. History of Delaware County, Iowa, and its people . utton. Tlieirsuccessors were Connor & Smith, Ijoth surnamed Charles, who came two yearslater. The next business concern to open its doors in Ryan was a department store,stocked with goods by the Standard Lumber Company, of Dubuque. This hasbeen under various managements, since the initial one of Joseph Gloden. SCHOOLS The first .school was established in 1888, in a store building owned by BarneyMagirl and taught by Joseph Beacom. In the year 1892 the district erected aschool building—one-story frame—on Union Street. The structure was re-mode
. History of Delaware County, Iowa, and its people . utton. Tlieirsuccessors were Connor & Smith, Ijoth surnamed Charles, who came two yearslater. The next business concern to open its doors in Ryan was a department store,stocked with goods by the Standard Lumber Company, of Dubuque. This hasbeen under various managements, since the initial one of Joseph Gloden. SCHOOLS The first .school was established in 1888, in a store building owned by BarneyMagirl and taught by Joseph Beacom. In the year 1892 the district erected aschool building—one-story frame—on Union Street. The structure was re-modeled in 1901, by putting on another story, thus giving four rooms for theaccommodation of 135 pupils, who are taught by four instructors. The schoollias twelve grades. POSTOFPICE The Ryan Postoffice was established in 1884, with Dennis Magirl in names of his successors follow: A. I. Flint, May 3, 1889; J. A. Thomas,September 24, 1890; J. H. Beaeom, August 23, 1894; James Ireland, September17,1897; F. L. Houston, December 20, FIBE STATION AM» WATERWORKS, RYAN THE liE^tPUBLlC U HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 291 RYAN INCORPORATED Upon petition of John Dolphin, C. E. Worley, John Reilly, J. Coakley, , F. L. Houston and others, asking that the Village of Ryan be separatedfrom the townships of Adams and Hazel Green, and empowered to formulateand maintain a government of its own, with the rights and privileges of anincorporated town, the prayer was granted and the court appointed John Reilly, E. C. Pound, Robert M. Merriam, C. B. Worley and Fred Houston a commissionto call an election, to be held at Koehlers implement store, to vote upon theproposition. In accordance and witli directions of the court an election wascalled and held on the 5th day of February, 1901. at which time the electorateeast its voice .strongly in favor of incorporation. In the month of March, at the regular municipal election, John Dolphin waselected mayoz-, and John Reilly, Gottlieb H
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