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This applied to persons who had complied with the provisions of sections eleven (II) and eighteen (18) of that law of the twenty fifth general assembly of Iowa, approved March 29, 1894, and entitled: An act to tax the traffic in Intoxicating liquors and to regulate the control of the same". This required all such persons who had paid the state tax to also pay the town the sum of one hundred dollars, payable as follows, "One fourth of said additional tax shall be paid before such person, corporation or partnership begins such said business, and one ourth o. the same shall be paid every three months thereafter."
Ordinances 64 to 65 passed May 24, 1894,
Ordinance 66. Establishing and regulating the office of city attor- ney.
Passed April 14, 1895.
Ordinance 67. To punish the violation of the rules and regulations of the Board of Health.
Ordinance 68. To regulate the building and repairing of side walks, for the levying and collection of special assessments therefore and repealing ordinance 25.
Ordinance No. 67 and 68 passed June 21, 1895. 69. Extension of the Fire Limit.
Prohibiting the erection of buildings and additions upon certain grounds in the town of Manning, Iowa, unless the outer walls thereof are made of certain materials, and providing for the removal of build- ings and additions erected contrary to such prohibitions.
Passed Oct. 3. 1895.
70. Fixing the penalty for violations of the provisions of chapter sixty two (62) of the acts of the twenty fifth (25) general assembly of Iowa, within the town of Manning, Ia.
Passed Nov. 14, 1895.
71. Fining the salary of the Treasurer, and repeal of Section one (I) of ordinance No. 4.
The salary is reduced from one and one half per cent received by the treasurer by virtue of his office to one half of one percent of same.
Passed February 5, 1897.
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Manning's Surveys and Additions.
To assist property owners and interested parties in the re-location of lost corners, I give- as near as I.have been able to ascertain- the base lines to which the various. additions of Manning have been laid out. The term "with reference to" signifies that one addition has been laid out so that its street and alley lines run parallel, with, or? are an extension of the street and alley lines of some other addition; or, in other words, that the lines of the new addition or parcel of land has been laid out to con- form in length and direction with some stated adjoining addition, or that it has been made to conform with some stated fixed line or point.
To avoid confusion of lines by the reader I shall use the lines according to the following descriptions- ir-respective of the Manual of Land Surveying.
Section Lines are those lines. which bound a section.
Center Lines or Half Section Lines are those which alone divide the section into halves and by intersection divide the section into quarters.
Quarter Lines are the lines which divide a quarter section into quarter quarters, eigths, or 40 acre tracts.
Eighth Lines are those lines which divide 40 acre tracts into 10 acre lots.
All lines used in descriptions refer to Section 17 and to the south east, quarter of the same unless otherwise specified.
THE "TOWN OF MANNING" was surveyed and platted in July, 1881. This survey included all of the east half of the S .E 14 of Section 17, which lay east of the North- Western right of way. The platted part consisted of Blocks 1 to 7 (sub-divided) and ; Block 8 (not subdivided). It appears that the starting point of the survey was the. south half-section post of section 17, and that the south section.line of this section was used as a base line, as the streets and alleys run parallel with, and perpendicular, , to this line.
THE "FIRST ADDITION" was laid out November 17th and 18th, 1881, and the lots were placed on sale the week following. This consisted of Blocks 8 to 17, Out Lot "One" and Out Lot "Two". It appears that this addition was laid out with reference to the "Town of Manning", and that the west line of Center Street was used as base line.
THE "WESTERN TOWN LOT COMPANY'S FIRST ADDITION" was laid out June 20th, 1882. This was merely a subdivision of Out Lot "Two" into Blocks 17 to 20 and Out Lot "A". These were laid out with reference to the :"First, Addition".
THE "AUDITOR'S SUB-DIVISION OF OUT LOTS. 'ONE' AND 'A' "into Blocks 21 to 24 and 30 to 34 was made with reference to the "First Addition" and the "Western Town. Lot Company's First Addition". All previous sub-divisions of Out Lot "One" were made with reference to these additions.
THE " AUDITORS'S SUB-DIVISION OF OUT LOT 'A'; - - Etc., into Blocks 25 to 36, was made as follows:
BLOCKS 25 TO 28 were laid out with reference to the "Town of Manning"; the south side of Section 17 being used, as a base."
