City Council Seeks Status On Jefferson Street Streetcar Fight
An adjourned council meeting after talks with W C F N officials found no move to force streetcar track extensions on lower Jefferson street or for a franchise forfeiture. A bus line option and a universal transfer deal with a reputable operator were explored while legal action was deemed likely futile. council won’t reconvene until August 8.
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Therity Council
Lower
Jefferson Street
Proboned
Link, Manning and Horns
Citizens’ Committee
Adolph Feisner
L. S
C. D. Cass
Mioror
Prembers
Supreme Court
W. A. Peterson
Real Estate Transfers in Black Hawk County Abstract Area
Real estate transfer notices list Harriet A Heath to Lewis A Leckington for three lots in Water Power addition Waterloo. N Cowin to C Hallowell. Clifford F Pratt to F T Bent. F V Reim to Riehl addition lot. William H Hurlbut to F G Brennecke. Katherine B Hoffman to Clara D Brandes et al detailing portions of Buckingham Place and nearby blocks with specified rev taxes.
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Black Hawk County
Harriet A. Heath
Lewis A. Leckington
Waterloo
Debe
N. Cowin
C. Hallowell
Clifford F. Pratt
F T. Bent
Highland
Riehl
William H Hurlbut
F. G. Brennecke
Buckingham Place
Katherine B. Hoffman
Clara D. Brandes
Better Flood Protection Is Needed in Waterloo
Charles Henderson former Waterloo waterworks manager now Davenport Waterworks head says Waterloo is not immune from flood risk. In a letter to George Shoemaker he recalls 1906 high water on Cedar River near Charles City that nearly inundated Waterloo and urges a professional survey to prepare for future deluges. He cites Lowell Massachusetts 1869 flood wall folly as a cautionary tale. Henderson joined Waterloo in 1906 and notes the Bad Lands naming by French explorers in South Dakota.
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Dayton Pueblo
Dayton
Pueblo
Waterloo
Charles Henderson
Waterloo Waterworks
Davenport Waterworks Company
George Shoemaker
Waterloo East
Charles City
Cedar River
Fourth Street
Henderson
Illinois Central Railroad
Sycamore Street
Francis
Polly
Lowell
Mass
Mr. Henderson
The
1906
Better Built Homes for Grinnell
Grinnell Realty Company manager Fred Bussey argues for attractive designs built at no extra cost to alleviate Grinnell’s housing shortage. The firm bought land, standardized 206 house plans in three styles, built 26 homes, with English most popular, all at cost plus a small overhead, no premium for beauty.
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Fred Bussey
Grinnell Realty Company
Grinnell
National Real Estate Journal
Bussey
Child 4 Loses Arm in Decorah Train Accident
In Decorah Iowa on July 27 a 4-year-old child of Louis B Whitaker was run over by a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul passenger train in the yards. The arm was severed near the shoulder after the engineer failed to stop in time. The child was under the coach when the train stopped. The Whitaker family had moved to Decorah from Kings City Ohio weeks earlier.
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Decorah
Louis B. Whitaker
Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul
Whitaker
Kings City
College students weigh cost of a college year now
Present economic conditions press students to forgo or cut back on higher education. A Cornell survey shows annual costs for seniors at expected $503 for men and $572 for women with tuition and lab fees adding $130 to $145, totaling nine months expenses from $373 to $442. Lower prices may ease budgets for next year.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
N.amall
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Conservatory
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Trachern
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Russell Lamson
Blue Line
Blue Line Transfer CO
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Woodyard Bros
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