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Furniture Ware Rooms--John Boyce, Iowa avenue; J. Alloway, Commercial street.

Builders, Joiners, Etc.--W. D. Watrous, designer and builder, Carpenter's block; Smith & Williams, S on Madison, W on Was.h.i.+ngton street; Elihu Robbins, residence Was.h.i.+ngton street; Hyatt & Moore, shop on Commercial street.

Blacksmith Shop and Plow Factory--Stephen L. Pollock, Linn street.

Lumber Yard--Charles & Carroll, Commercial street.

Carriage Manufacturers--Roswell Tibbetts, Benton street, West side; J. M. Chambers, Linn street.

Hotels--Empire House, W. M. McMahon, corner Was.h.i.+ngton and Market streets; Greene's Hotel, Coffman & Smith, Commercial street; Rapids Hotel.

Insurance Agents--S. C. Bever, Franklin and Marine; E. N.

Bates, Hartford Fire; J. L. Enos, Iowa Insurance Co., Oskaloosa.

Bakery and Restaurant--Alexander Clinton, Commercial street; Walter D. Thompson, No. 6 South Commercial street.

Millinery--Mrs. E. A. Emery, Brown's block, Kingston; Miss Mary E. Stewart, Rapids Hotel.

Physicians--S. C. Koontz, office Carpenter's block; J. H.

Camburn, residence Was.h.i.+ngton street; W. D. Barclay, residence Iowa avenue; J. W. Edes, residence Was.h.i.+ngton street; Smith & Larrabee, office Commercial street; R. R.

Taylor, office Carpenter's block; H. Mount, oculist, Was.h.i.+ngton street; McCauley & Pulsifer, dentists, Commercial street.

Attorneys and Counsellors--James J. Child, Commercial street; Bates & Tousley, Commercial street; Henry Lehman, Commercial street; D. M. McIntosh, Commercial street.

Nurseries--Central Iowa Nursery, J. B. Gate, proprietor, on west side, near city. Was established 1853. Mound Nursery, George Greene, proprietor, two miles north of the city.

Planing Mill--Alexander Hager, shop 4550 feet, two engines, one of nine and the other of twenty-four horsepower. Capital invested in plant and machinery, $10,000.

Lumber Mills--Greene & Graves, located at upper end of city.

Mill 4050 feet, two stories high; engine house, 2460 feet, one story high. Had capacity of 5,000 feet of lumber per day, with lath, s.h.i.+ngles, etc., in proportion. This establishment also included a machine shop 3570 feet, three stories high; foundry of brick, 3060 feet, and a brick blacksmith and plow shop 2535 feet. Capital invested, $25,000. J. J. Snouffer, one saw, cutting 200,000 feet of lumber during three months, ending June 30, 1856. A circular saw for plow beams, wagon felloes, etc.

Saw Mill and Chair Factory--Dobbs & Dewey, capacity 10,000 feet of lumber a week. During year had turned out 8,000 chairs, 1,000 bedsteads and other articles. Fifteen hands employed. Capital, $12,000.

Churches--Presbyterian (Old School), Rev. R. H. Morrow, pastor. Wors.h.i.+ps in Daniels' Hall. Subscription of $2,700 secured for a building, which with site is expected to cost $3,500. Members.h.i.+p, 46. Episcopal, Rev. S. Starr, rector.

Church a fine structure and furnished in the neatest manner.

Methodist Episcopal, dest.i.tute of pastor temporarily. More than one hundred members; largest congregation in city, more than 150 in attendance at Sabbath school. Baptist, West Side, Rev. J. Woodward, pastor. Temporary edifice to be erected present season. Members.h.i.+p between thirty and forty.

Presbyterian (New School), Rev. L. F. Dudley, pastor. Church building small; was first to be erected in the city. Affairs in a flouris.h.i.+ng condition. Presbyterians (Seceders), Rev.

J. H. Sturgeon, pastor. Church edifice just erected and pews sold.

Secret Societies--Cedar Rapids Lodge No. 25, A. F. & A. M.

(organized 1850), Hiram Deem, W. M.; Isaac N. Whittam, secretary. Meets first Monday after new moon. Hope Lodge No.

201, I. O. O. F., organized 1851. Hiram Deem, N. G.; Joseph G. Davenport, secretary. Meets every Tuesday evening.

Select Schools--Misses Farnham, in rooms under the Episcopal church; Miss H. Latshaw, on Was.h.i.+ngton street.

Buildings Erected in Year--William Stewart, brick store, one story; R. C. Rock, brick store, three stories; J. F. Ely, two brick stores, three stories; A. Hager, machine shop, brick, three stories; Gabriel Carpenter, three stores, brick, four stories; S. C. Bever, store, brick, three stories; H. G. Angle, store, brick front, two stories; Bates & Tousley, banking house, brick, three stories; Shattuck & Dewey, two stores, three stories; P. W. Earle, store, three stories above bas.e.m.e.nt; S. L. Pollock, addition to plow factory; Greene & Graves, stone machine shop, three stories; Greene & Graves, blacksmith shop and foundry; public school building, brick, three stories.

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