BLOCK 29 was laid out with reference to Center and Sixth Streets- extended: us- ing the north line of Section 20 as a base, and the half section post, of the same, as a point of commencement ..
BLOCKS 30 To 33 were laid out with reference to Out Lot "A" of the "First Add- ition"; it being, merely, a sub-division of the same.
BLOCK 34 was laid out with reference to the north and south half section line. This line .was, also, used as a base, and a point 80 rods east of it and 33 feet north of Second street- extended- was established as a point of commencement.
BLOCK 35 was laid out with reference to the north line of Third Street -extended- and the north and south quarter section line, of the south east quarter. The point of commencement was made with reference to the south east corner of Block 19.
BLOCK 36 was laid out with reference to Gardner's Second Addition, and the fractional section lines bounding it.
GARDNER'S ADDITION was laid out independent of the rest of the town. Its base . lines are the south section line and the north and south half section line.
GARDNER'S SECOND ADDITION was laid out with the east and west half section line as a base, and the center section monument as a tie point for the point of com- mencement. The, descriptions say that the north and south lines run perpendicular to the base line- which is an error, they should run parallel with the north and south half section line. This addition should conform with the half, quarter and eighth section lines which bound it. The plat and description set forth that it contains 600 feet east and west which is an error. It contains only 540 feet.
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GARDNER'S THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH ADDITIONS were laid out with reference to the north and south quarter section lines of the south east quarter and to the streets and alleys -extended- of the adjoining plats on the west. It appears that, through error, the east and west streets of these additions, when extended, does not co-incide with the streets of the adjoining additions on the west, but veered to the north about 12 feet in 80 rods. This left a variation in the north block of these addi- tions and also a wedge shaped parcel of land between them and the blocks and un- platted parcels on the south. This wedge con menced in the north and south quarter section line of this quarter and increased in width till it reached the east section line. This parcel is especially noticible between Blocks 1 of Gardner's Fourth and Fifth Additions and Block 34.
The "Auditor's Sub-division of Out Lots 'One' and 'A' " was filed January 19, 1839. The "Auditor's Sub-division of Out Lot "A" :- - - - etc., into Blocks 21 to 36 was entered January 23, 1839: Gardner's Addition, October 1, 1881; Gardner's Second Addition, June 20, 1382; Gardner's Third Addition, April 12, 1886; Gardner's Fourth Addition, October 7, 1886; Gardner's Fifth Addition, December 30, 1887.
MONUMENTS are marked on the plats as follows: center section stone; a quarter stone on east and west half section line, east of center stone: a half section stone in south section line: a stone at south west corner of Block 17 in Out Lot "A": a stone at intersection of First and May Streets; a stone on south line of First and in center of Main Streets; a stone at intersection or Main and Fifth Streets; a stone at intersection of Center and Third Streets; and a stone at intersection of Second and Ann Streets.
Owing to the lack of space, it is almost impossible to point out the errors made in the plats on record in the recorder's office. One un-initiated would soon become cou- fused and if he follows the plats he is liable to make a serious error, for some of the errors are self evident on the face of them and others can not be discovered by other means than platting and the comparison of all the records pertaining to the land in this section, and verification by the field notes of original and succeeding official surveys.
Cemeteries.
May 21, 1888, two acres of land was bought of J. W. Gardner, to be used as a cemetery under the auspices of the Catholic church. The committee appointed to purchase and "lay out" the same was composed of P. M. Loes, J. W. Martin and Mathias Hoffmann. The amount paid for the ground was $300. which was subscribed by the heads of families, each paving $10. The first interment was Julia Signall. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Signall.
Up till 1883, Manning had no regular incorporated cemetery associa- tion. The land that was set off for the burial of the dead, was located in the north east un-subdivided portion of Out Lot "One" and west part of Block I of Gardners 2nd Addition. This land seems to have been set a- side as a temporary burial place. In 1883 the agitation of a permanent cemetery was taken up and an association formed. The following com- mittee was appointed to select the grounds and arrange for purchasing and laying out the same :- W. F. Howard, U. S. Heffelfinger, J. M. Turner and William Laughery. By June of 1884 the bodies were re- moved from the old and re-interred in the new cemetery. In May 1884 an ordinance was enacted prohibiting the burial of the dead in the incor- porated limits, and providing for the removal of the same. Previous to this, private lots in different parts of town had been used for burial places, but this was now done away with, principally for sanitary purposes.
