Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1902 — BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS. [ARTICLE]

BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.

Councilman Ferguson’s house is being repainted. The foundation for the new I. 0.0. F. building is completed. Bert Brenner’s new house on South River street is nearing completion. The Monon people are laying new steel rails on their main track through town. The contract has been let for frescoing the interior of Trinity M. E. church. Clark’s new house on Franklin street is about ready for the plasterers. JHiss Susie Monaghan’s new house on North Weston street is nepring completion. A new roof has been put on the Hemphill & Wartena blacksmith shop this week. Fisher’s mammoth feed and hitch barn has been given a new co|t of paint this week. |)r. English will build a fine barn in the rear of his residence on South Cullen street. D. M. Worland has just completed a two room addition to his residence on North Eliza street. C. W. Coen is having a fine new S»rch added to his residence on cCoy avenue, also repainting. The addition and remodeling of Charlie Platt’s residence on North Division street is practically completed. D. H. Yeoman has recently built an addition, reshingled and repainted his residence on the north side. . The K. of P’s. have been waiting on basement specifications to begin excavating. Work will probably begin next week. J. H. Chapman is contemplating building a business room just north of White’s livery barn, on North Y’an Rensselaer street. The. new building being erected by Judge Thompson east of the court house for Mackey A Barcus’ marble shop, is about completed. iMrs. Mattie Grant is preparing to build a new residence just soutlf of her present residence -on North Front street, costing about 51,600. Mrs. A. M. Stockton is preparing to build a large new tenant house on one of her lots on South Weston street, opposite Mrs. McEwan’s residence. Stone for the foundation for the new Catholic parochial school building are on the ground and work on the foundation will begin soon. The building will front the north, on Susan street. The old building on the Warner lot next to the K. of P. lots is to be moved back to the rear and front on Front street, to make way for the new two-story brick to be erected in its stead. The old Foster restaurant and hotel property near the depot, now owned by a Mr. Osborne of Laporte county, is being repainted and fixed up somewhat. The property has not been rented, however, as surmised by some. The Donnelly Lumber Co , has just completed more new lumber sheds and got in a big lot more lumber. They now carry twice as large a stock as any yard in Jasper county. They expect to soon have a new switch laid from the Monon tracks, running right into their yards. Babcock & Hopkins are preparing to build a new grain office at their elevator here and will put in a fine new Fairbanks latest improved steel wagon scale, using cut lime stone for the foundation, instead of the old “nigger-head” foundation usually used for scale foundations in this section. They will have the finest and best wagon scales when completed of any elevator in this vicinity, insuring perfect and reliable weights to their customers. This firm is also preparing to build a system of elevators at the neighboring stations of Pleasant Ridge, Lee, Fair Oaks and Rose Lawn, and are now getting the material on the ground for same, using Bedford stone for the foundations. Excavation has been completed at Fair Oaks and it is expected to have all the elevators up ready for the new crope.