Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1887 — Still Progressing. [ARTICLE]

Still Progressing.

AmmiAL KOLAO VP OF IM. PROVEMiBIVTS. Thiity Five Dollars expeaded. In accordance with \Vhafc has been our regular custom for a considerable nuihbtA of years, we herewith present a summary ,ot all the buildings erected in Kehsselaer during the present year, with their cost, and also a list of the more important aud expensive changes, additions and improvements. The list shows that the growth of Rensselaer still continues, slow, indeed, compared with the booming towns of the west or the gas towns of our own state, but sure, steadfast and substantial. It also shows that the spirit of improvement is still abroad among all classes of our people. Thus our town not only makes a reasonably satisfactory growth iu number of new houses, every year, but the houses already built are mostly kept in excellent repair and many ot them are enlarged and remodeled, thus adding greatly to the comfort and convenience of their occupants and at the same time 'increasing greatly the beauty of the 'town. In connection with this subject it will not be out of place to mention the public improvements of the year, which include about 1,100 cubic yards of gravel on the streets of the town; And also 48 excellent and powerful street lamps, advantageously disposed and well regulated ; alsa several fair sized lire cisterns, side-walks and sewers, in the following list are included, at their full cost, as near as it could be estimated, several buildings which are not fully completed and which will not be finished diiul next spring; but to offset and equalize this no mention is made of sums expended during the present year in the completion of buildings begun last jear, as, lot instance, on Mr, Leopold’s large bri.'k business block. The following is the summary of improvements: NEW DUELLING 'HOUSES. 0. 0. Starr, brick residence, in grove, head of Cullen street, 85,000. W. H. Rhoades, brick residence on Milroy street, west side, 82,500. J. W. Doutkit, residence on Cullen street, $1,350. Thomas ’ Robinson, residence near Weston cemetery, $1,300. J. A. Anderson, residence ou Main street, SI,OOO. 0. G. Spider, residence, in Thompson’s addition, SI,OOO. •J. C. Passess, . residence in Thompson’s addition, $801). £>. 11. Duvalt, brickiesidenoe oil Front street, S3OO. J. C. McCormick, residence in Benjamin’s addition, $750. Day Brothers brick house » 'in Benjamin’s addition, S7OO. W. D. Robinson, residence in Leopold’s addition,- 3600. John Florence, residence on Weston street, S6OO. W. B. Austin, tenant house in Benjamin’s addition, SSOO. Frank Osborne, house on Cullen street, $450. - M. P. Walker, house in Eeojxrld’s addition, S4OO. E. C. Owens house ijr Leopold’s addition, SSOO. Ira Gay house in Dw.iggb.is’ addition, $250. | Ed. Gay house in Dwigains’ addition, $250. Jas. Jordan house in Leopold's addition, $l5O. * Mr. Shrutn. house in Leopold's addition, 8175. RESIDENCES REBUILT. Nathan Fendig, residence on Division„and Rutsou streets, BIDOO. .Simon Phillips, residence in Newton’s addition, S7OO. Dis. Jackson, residence on Front street, W. B. Austin, residence on "Weston street, S2OO. ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS. Kannal homestead, improvements oil buildings and grouuds, 8500. A. McCoy, fixtures &c. in bank, $350. N. S. Bates, addition and improvements to residence in Thompson's addition, S3OO. E. Kannal, improvements at tenant house, oil River street, $390. J. A. Burnham, do, to house on Front sireet, S3OO. Ludd Hopkins, addition to elore •m Front street* 33 HI. F. B. Learning, addition and improvements, house on Elm street 3200. ( Mis. M; Schneider, ndditiofi impTOVeinemis-fco tmimiThoASi 1 on Washington slreef, s2oo'.'

E. P. Hammond, improvehietits to two tenant houses, Washington street, $l5O. . • J. W. King, addition to stores on Main street, $175. 1 Lewis Day, addition t 6 liouse in Wdston's add.’, $l6O. ' • Thomas Antrim, addition to house in Thompson’s addition 8150 - G. E. MapshMl, addition to Re--vublicAn building, Washington und Weston streets, $l5O. neVv business buildings. C. A. Roberts, brick agricultural implement and vehicle store, on Van Rensselaer street, $1,900. A. Leopold brick building on Van Rensselaer street, SBOO. OTHER BUILDINGS. A. Thompson, barn at residence on west side,sl,ooo. Laßue Bros, barn at residence ou River street, S6OO. E. L. Hollingsworth, barn at tenant house, Weston’s add., $450. Tutuer Bios, barn at tenant house in Leopold’s addition, S2OO. J. J. ice house &c. yeifrof town, S3OO. N. Warner & Sons, agricultural implement warehouse, ou Front street, S2OO. David Nowels, do, S2OO- - F. Wren, out building at residence, Weston’s add.. $125. Hiram Day, barn at residence, Leopold’s add.’, $l5O. The total amount of the above enumerated sums, is $30,725. In addition to this, improvements ranging in cost-from S3O to $l5O have been made by J. W. Duvall, J. H. Loughridge, D. Nowels, A. Parkison, D. Michaels, Jas. Antrim, D. G. Warner, Hale Warner, J. W. Medieus, E. P. Hammond,’ N. W. tteeve and others, whose united expenditures, together with what has been expended by the Town, as mentioned above, will increase the entire amount expended on permanent improvements within the town, for the year 1887, to not less than thirty-five thousand dollars. , ■ - - i. #■ -.