.00 D. W. Reed, house .............................................................................123.00 Norwegian Lutheran Church ..........................................................1800.00 Halvor Petersen, house, etc ............................................................125.00 J. S. Johnson, house ......................................................................1500.00 John Downing, houses .....................................................................100.00 Boomer Bro's, improvements ............................................................25.00 C. P. Church and Parsonage ...........................................................175.00 Dr. J. C. Crawford, house ...................................................................50.00 Wm. Ralston, house ........................................................................1000.00 Hans G. Johnson, house .................................................................2000.00 James Ryan, improvements, and rep's ...........................................250.00 James Holahan, four dwellings .......................................................2800.00 James Holanhan, scales ...................................................................200.00 James Holahan, office .......................................................................200.00 Allamakee Co. Ag'l, Soc, buildings, improvements, etc ..............1711.00 Mrs. A. M. May, house .........................................................................40.00 John Ryan, addition ...........................................................................300.00 L. M. Bearce, improvements ..............................................................75.00 Hugh O'Donnell, improvements ........................................................500.00 J. M. Collins, improvements ..............................................................500.00 Mrs. Plubiska, house .........................................................................850.00 Bryan Byrne, barns .............................................................................250.00 Henry Dayton, improvements ............................................................100.00 Court House, improvements .............................................................180.00 E. D. Purdy, improvements .................................................................25.00 C. N. Volding, improvements ............................................................150.00 F. F. Winter, building ............................................................................50.00 J. A. Taggart, improvements .............................................................300.00 City, sidewalks, etc. ........................................................................1178.00 J. A. Kennedy, brick store building ................................................2000.00 Baptist church, repairs .........................................................................30.00 M. E. Parsonage, repairs ....................................................................62.00 Peter Heiser, stable ...........................................................................125.00 C. T. Granger, residence improvements ...........................................65.00 E. B. Raymond, improvements house .............................................350.00 Henie Hewit, residence .....................................................................600.00 Medary & Son, improvements ..........................................................800.00 Jim Quinn, house ................................................................................100.00 C. M. & St. P. turn-table .....................................................................750.00 Wm. Short, barn ................................................................................400.00 Jno. F. Dayton, barn .........................................................................350.00 G. D. Greenleaf, bath house .............................................................400.00 Henry Carter, residence ....................................................................150.00 C. O. Howard, residence ...................................................................250.00 Mrs. M. A. Phillips, residence ...........................................................100.00 C. D. Beeman, residence .................................................................150.00 Frank Whaley, residence ....................................................................65.00 Marcus Clark, residence .....................................................................60.00 James Duffy, .......................................................................................175.00 Excelsior Creamery, improvements .................................................700.00 L. M. Irvin, improvements house .......................................................150.00 S. R. Thompson, improvements house ..............................................75.00 M. Buggy, improvements shop .........................................................200.00 Mrs. Schwartz, improvements hotel .................................................100.00 Maurice Dailey, barn ............................................................................40.00 (copy of news column ends here) |
- source: WAUKON STANDARD; December 11, 1890
- transcribed by: Mary Durr