Week's Building Permits Include One Residence And Six Garages
Ed ward Malenke reports the week’s permits show one residence and six private garages among fifteen permits issued for remodeling and new work. The total value of new operations is about $5,500 with bids on a Highland residence around $15,000, possibly deferred to spring due to buyer actions.
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Edward Malenke
Highland
Arch W. McFarlane
Uits
F.C. Clark
Broadway
Weedenbgene Art Stinger
Home Park Boulevard
Savage
F. M. Seane
Third Street East
Lataro
Vieialee A. MM
Apartment Houses Gain in Favor in American Cities
A 1920 report by the Civic Development Department of the U S Chamber of Commerce and the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a shift from single family homes to multi family housing. It notes 70 percent of families lived in single family homes, 11 percent in two family homes, and 19 percent in apartments, with smaller cities leading in multi family dwelling growth. It also records higher housing growth relative to population in smaller cities and provides city size comparisons for new apartment housing.
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Waterloo
United States
Civic Development Department
Chamber of Commerce of the
National Chamber
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Iowa Tops Nation in Farm Property Values
Iowa leads the country in farm property value with 1920 totals above 8.5 million. Census figures show gains since 1910 across land, buildings, implements, live stock and overall value per farm rising to about 35,942 in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowe
New York
Texas
Census Bureau
Iowa
Railroad Shops Add Workers in State Revival
Signs of industrial revival appear as railroad shops statewide increase forces. I C shops at Boone run near normal, several employees restored. Omaha announces Sioux City shops reopen Aug 1 with 250 workers after May closure. C G W shops at Oelwein reopened recently. Grain movement tied to revival. reduced wage scale enables larger activity.
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I. C
Boone
Omaha Railroad
Sioux City
Oelwein
Old Mason house torn down in Waterloo after historic decline
The corner Franklin and Third streets residence dating to about 1866, once owned by George Mason and later by Mrs. Denkerton, faces demolition after state housing commissioner Edward Malenke condemned it as insanitary and a fire menace.
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Franklin and
Third Streets
Waterloo
A. J. Edwards
Goodwin
W. E. Kuhns
Walnut Street
George Mason
Dakota
Johnny" Mason
Dunkerton
Altho
Edward Malenke
Employment in Iowa on Mend Says Federal Bulletin
Industrial conditions in Iowa are on the mend according to a June bulletin by the U S Department of Labor Employment Bureau. Manufacturing, robbing, and retailing are absorbing the unemployed as Waterloo shows average jobbing and building revival. Davenport has factories running part time. Dubuque manufacturing rises. Sioux City reports steady business. Cedar Rapids sees heavier retail trade.
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Iowa
Employment Bureau
U.S. Department of Labor
Bulletin
Waterloo
Davenport
Dubuque
Eek
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown awards vibrolithic paving contract
Marshalltown city council awarded a paving contract for 7 230 square yards and 3 300 feet of curb to a local bidder at 3 38 per square yard vibrolithic paving. The six inch grout layer and one inch granite chips produced a six inch pavement depth under vibration indicating a smooth surface.
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Marshalltown
Waterloo
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Waterloo Roofing & Supply Company
Sycamore Street
Arch McFarlane
OWA
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Methodist Church
Lynnwood Cemetery
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Emma
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Sieg Construction Company
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Nucva
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Register & Buxton Contractors
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H. H. Husman
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Y. E. Currie Co
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Connolly’s Carriage and Auto Works
Jefferson St
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Central Battery & Electric CO
GEO. Miller
W. J. Decker
Philadelphia
Philco
Cedar River Land and Material Co
United States Tire Sales and Service Depot
Fred Thompson
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Anderson Plumbing & Heating Co
Thatcher
Savings Bank Building
Phort
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Standard Glass and Paint Co
Sycamore
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Commercial St
Siegel
THE
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Mullen Ave
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Netcott-Donnan-Netcott Co
Herman C. Miller
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Nauman Company
A. Olson Construction Company
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Bluff Street
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