The ground that selected, was purchased of the Manning Driving Park was association, and lay south of the. old fair grounds. It contained the south
1/8 of the S W 14 of the N E 14 of Section 20. In 1895. the demand for
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lots necessitated the extension of the cemetery further south as the land adjoining on this side was more desirable than that which adjoined it on the north or east. The new addition lies on the north side of the N. W. 14 of the S. E. 14 of section 20, and has an area nearly equal to that of the old cemetery.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, looking north east, taken in 1888.
In February of 1891, a number of ladies organized a society at the Presbyterian church, for the purpose of beautifying the cemetery and raising enough money to build a sidewalk from the town out to the same. The officers elected were, - Mrs. Julia Ives, Pres .; Sara Arney, Vice Pres .; Clara Reed, Sec .; Sarah L. Garrett, Ties. Their first entertainment was given in May of the same year. This and a number of other similar entertainments netted the association, with outside assis- tance, sufficient money to build the sidewalk and make some very much needed improvements.
It is strange that a town of this size, and possessing its wealth and energy can not continue the good work, and pride themselves in showing, at least, as nice and well kept cemetery as can be found elsewhere in this or any of the neighboring counties. If the proper interest is mani- fested it costs but little more to keep a cemetery in a neat, tasty condi- tion, than it does to half keep it.
Manning's Growth.
The first buildings constructed on the land where Manning now stands were, - a farm house, stable and granaries built by J. A.
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Jefferies, who owned and farmed the land before a portion of it was bought for a town site. The house was located where the Park Hotel now stands.
Up to August 2nd ISSI. there was little or nothing in the way of building, that would indicate the site of a future city. Three and a half months later we find. what was but a short ime before a common farm yard, now a thriving little cny supporting the following business firms and enterprises. as chronicled in the Manuing Monitor, Vol. I, No, I. bearing the date, November 17. 1881: - Entering the town from the north. on the North western. the attention of the visitor is attracted by the extensive yard the co pan has laid out; and lengthy switches: the substancial section hause anyone buildings built for the maintainance of the rucol and the a come on of business. while the depot, which is a nakon, wo someslaan. cin ales geral de cosa novia- tion for the traveling panne and a cold ordine home for the agent. E. C. Wilbur and his family
The first upon the list of business houses is the grain ware house of Bell & Winter, standing on the south siding near the d pot. In the same locality will be found the lumber yards of the Green Bay Lumber Company and that of John Dierks. The third lumber yard is that of Wolfe & Nodie on the west side of Main Street. On lot 6, Block 3, is located the Garfield House built and operated by W. M. Tingle & Son. This building is 18 by 48 feet and two stories high, with a basement. Adjoining this is the millinery store of Mrs. G. M. Dailey. Next door is E. B. Wilson the harness maker and saddler. The largest building in town is that belonging to Cal Callisin who occupies the front for ton- sorial and bath rooms while the rear, which is 24 by 60 feet, is used as a hall. The next building to Callisin's. after a vacant lot, is the Farm- ers and Traders Bank. in the rear of which building is the Monitor office. On the corner of Main and Third Streets, in the same block, is the restaurant and confectionary of A. Young. Across Third Street south is the hardware store of Wetherill & Morsh. Adjoining them is the general store of Callamore & Priest. Heinzman Bros. & Moody will soon occupy the large store building adjoining Callamore & Priest. Whealen Bros. was the first firm on the ground coming with their gro- cery stock about the first of April. Next comes Stocker's Meat Market which is joined on the opposite side by Fred Gestenberg who runs the loudest saloon in the business and has the largest building in the place. He also runs a lunch room in connection with the saloon. Passing a vacant lot you find the Post Office which is kept by Seth Smith. Next to the Post Office is McQuaid while a new building adjoining on the south and belonging to L. M. Freelove will be occupied as a restaurant. The last building on this block, and facing Fourth and Main Streets, is a two story frame structure belonging to Engleman. Crossing Fourth
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Street south, we step into Shunters Meat Market adjoining which is the Farmers Home kept by Fred Huber. The machine shop is on the south of this. Next to this is the paint shop of Burley & Brown.
