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Waterloo 1910 Prosperity Record Shows 3.69 Million in Improvements
The Waterloo 1910 year proves marked prosperity with $3,691,026 spent on improvements. The Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern railway led private and public spending, adding $837,000 in extensions, a new power house, double tracks and new steel. Private homes totaled 660, housing about 3,300 people. private improvements exceed $1.25 million. City improvements reached $218,226 with paving sewers and sidewalks. The 1910 federal census lists Waterloo population at 26,693, up 112.2 percent from ten years prior, a growth rate surpassed by few Iowa cities and by handful nationwide.
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Waterloo
Evening Courier
Corniucopia
Treasureland
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
Public Service Corporation
Iowa City
Ete
Pee
Ee Ee A
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
Firet Ward
Second Ward
Corn Belt Telephone Company
Third Ward
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Fourth Ward
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Fifth Street
Fourth Street
City Hall
Courter
North Waterloo
Alnons Central
Kelly & Taneyhill
Cracker and Candy Company
Sioux City
Tlinois Central
Ge BL & N
Cedar Falls
North
Corporation
Seraphia Heighta Hospital
Cedar
W OC FL & N
First National Bank
Recorders
Iowa Evening Press
Buchanan County
Clinton P. Shockley
Waterloo Poultry Show
C.F. & N. Improvements
Dart Factory
Watertes Gasoline Engine Works
Galloway Company