Dart Company Builds New Waterloo Plant in 1910
A new Dart Company factory rises on Ainshborough Avenue between Upton and Stratford in the first Gallo Way addition at a cost of 30000. The one story concrete asbestos fireproof building covers 890 by 200 feet with 36000 square feet on the floor and a 280 by 12 feet platform storage area. Pen anew office planned. The firm plans five acres of ground and expects rapid growth. It produces motor trucks of 1 to 1.5 ton capacity and light delivery wagons 1600 to 1700 pounds, priced 650 to 1000, with a large motors division. Incorporators include C W Hellen president, A H H Weidehofft VP, Thomas H W Mars secretary, C C Butler treasurer. Capacity may double by next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Dart ‘Inserting Co
Ainshborough Avenue
Upton
Stratford Avenues
Galloway
FL & WN
Dart Company
Lght
Chiccago
YB Fellows
C. W. Hellen
A. H H. Weidehofft
Thomas HW. Mars
C. C. Butler
Labor Strength and Central Union in Waterloo
Waterloo shows strong labor presence with 24 unions and over 3066 organized workers. The Central Labor Union, founded in 1903, brings together electricians printers machinists and many trades, with ministers granted voice but no vote in deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Electrical Workers
Federated Labor Union
Dhack- Smiths
Waterloo Labor Scene Shows Growth of Unions and Coop Store
The article notes the first Girl's Union and a Garment Workers' union to form in Waterloo within a week, plus a need for a Labor Temple as several halls host labor groups each night. It highlights the Union Mercantile store on Lafayette Street operating on a cooperative model and growing interest in similar ventures statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Garment Workers’ Union
Organized Labor
Central Labor Hall
Fourth Street
Carpenters
Mileman & Gindt's
Bartenders
Sycamore Etreat
McDermott'’s
Skurth
Union
Central Labor Body
Union Mercantile Store
Lafayette Street
Watertoo
County Recorder
Chicagoans on a long walk to San Francisco wagerists walk 60 days
Hallam Co. Conley and A M De Rocher, Northwestern Military Academy graduates, left El Paso to walk to San Francisco in sixty days for 250 dollars. They must start penniless, do no work, travel afoot, and may sell photos to survive. Cooley studies law at the University of Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Hallam Co
Cooley
Military Academy
University of Minnesota
Deep Sea Proximity to Land Surprises Scientists
The article notes that the deepest ocean zones lie unusually close to coastlines, a remarkable fact cited by researchers. It discusses implications for marine geology and coastal ecosystems and highlights ongoing surveys near shorelines.
Four Waterloo Building and Loan Associations Record Prosperous 1910
The four Waterloo building and loan associations report a strong 1910 with record home building and 652 774 66 spent on construction and 722 920 92 raised from shares. Secretaries named include Brunn on Mesick Hildebrand Turner. Natural gas in Pennsylvania remains odorless making leaks dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Building and Loan Associationa
Waterloo
W. E H. Brunn
Waterloo Building and Loan Association
Edwin Mesick
People's Mutual Building and Loan Association
J. H. Hildebrand
Home Building and Loan Association
George R. Turner
Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dart Manufacturing CO
Labor Temple
Central Labor, Union
American Federation of Labor
Central
D. J. Conn
E. G. Pullen
John Hoeger
Tressurer
Roy R. Bred
W Fam Wisner
Ray Reddington
Theodore Trienbusch
Central Gabor Body
Brick Layers
A. F. of L
San Francisco
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Lowa
Building and Loan
Eas
People’s Mutual Building and Loan Association
Terloo
Des Moines
Waterloo Building & Loan Association
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
People's Mutual Building Association
Sete Cunweeerene Ns
Eee
A. Weaee
Tae
Weed
Ceee
Eeee Ee Eee
Ceeeneee Sen
Yi Daly Builders
Penter
Yale & Towne Hardware
Yale & Towne Line
Yale Lock
Black Hawk Bank Bldg
Peek-Rath Bldg
M. E. Church
KE. P. Building
H. L. Litchfield
A. E. Gibson
Chas. R. Gates
F. L. Benedict
J. Stevenson
W. B. Small
Mrs. Kimball
W. L. Wlingworth
C. F. Bennett
Carl Bickley
Strayer
Tetter
Will Eichelberg
D. Moore
W. F. Ray
Allison, Ia
W. B. Nauman
Chas. E. Pickett
C. M. Berkley
Yale and
Towne Hardware
Weat Fourth Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!