Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-11
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On Tuesday 70 took run up to tho new
to~n Of Fulton, on the NJ, & M. Railroad,
lis located about IS miles from Dayea :
port. jus, good distance Tor healthy growth.
The torn is yet small, consisting of he-
tel and some four or Eve dwelling houses.
A frame intenasd for = store house is being
finished and stock Of goods is awaiting its
completion. The contract has been taken
hy Mr. & D,vsnport for steam grisl
mill. rae sum sesifea in The contract i
$1,000, from which We may judge some
,Aia1 OF the Dimensions OF the building, A
reaper establishment IS BY 60 feet is under
conrac, and will be completed and In ope-
ration in two weeks. Mr.. Fulton. DR.,
Wi,herwax and several others have build
iugs In progress, which are expected to be
6aished before winter commences.
The contracts for the buildings now in
progress in Fulton amount in the aggre :
gate to $4,000. When these are ell
completed, which With the exception Of the
mill viii be before December, the town will
present quite lively appearance. II be-
ing too far from the city for the farmers IN
the vicinity OF Fulton to haul their produce
hither, they must seek that poin, as mar-
ke,. Much Of the wheat and other pro
dacc OF the neighborhood which formerly
sought market .. Museatne, will now pc
taken to Fulton and thence transported to
this place, and this is one way in which
these small towns on the line Of the Rail-
road will benefit our city. Our old friend
Mr.. Brickiey is the landlord Of the Fulton
Ho ell, and, as we once before have remark
"a Of him, canno, be surpassed at cater.
q to the wants Of the hungry.
The proprietors Of the town of Fulton,
we'll known as the most euterprising men
Of Davenport, and with the prosperity Of
which they have so long been Identified,
intend to leave no effort unspa red to make
the former the most thriving town on the
line Of Railroad. and If they Co not succeed,
capital aud industry for once viii fail to
accomplish ga object. They believe with
us. tina, the building up OF these towns has
. tendency TO increase the importance and
size Of Davenport, just as 80 many risulets,
tributary to q stream, increase its magni-
tude. There is an Inherent desire in the
breas, Of every man to possess his home
stead, and rather than become renter in
city, be will prefer place Of less preten.
sioas and with business more cireumscrsed.
As the price Of lots is so high in Davenport
that none but men of considerable means
can purchase TO improve. smaller towns
in the vicinity will arrest many who other
wise would seek locations at q distance,
and in this way they are sgain benefit
Bu. whether they be an advantage OF pos
tive injury to Davenport, we but state facts
when we mention the improvements con-
templatsd in the town Of Fulton, and augur
IL future prosperity As thriving Railroad
town.
Our ride thther was delightful. The
day sss bright and beauiifu! and the al
moephere pure for the season. We could
not but remark the number of farms already
brought under cultivation along the line of
Railroad. From the ear, when seated,
gentleman counted hundred stacks of
wheat in view st one time. Considerable
erosnd has been broken this season that
vili ke brought under cultivation another
year, and next fall viii contribute its quota
TO swell the number of wheat stacks. A
few years hence and the Railroad from
here to the Cedar river will run, as it were.
through one continuous farm. and the vast
smount Of produce thus yielded will seek
an eastern market through Davenport, just
~ oor grain nov seeks it through the city
Of Chicago.