The history of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics .. . doubled its capacityby additional building, and put in a 16-horse power engine. The presentstorage capacity of the elevator is 20,000 bushels. In 1874 Mr. Tuckerbought and shipped about half a million bushels of grain. Since that timehis shipments have not been so large on account of the failure of promise for a lively trade is encouraging for the faM and winter
The history of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics .. . doubled its capacityby additional building, and put in a 16-horse power engine. The presentstorage capacity of the elevator is 20,000 bushels. In 1874 Mr. Tuckerbought and shipped about half a million bushels of grain. Since that timehis shipments have not been so large on account of the failure of promise for a lively trade is encouraging for the faM and winter of1878-9. Mr. Tucker also has stock yards just south of the elevator build-ing, and deals laigely in Mahaska county stock, handling about 500 carsof hogs and 200 cars of cattle per year. Mr. Tucker has four branch estab-lishments running at this time, including one at Oskaloosa and one atSearsboro. The foreman at Oskaloosa is O. B. City Steam Mills were built in the fall of 1873 by J. Yersteeg & Co., ata cost of $9,000, and are a pride to the city. These gentlemen keep upwith every new improvement in machinery, and have expended about$3,000 since building the mill in improvements alone. The engine is one. HISTORY OF MAHASKA COUNTY. 509 of 40-horse power; fine!, coal. The mills do both custom and mercantilework, and with four run of stone have a capacity of about 100 bushels ofwheat per day of ten hours. The proprietors inform us that they run tofull capacity almost tlie entire year. The shipments of stock and grainover the Central Road will perhaps average 1,500 cars per year, SOCIETIES. New Sharon Lodge, No. 231,1. O. O. F., was established by a dispensa-tion of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, December 25,1871, and was not chartereduntil October 17, 1872. The members organizing the lodge were S. , I. N. Penhmd, J. H. DougLas, S. G. Caster and Sidney lirst meeting was held in a room known as Naylors Hall, wliich wasdestroyed by lii-e in 1876. Her
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