The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-06-28
Evansville and its Progress.

Two years. remarked TO US, tnat he ndu tHls
spring visited nearly every city in the Ohio
valley, and had familiar acquaintance with all
the more prominent places he had visited
Many of them, he said, were growing pros
perously. and with scarcely an exception,
were making some advance toward keeping
up with the march of progress-but that Ev-
ansVille seemed to him TO have grown pro-
portionately faster than any other place of
bis acquaintance, and exhibited a more heal
thy prosperity. Those of our citizens who
are absent but one or two years, or even a
few months, are astonished on their return
st the changes which have taken place in
Evansville. Citizens remaining constantly
at home, although they mark new houses
building, and probably old ones being torn
away to make room for the new, do not OBJ
serve the changes wrought by the improve
ments OF few months or a year in the ap-
pearance of certain parts OF the city. We
were reminded forcibly of the fact, how little
we at home mark the rapid spread of Evans
vile, proud as we are of its progress, by pass
ing the old powder magazine few days ago.
Not two years since, as we recolected, it
stood in vacant field, with only three houses
in sight, if we mistake not, beyond it. Now
1t 10 literally among thickly clustered and
good houses, and village on the country
side ofit So any one may select some well
remembered house or spot which two or
three years ago was located in vacant fields
on the outskirts of the city, and he will now
mark it, most likely, as being in the city,
nestled among comfortable houses, and the
march of building progress extending far be-
yond it. These fields are now "enlarge-
ments," laid off in lots, and fast being built
up, greatly to the profit OF those interested.
Such has been our progress the last few
years. But it was predicted that property
could not maintain its high and increasing
value-that the late dull times all over the
country must have the effect to stop or great
ly retard for some time our progress as city
land that this season, owing to the hard
times and the scarcity of spare capital in
the city, Evansville would be marked by but
few improvements in the way of new houses.
But what are the facts! Property is as
high in this city now as it was last year, to
say the least of it, and still rapidly increas-
ing in and about the outskirts and in the
country within a wide range. Our city is
growing this season faster than it ever did
before. There are more houses going up
this spring. and contracted to be erected
during the season, than ever marked the
history Of Evansville at any previous time
And we venture the remark, that no city
in the Ohio Valley is growing as fast as
Evansvile-and all this in the face OF the
facts, that IN the general prostration of bus
mess over the whole country last year, Ev-
Ansville was not exempt from its shsre of
the facilitating effects, and that spare ca pr
tai was never scarcer in this city than at the
present time.
If such is and has been the growth OF
Evansville under these disa dvantages, what
may we not expect with that general revival
of business over the country, now made GER
tain by bountiful crops, and the inevitable
results of Gods blessing as thus exhibited
upon the people and the land! No young
city in the West has brighter prospective
future than Evansville. No place has more
strikingiy exhibited its capa abilities of rising
above the times and all outward retarding in
fuences, and continuing, through its own in
ward constitution of resources, prosperou;
growth under all circumstances, than thii
city. New corners are lending their aid t.
the enterprise and energy OF our older citi
zens, in building up Evansville. Enter
prising men, who are tired of wasting thei
energies and capital in places of SLOW
growth, and with no bright promise of future
greatness, will continue coming here, wher,
the same exertions literally thrown away a
those other localities, may secure thei
reward. We look for a large increase of gu
present population during the year. W.
look for capital from abroad to unite with GU
own, and assist US in erecting manufacture
and otherwise developing the resources ant
advantages of the city. We look for a con
tiuuance Of that increase in all kinds of bust
ness which has marked our history of lat
years. And in all we look for, there i
nothing but what may be relied upon as tn,
natural consequence of our past and presen
progress.
Gr"Mose'' is disposed to be richly satiri
cal to-day. He is evidently touching of GU
late Birch CraaL war excitement. and