Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-24
From he Chicago rrib0nc..
CITY Or sHaHrON, IOWA.

CITY otsstaNTox. IOWA.
The strongest and meat marked indication
Of The, cxyaordinsty eassrprise and energy
efeur eikens, isto, BE- found in the laying
at and pid gse~th q hew towns and cit
les, al partic1lariy - the ives, bank o!
the gret MiSeiaaipIt River.
AsM8 best illSet fstion u this fact, We
0adertSnd NAT within the last few weeks,
il has been determined to erect a bridge
across the Mississippi, for the purpose Of
forming a junction between the Chicago
and Gaiens aud the Mississippi and Iowa
Central Railroads, at point about two and
a halt or three miles below the present
towns Of Fulton an,. Lyons. This point Of
iers peculiar sdvanssges for such q structure
BY reason Of an island lying about 500 ieet
from the west bank Of the river, and which
may be used Is an sbutment of the bridge.
The water between the island and the Illl-
nos shore IL generally very shallow, and i
10 supposed this space may be crossed to
the east bank BY. high embankment with
a Tressle bridge in the eentte, and an open
| lag for the water when The river 10 high
Immediately on making the change in the
location OF the Bridge, ! number Of enter
prising citixens made . purchase Of six or
seven hundred acres OF land on the Iowa
side. and opposite Little Rock Island, and
laid cut the same into town. by the name
Of Chuton CITY," g9d
a map Of about 40 acres Of the tract was
.immedia ely prepared, exhibiting the various
avenues, parks and lots on the most liberal
,scale About week since these lots were
for the FIRST time offered for sale, and we
| are astonished to learn that within the first
| four daya 10 lo,s were sold in the new city
to about the amount of the original purchase
money for the whole premises. and that in
most every instance these sales were made
to parties for immediate improvement. and
active preparations are already made for the
erection OF stores. shops, mills. and dsel-
ling houses. This company are engaged
in the erection of large hotel Of about loo
| feet square, and the cellar is already partly
built. This hotel is to be completed and
ready for occupation BY the LIST Of November
next.
II is confidently asserted BY parties well
acquainted with both banks OF the upper
Mississippi that there is no spot within the
whole distance embracing SO many advanr
tages as that Of Clinton for the site Of large
town. The channel or deep water Of the
river lie immediately at this point on the
west bsnk, and so close 10 the shore that
steamboats, can come directly to the bank
| Immediately 10 frunt OF The levee ofthe new
town, This Ievee is SO high as TO be fully
beyond high water.
Immediately in rear Of this space, two
beautiful Parks have been laid out fronting
the Town site. The land forming the chef
portion ofihe city site is i high table about
3 1 mile wide, covered with the most lux
urian, crops, except that portion which has
been offered for sale, Some of the main
avenues have been already graded. and the
place is busy with parties preparing their
cellars, and getting ready the materials for
building. In the rear Of the table and with
/ in the city limits is q succession of gentle
and unduiating Bluff, overlooking the town
! and river and covered with Parks OF beau
,iful forest nees.-These Bluffs afford some
Of the most splendid positions for dwelling
| houses in the West. In the rear Of the city
| site and at about the centre Of the Bluff,
4 wide rayine is found with an easy rise Of
about one foot to the hundred. Through
which Il is designed to build the Rsiroad
and the Highway to the Prairie on the upper
level about midway Of this Ravine. Some
ten or twelve fine springs Of the clearess
water issue from the banks, in quantity suf-
fcient a. il is believed to supply a city Of At
least 25 900 Inhabitants, and which the prop
rietors design to conduct into the new town
without delay, and to be used not only for
family purposes, but also for fountains in
tie public squares.
But the most astounding fact connected
with the enterprise is to be found in the cir
cumstsnce that 1--WE weeks since, the various
farms forming the tract were owned and
occupied BY the parties who FIRST purchased
them from the Government. Within This
short period, the land has been conveyed to
the present Company portion Of il has
been mapped and sold, the main streets have
been graded. The hotel and other build
ings in the process Of erection, and the hmm
Of active and busy life, pervading the whole
space. Csn any more striking evidence be
given Of the fast age in which We live, than
the preseat short history Of Clinton City. y