Funk Bros. have a nice stock of clothing and furnishing goods, Hoffmann & Schoop have just opened a stock of dry goods and gro- ceries on one side of their building, and furniture and sewing machines on the other side. Tidd & Foote run an extensive blacksmithing busi- ness on the corner of Main and Fifth Streets.
Returning to the east side of Main Street, we have, first the gen- eral store of Benson & Vauhn. Chapman Bros., next door, have just arrived with a splendid assortment of dry goods. Barber & Turner are building a large drugstore opposite the Post Office. Martin & Laun- derville, hardware, is next in line with Lathrop's restaurant adjoining. Next come the saloons of W. E. Heitman and John Marks. Dr. T. S. McKenna has an office on Main Street opposite Callimore & Priest. Mr. Barber is erecting a fine two story building on the corner of Main and Third Streets. On the opposite side of Third Street is the drug store of L. S. Knox adjoining which is the boarding house and bakery of Miles Woolman.
Mr. Emery has a nice store room near Hensley's boarding house. L. M. Conkling will open a broom factory, where at least two men will be employed. The livery barns of Laughery & Arnold and Gardner & Wilson are on Third Street, and Gaylord's Feed Stable is at the foot of Main Street. Dr. G. M. Barber has located here in the practice of his profession. W. B. Hockett and W. B. Gardner have drug stocks. The law firms are, E. B. Blazer and H. S. Fisher.
We trust that the above will assist the reader in locating the var- ious business enterprises and the time that they located here. It also serves to show the rapidity with which the town grew. When we con- sider the distance that some of the lumber had to be hauled and the new- ness of the country it is marvelous, the rapidity with which the build- ings sprung up, and the prosperity that the town enjoyed in its infancy. Up till September 5th practically all of the building material was hauled overland by teams from Carroll and Arcadia. After this date it was brought from Carroll on the North Western. The following
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will serve to show the increase and growth of the town for the first few months: On November 10, there were not less than 85 substantcial buildings, 45 of which were store buildings and the remainder dwellings. Nearly all of the store buildings were two stories high, the second story being used as dwellings.
On Saturday, November 5, 1881, E. L. Blazer was employed by the Monitor to take the first census of the town. The result was found to be as follows :- The town contained 414 souls.
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By Thursday, December 29, 1881, the business portion of Mann- ing had increased to 112 buildings, of which 69 were business blocks and the remainder, 43 were dwellings. The population had increased to 515 ;- 303 inales and 225 females. How the ratio has changed.
WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, showing parade on July 4. 1897.
The increase and changes of Business Firms up to this date are as follows,- Freelove bought wheat, Hockett bought corn, Ben Brook- field engaged in a general grain business. N. F. Spear bought flax seed. Arney Bros. of Albion Ja. had opened a large hardware store and implement house on Main Street north of Fourth. McQuaid had taken in a partner changing the firm name to McQuaid & Hambleton. M. L. Freelove had opened a stock of groceries and provisions three doors south of the Post Office. J. W. Tinsley of Exira, had erected a building near the corner of Main and Second Streets, which was to be stocked with drugs. A wagon and blacksmith shop was erected on Second Street west of Main by M. Hoffmann. W. M. Fuller had opened a harness shop and stock near the Post Office. Bour of Exira, had also opened a harness shop on Block 8. Henry Siem had opened a shop for the saving of soles near Hoffmann & Schoop. L. W. Meyers lathered and shaved in the building where Wilson's harness shop was located. Ferrall had put in a meat market. Mrs. Arp was preparing to place a millinery store in Block 8. Boarding houses increased as did the rest of the enterprises. Miles Woolman had started a flour and feed exchange.
