Waterloo Spreads Out with 1485 Acre Plats in 1910
Twenty tracts were surveyed in 1910 by Nathan B Barber, civil engineer and county surveyor. The additions total 1485.5 acres in 1160 lots and 227 tracts, eight recorded, remaining to file in 1911. Fifteen tracts lie within the city hills and include farms Millerdale 467 acres and Waterloo Gardens 588 acres. Meadowdale was resurveyed in 1903 into five acre tracts.
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Nathan B. Barber
Liills
Millerdale
Waterloo Gardens
Town
Meadowdale
Barber
Christie
Enterprise Place
Glenny-Logan Park
Garden Place
Greenwood Park
Groveland Addition
Firat
Langland’s
Prospect’ Place
Peverill
Ane
Real Estate Activity Expands as 1911 Spring Opens
In 1910 several acre tracts and small outside additions were sold and survey work continues. Mr. Barber reported surveying more additions than the previous year and already has calls for work ahead of spring 1911.
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Barber
Litchfield Co expands in Waterloo state industry boom
Litchfield Manufacturing Co expanded by 40000 in 1910 to add new buildings and modern machinery. The plant now employs about 225 people, with a capacity of 50 spreaders daily and 30 000 end gates yearly, plus feed grinders. The firm plans large scale cow milker production and benefits from prime rail access and ample shipping facilities.
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Waterloo
Litchfeld Manufacturing Co
Litchfield Company
Illinois Central and W., Co. Fy & WN
Town Criers Promote Waterloo Advertising Efforts
The Town Criers, a Waterloo advertising group, has shaped city promotion for over a year. Harry H. Kiester of William Galloway Co. serves as president with Henry Frank of Frank Brothers as secretary. Membership costs 5 dollars annually and monthly meetings feature banquets and speakers on advertising themes. One notable gathering was at the Irving hotel with Hugh Chalmers delivering the address.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Kiester
Frank
Pythian Temple
C. J. Laylander
Chicago
Edward White
Bankers’ Magazine
New York City
O. R. MacDonald
Adman's Club
Des Moines
P. G. Holden
Ames College
Town Criers
Harry HE. Kiester
William Galloway Company
Henry Frank
Frank Brothers
Cinera
Irving Hotel
Hugh Chalmers
Chalmers
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Black Hawk County Abstract CO
Waterloo Theatre
Waterloo, Town
Litchfield CO
Cailiope
the Town Criers
Kaw, S. Bark Ding
the Nauman Co
Naumanco
Waterloo Iowa
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