The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-30

soiaely elevated shove the level oil the wa
| ter, say some J0or 80 ieei. and is sdnira-
/ bly, calculated for the location and grow III
II large city. 50 far as access To nasisa-
ton and height are conserved. It's cover
| ed with 8 dense forest Of almost impene ira
bic evergreen timber, save where Town lots
have been cleared and streets are opened,
aad the soil Is OF reddish clay, with not
much Of a rocky or pebbly admixture.--
The ROOFS Of the trees, tns tsad Of perfora-
ting the soil, run upon lis surface, making
the ground very uneven and spongy, and.
ot course, not at III Inviting TO pedestrians.
| II . siledsed, though, that this feature
makes II mere easy for clearing--that
siumps can be removed with greater fsciii-
| y than 10 nnoered country differently
| constituted. The soil appears TO be COM
pieteiy saturated gi,h water, so much so
that scarcely a cellar is thought OF in the
town. TIA, this will be remedled by con-
slant clearing, msy possibly occurs reg.
aiar system of drainage will certainly pro-
duce tae result, fer there is fall enough al.
most anywhere on the peninsula above the
| rgsines.
The lown-plet oil Superior is made up Of
| about 5000 acres Of land, about equally
distributed on either side OF the Newadji
rssf and fronting on both bays. 1t is
owned BY tweniy-seEen proprie,ors, aud a
/ portion only Is in market, fronting on Su.
i perlor bay and the river, constituting about
fourth Of the whole. The remainder
sil be divided among the owners by the
| FIRST Of August next. The avenues are loo
| feet aide and 400 feet iron each other
running at rIght-angles TO the bay and par
| ailei with the general line OF the river
| The streets are so feet wide and 256 feet
apart, running parallel with the bsy ant
counting from First street TO Twenty-ses
enih street. Tina, portion from Minneso
IA Avenue 10 the Left.Hand River, an
rom tlse bay to Tenth street, has been lai
! siE and chiefly disposed or Second 81. 70
: sltle OF more has bees cleared out, an
HesrsF all the houses OF the town are upo
il Ample accommodations have bee
made tot piers, and wster-lots are abandan
and apparently valuable. They are so f
equ distant from and parallel with the ave
nues. The slips are l09 feet wide and ex
tensions Of the avenues. Lots are appro
priated for shvrehes aud schools-also 70
| s park and county court house. The LOT
are u - feet front by l20 feet deep, con
tanning ICES than one-third as many squar
feet as to.snI9t in Davenport--in fac
only e-eighths Of one Of our half let's
The policy which dictated this arrange
ment has been short-sg hted in the EXTERN
nd is Z cause of almost universal con
plant II you'd seem as though The ide
was to make Superior a city Of ware
hJIses ana shops EXCESSIVELY. ANY on
purchasing n order TO build residence
orrmPed By The depth--there i no room
!pr out house,
| al! told, thcrs are about 200 buildings il
StPerior. aud n population which ca
soarcely exceed l,2e0 souls. The house,
mtny oi them, ore mere SHELF not hal
kz.E ottbeml presenting any evidences q
4! Stability. H hen it Is remembered that III
a'aee is only Two years old, and that, mt
i'as season. material has been very scare
'.uI high, these temporary stru cluses ca
IL accounted for. The presence Of rpu
or five sa~.mils viii probably create
change 10 this particular as smother yea
role around, provided no dsmpening infu
! ence !s brought 10 bear upon the prosperit
81 the place. A II the fabrics, as yet, are q
wood Brick, il Is said, will soon be manu-
featured, and stone will be brought from
, Fond c. Lac aad the lake shore Ii me /
uut to he procured en- the spot, the supply
up 10 the pressnt time having come frot
wagkee and Cleveland.
The speculative fever was inordina,eI
kigh IN Superior. Lots On Second ct. ar
hid II prices ,arying from $500 10 S. 90
aplece, those nesrest The river eommandin
the best figures. Those not yet dispose
Of by the Company, Con Seventh ct, 70
10 stance,J are led Ut sI25 esch-but, il
purchasing frun the pfoPrietors, there lie
/ %. ding restri1I attached, making il oh
iigstory upon Inc purchaser to spend Al
amount in Improvements, gitLia a s.ipoia
ted time, equal to the purchase money 70
The whole. The arrangement prevent
many from purchasing, or has . iendenc,
10 force buyers 10 procure investment
from second or third hands Property ad
joining SuPeroris also sey high From
So up 10 500. per acre Il no unusua
! priee for tracts two, three and even foui
miles from the centre Of business, every
! acre of which il covered with timber, 70,
! which there can be no profit realized for q
I great while IT least. Ten miles iron tie
toan claims are held AZ from IS to SIS pei
acre. and are almost inaccessible at that
or course there are no completed roads
I aud the travelling has 10 lie done chiefly on
( foot, following the Indian trails. The Gov.
efnmenI is engaged ia making what il
termed a Military Road scross to 81. Paul,
| but only portion has been cleared, and
horses cannot be used on ito any great ex-
/ tent, During the winter. when the snow
is on The ground and the streams are lock.
ed up, sleighs and dog-trains pace over 10
the Mississippi settlements without Iauch
5atIculty. By the recent Congressional
grant Superior expects 70 be benefited, az
wen as Bayfield,, by the appropriation Of
public lands for Railroads. In reality the
'head Of the lake appears 10 have prece-
denee given Il according to the terms OF
the act, and i is not an improbable thing
that the Railroad to Bayfield, will be through