Among the public improvements was the school and more commo- deous accomidations for holding religious services which will be men- tioned under their respective heads. From this time on the town dis- played the usual push and energy that characterized its citizens who were making the greatest efforts possible. to advance their interests, morally, spiritually, socially and politically as well as financially. They
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had contended for and obtained a Post Office, surpressed the saloons and reduced the immorality of the town in general. They had or- ganized sunday schools, arranged for places of worship, and had held revivals and sociables. They had built halls and held dances and theat- ricals. They had held town and school elections, incorporated the town and org inized a school system. They had organized bands, Literary societies and agitated a public library. They had organized a fire com- pany for the protection of property and life, and laid out a cemetery for the burial of the dead. All of these had been accomplished in the first year of the towns existance.
On the first Birthday of the Monitor, November 23, 1882, it re- views the history of the town for the previous year and shows the fol- lowing changes to have taken place.
Among the groceries, is that of N. A. Jergensen formerly o Clin- ton County, his stock was opened for sale in October. Hambleton & Wood have also put in a very neat store. Russell Son & Sharp have put in a general store which is managed by Mr. Sharp. This is a branch of the Audubon firm. John Karstens has added one more to the list by putting in a store opposite to that of Hoffmann & Schoop. Mr. Carpenter from Afton, Iowa, has made arrangements to put in a general store. The furniture store of A. M. Robertson has added one more in that line. A. B. Cook and S. Hunter have added some impli- ment stock while Wm. Cloughley has added a stock to the drug busi- ness. Moershell Bros. and B. F. Howard are the new dry goods firms. Gaylord & Wilson and E. Bilharz have extended the list of resturant keepers.
The hotels have increased as rapidly as have the other business en- terprises. The Knox House, located on Main Street, is operated by Chas. Knox. The Wetherly House, located on Center and Second Streets, is run in connection with the livery barn, both being managed by Mr. Wetherly. The Manning House kept by Wm. Lusk is located opposite the Knox House. The Farmers Hotel operated by J. Bruner is located near Sutherland's lumber yard.
John Wingert has added a blacksmith shop and G. W. McCarthy a barber shop. Mesdames Makepeace and Faust have added a Milliners stock and Mrs. Seth Smith has succeeded Mrs. Arp in that business. Baur & Loes are the new harness makers, and Tank & Hoffmann are the new Lumbermen. While Wolfe & Sutherland have succeeded Wolfe & Nodle. The new livery men are,- Parish & Richy on Second Street west of Main, and Winters & Baker who have succeeded Laughery & Arnold. The new grain dealers are U. L. Patton whose elevator is located at the North western yards, while Mr. Stephens of
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Aspinwall buys grain for the Milwaukee elevator. The live stock dealers are, Hockett & Gardner and Wilson & Smith. The contractors are Chaussel & James. John Foster, and John Stillmans successor to Lee & Stillmans.
The Physicians were,-R. R. Williams, T. S. Mckenna and L.P.Brig- ham. The law profession was represented by G. W. Makepeace, Failing & Doty, A. T. Bennett and Hughes & Salinger. Still another addition to the cities enterprises was, the caterer to vanity, Wm. Chapman, pho- tographer. The tooth extractors were J. B. Bishop and k. D. Backus. These gentlemen believed in the theory, that to relieve pain was to re- move the cause thereof.
A review of the town dated, January 8, 1885, notes the following changes in the business firms ;- "The flour mill is owned and operated by Kuhn & Roush. Bell's grain store house is located west of Patton's elevator. Thede buys grain at the Milwaukee warehouse. The firm of Russell, Son & Sharp have been changed to Ives, Sharp & Co .; Mr. Sharp engaged in the general merchandise business, in Manning, in the latter part of 1882, having complete charge of the business till J. L. Ives purchased an interest of Russell & Son in the autumn of 1884 and in the later part of which year his brother E. L. Ives became a partner.
On the west side of Main Street on block 8. is the store of : Moershell Bros., who have several similar ones in the state. Next is the store of Hoffmann & Schoop. Although this firm suffered great loss by the fire of April 9, 1882, still at the present writing they stand on a sound financial basis and are prospering beyond measure. Henry Hoffmann has charge of the general merchandise; while W. H. Schoop looks after the interests of the furniture department. Benson & Co. have removed their stock here from Arcadia and are doing well.
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