The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-03-30
REX THIS EDITOR.
nArros. o.. March 2Ist. Isl

LAY TON W. Asts tNs"'t
The maple tree ,eaaag ou, before me and
the daiFu,e with their yellow blossoms
fully expanded q, my side, evidence tie fact
that am In cline more southern than |
inhabited few days since. Dayton with
its many pretty residences, ensironed Win
the most iifuievergreens. and is broad
streets, the rushing " The cars aud the loud
scream Of the steam whistle, i around me-
We live in a wonderful age, Mems
minds have caught the injection and they
are influenced mentally by an invisible
moor ike thst which propels their machine
~, and is working The vas, changes iha,Ne
see around Us. SioN-eoach traffic has
civen place 10 steam-speculation The
poor man al to-day il the rich man Of To-
morrow. Wide hreeches 81 tbs week, on
the mex; are burst, and the nun emerses
from his chrysalis state bearing gid On lis
wings. 10 The admiration OF his friends
Emphaticaily ,his i an ase Vt steam, and
the msn Who does net display saot.y
quantity 81 IL Ii his composition i an "o!d
fory." and the Rip Van WiHkleism OF
quarter Of century drags Ike dyspepsia Il
his thoughts and lead 70 his actions.
Chicago Is the most wonderful city on the
continent, and speculation Is tlere riiest.
Her progress i miraculous and heF facilities
the creates, fer becoming the poriom Of
the west. Property has advanced to an
almost unprecedented price and its'eadeney
is vet upward, While every thing favoTs the
rise. Day BY Jay business is ousmen'tRg
and still larger establishments are cro~ding
in to supply the increased demand Lots
,hs, few years since sold far sSco, are
now held at $4,000, Twas shown piece
or property that few years go was bought
for So which i now worth u many thou
sands And another which poor man haa
purchased for 5 900, mostly payable IN ten
wears, q which liz hal already s5l3 $4,000
worth aud had $4,000 .ett' Real estate
in the heart Of ihe city commands from So
to $500 per foot front, i. miles there
from !, Is held a, sl25 per foot, Low grounds
In the outskirts are rated a, $50 per foot,
and three miles from the city they bring
$500 per acre. The fremont House, al
which stopped, was erected al an expense
Of Sla5 ,o0o and involved an additional
amount Of $4,000 i furnish il. The
many railroads which conyerge 10 this point,
the shipping on the lake, the steamers and
vessels on ,he river and the beats on the
canal, AT uaile 70 mark Caicaso = the CEN
ire or business that, tor the brief lapse O.
time since it, conception, cannot be par
alleled in the history os our country.
Toledo is another illustration II the In
auence which railroads exert in eontering
business upon and Ii building up cities, and
in Dayton We haze another while Richmond,
lad, where | passed last Sunday, affords q
third example. The effect Of railroads i
so.ne~ hat peculiar, while III tendency Is
generally 10 build up, itsometimes ezerts d
contrary influence. Of,his taetl have also
observed examples, but shall leave !; 10 the
observation 81 other, N locate them.
Dayton is baautau Gig, the width and
evcnness Of is streets, is many neat and
costly dwellings and the taste displayed IA
painting and surrounding rbem w.tb shrub
berry, oil tend to confer upon il a beautiful
appearance. l. j. expanding IT, borders in
all directions aud is becoming the seat Of
much manufacturing, though IT. vicinity to
Cincinnati will deprive it Of many udFan-
tagcs that otherwise weuld haze served .
facilitate it's progress.
Tomorrow !eIve iar Cincinnati and IN
few days hence Wall return 10 Davenport.
The only pleasure IN railroad travelling j.
the speed With which you progress. UaAke
tina, Of the steamboat, il has d tendency t.
unfit ones thoughts for TRANSFERRING to pa
per, hence the deru!loy character Of the
presen, correspondence and the promise
withheld to touch pen 10 paper until again
find nyselt 10 tie traces. 5.
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We want mora Manufactures
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