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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1917
Page
11
The Third Reformed Church near completion showcases a 98 by 74 foot brick structure with a 74 foot main tower. It features three entrances, a 60 by 60 foot main hall seating about 450 to 500, two hot air furnaces, planned steam heating, and a clock in the tower awaiting final placement. The brick color matches the nearby high school, and the building includes restrooms, ventilating space, and dedicated furnace and coal rooms.
The new church in Pella features an inclined circular floor and balcony seating for about 200, with oak finish throughout. Architect James Verhey led the project, which includes a larger organ case, two main stairways to the basement, three exterior entrances, a spacious 40 by 50 foot dining area, and a full basement. Dedication not yet set, but due within weeks as finishing touches proceed and seating is installed.
The notice repeats local laws restricting fowls roaming April 1 to November 1, prohibits spitting on sidewalks and public building floors, urges obeying speed limits and exhaust cutouts, bans riding bicycles on sidewalks, and is signed by Mayor H. J. Vanden Berg.
An ordinance defines salaries for city officers. Section 1 sets the City Clerk salary at four hundred dollars per year. Section 2 sets the City Bookkeeper salary at one thousand dollars per year.
The text outlines salary figures for city officials including the City Marshal at 70 dollars monthly, Water and Sewer Superintendent at 1200 dollars annually, Light and Power Superintendent at 90 dollars monthly, and Street Commissioner at 2.25 dollars per day. It states all are paid monthly, repeals conflicting ordinances, and enforces the ordinance from passage after publication. Mayor H J Vanden Berg signed April 3, 1917 with City Clerk A C Kuiper attesting.
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