IMPROVEMENTS IN CHRITON - 1875

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Date: 5/2/2006 at 20:48:21

The Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, December 29, 1875

Improvements in Chariton During the Year 1875.

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We give below the improvements in the way of buildings and additions to
buildings that have been made in Chariton, during 1875, as fully as we have
been able to ascertain the same up to the time of going to press:

The best building that has been erected during the year, is MR. G. F. GASSER
s south side brick. This is 41 x 70 feet, and is two stories high and is
classed among the best buildings in the place. It is a substantial
structure, with cellar under the whole and divided into rooms as follows:
The lower story is divided into two store rooms, and the upper into four
rooms, three of which will be used for offices and the other and rear room,
which is about 30 x 40, is designed for a dancing hall, or for other
purposes requiring more space than the common office rooms. It will,
however, for the next year or probably longer, be occupied by BURCH & SCOBEY
s business college. The brick and stone work on this building was done by
MR. GEO. B. ROUTT and the carpenter work by MR. M. RIZER, both of whom are
good mechanics, and have credit for doing a good job on this block. The roof
is of tin, and was put on by Messrs. GOODRICH & ENSLEY, the enterprising
south-west corner tinners. On the whole, the building is a good one, and
speaks well for the enterprise and thrift of MR. GASSER. Its cost is about
$7,000

The others (*can't read) one by Messrs. SOPER & ???GAN, cost $1,000, and one
by MR. W.W. WAYNICK, cost $1,500.

One church edifice, that of the Evangelical Lyteran, (Swede) has been
erected. It is in the north-east part of town, and is among the best
buildings of the kind, in the place. Its cost was near $4,000.

Another substantial improvement is Messrs. EIKENBERRY & STEWART's grain
house. It is a frame structure two stories high, and about 100 feet long by
40 feet wide and is constructed with inclined planes leading to the second
story, at each end, in such a manner that each farmer elevates his own grain
by simply driving into the upper story, and there unloading it. That this
is much cheaper than to employ a steam engine is very obvious. The house is
provided with a large number of bins and chutes, so arranged that the grain
is discharged readily into wagons to be hauled to the cars. We do not know
the capacity of the house, but many thousand bushels can be stored in it,
and we deem it a very valuable addition to the business facilities of our
town. Its cost was about $4,000.

In addition to their elevator Messrs. E. & S. have built a two story office
at a cost of $1,500.

The other improvements we refer to more briefly, as follows. The letters N,
S., S-W, &c, refer to the part of town in which the buildings are situated,
and the figures show the cost:

HENRY KUBITSHEK, brick dwelling, S, $4,000.
M.H. DEVO, frame dwelling, S, $3,300.
FRANK GRANGER, frame dwelling, S, $1,500.
CHARLES CHRISTIAN, frame dwelling, N-W, $1,500.
J.T. TATE, dwelling and barn, S-W, $1,500.
WM. JUMPER, dwelling, N-E, $1,200.
MCENTEE, dwelling, N-E, $900.
WM. MILLER, dwelling, N-E, $800.
JNO. SHOCKLEY, dwelling, N-E, $800.
ROBERT WILLIBY, dwelling, N-E, $700.
HARRY WEST, dwelling, N-E, $700.
J.F. SOPER, repairs on dwelling, N, $800.
LEWIS LEWIS, dwelling, N, $700.
WM. WILLIBY, dwelling, N-E, $900

" " " , N-W, $500.
JACKSON FORD, dwelling, S-E, $700.
A.M. HOOD, dwelling, W, $500.
J.W. CLOUSE, dwelling, S-W, $800.
R. BECKER, dwelling, W, $700.
GADBERRY, dwelling, N, $600.
MRS. COOK add. to dwelling, E, $600.
JACOB MCKLVEEN add. to dwelling, N, $600.
A.C. WILCOX, add. to dwelling, $600.
J.F. SMITH, add. to dwelling, $600.
SAMUEL STEVENSON, dwelling, N-E, $500.
G.W. WILLIBY, dwelling, N-E, $600.
JAS. STANLEY, add. to dwelling, S-E, $900.
B.F. MURPHY, add. to dwelling, S-W, $400.
J.D. HARDEN, add to dwelling, S-W, $500.
ROBERT VANDEBERT, dwelling, N-W, $450.
S. WILLOUGHBY, dwelling, (*can't read the rest).
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