The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-09-17
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We observe number Of fine improvements
going on in the city and its vicinity. The splen-
did store house of Mr. Wilde is ainonyst the
most prominent and, when fully completed, will
be a credit to h:mself and an ornament to the
city. 1t is !, matter Of surprise to Us, that more
improvements Of this kind are not in progress
At no former period in tho history Of our city,
has the demand for places of business been SO
great. There are many vacant lots in the most
eligible business localities, which laight be
made sources Of handsome revenue to the cap
itslist who would expcnd few hundred or
few thousand dollars in the erection of suitable
buildings. We have every just reason to cher
ish the beltefth that Dubuque Isl even at tins time
rapidly advancing on the road to great CON-
percial Importance, which will make it the nu-
cleus of the whole North,and Northwest. With
this increasing imp,rta1ace, her landed interests
will accumulate, demands increase, and rents
advance, in rado far beyond anything which
lnghtnow appear like a reasonable calculation
Our past history shoNs 1.-THE history of every
considerable town in the Union shows it. Con-
trast Dubuque, seven or eight years ago, with
Dubuque now, and calculate accordingly, and
we have not over one 1.-THE Of the proportionatc
increase that may be reasonably looked for in
Dubuque seven years ahead.
Who are our wealthy men, They are those
persons who own large amounts of property
which was comparatively valueless when acqui-
red, but which has kept pace with our growth
and will continue to do so, until this prcsen,
seemingly important value will be so far super
seeded by that acquired in the course of the
coming ten years, as to appear like mere ssdroE
the bucket" Let every man who has city
property, either improve it himself, or make i,
an object for others to do 30 for hin, and he vii
have something that is Notwithstanding
that will NOT only pay taxes, but afford hand
some return for his Investment
THE WEArHER.-On Saturday morn ns
last, before daybreak, We were visited by q
very heavy shower, which, however, was o
but short duration. 1t had the fleet of settling
the dust, and temporlsing the atmosphere
which for the last ten days has been 30 un
usually sultry, Ms to almost render life bur
then. Altogether, the present has thus far beer
a most remarkable year The winter was milo
ant open, When compared with our former
winters The spring cold, wet, and clustering
and our summer, up till this time, cool ane
pleasant US spring time. Since the lst inst.
the thermometer has ranged at from ninety te
ninety.eght, which is rather too much tor com
fort in the month Of September, an. in lali
tude offorty-two and half degrees north.
So far, however, as our winters are con
cerned, we may look forward to visible change
in favor of midness, as our back country i'm.
proves and becomes more thickly settled With
the cultivation Of the soil, the severity of win
tiers gradually gives way, and the weather as
sumes milder tone and more uniform tenn
perature. We think that our extremely " arm
weather is now over. 1t rained most refresh
ingly during the afternoon of Saturday.