The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-05-19
Ii .4so,is, s.<sd 900 $1,000

on Front street, 100 oy iSo rec, 49, M.
hioh. with iron fronts, cost $5o,ooo. Inc
r. Claire block, iron front, 90 by w iee''
tour stories. cost $4,000. 6. l., Daveh-
nort. ESQ, is also erecting another new IRON
ttropt block at cost OF $4,000
THE lie Claire block occupies front OF
sao feet, one entire square. The portion
known as the LIE Claire House, the old part
and constituting perhaps one-ht'h oil Tue
block, alone cost some $4,000 to Sso'ooo.
ED. GAZ.
Real estate in the principal business
streets ranges from $l20 to $500 per ioo'
front. Residence lots from $500 TO i,ooo.
Farms in the country range from $40 70
sax ner acre. Unimproyed lands from %
TO $40.
There are five banking houses here:
Cook Il Sargent
NeGrcror, Lawes 4 Blakemores
Chube Brothers, Barrow 4 Co
Macklot g. corbin.
Nichols, Campbell q GO.
All OF them do agood business. and some
Of them have extensive connections All over
the West.
There are twelve churches, as follows;
: f a.a',,s. I Ps..Ssssai.n,
6sri.,s9Geaii.n' | 1 1ssSss.n,
Iowa College is in a flourishing condition.
The new college building is now being mn.
ished. II is situated on the top OF one oil
the bluffs, where eight acres OF ground are
ipclosed. 1t is 80 by 20 feel, four stories
HI oh and cost $4,000.
The College is presided over by Proies'
.ors Ripley, Bullen, Sheldon and Lane
Abpat 100 students are in attendance.
Iowa Female Seminary is large build
inn inclosed with four acres OF ground on
the bluff north OF the Mississippi Bridge
/, has been under the superintendent OF
Mr.. II. H. Coddng, Esq, but change Is
about to be made in the management
The building is an excellent one, and cost
| $4,000. a.
There are i've district schools, all OF
which are we'll sustained by the Inhabitants,
and we'll attended.
There are several societies here, OF which
the following are the most prominent:
Sss'f f:ils ssasiis sas...
Sons q iea pessaee'
ynlny Mems Literary Inttitnte,
yeung Meas Chfsnas ASsocanon.
.rp.ygSpoRr-HEg MANUFACTURES, &c
This town is situated at distance OF 6
little less than mile east of the great Mis-
/ .jssippi Railroad Bridge. 1t was laid Out
BIZ Mr. w. H. Hildreth some four years
siaee. and now has population OF some
600 inhabitants. 1t has good landing
place for steamboats,, and there is an extern
sive eddy good place for shel'ering
RATS, &c.
| FIGURING mill, by Dallam, Stevens d Co,
| TINS mill has three run of stones, calculated
| 10 manufacture 100 bbls. Of -four par day
CAPITAL invested $4,000. The most Of
the flour made at the mill is sent to Chi
cage.
Flcuring-mih, by Squires, Christie d
Heath. This mill has just been erected
has three run of burrs, and will msnufac-
ture $50 bbIs. per day. Capital invested
$4,000.
Saw-mill, by Christie & Co. This mill has
one rotary and one upright saw, lath saws
&c. The following is the result OF the
years labor:
Lum-er Manufactured feet 2, so9 ,ooi
Lzth iM,ev
capital Invested sio,oo.
There are besides patent churn factory
several cooper shops, four brick yards, STONE
ouarries, from which excellent building
stone il taken, and there are two wagon
and blacksmith shops.
East Davenport will, in all probability
before many months pass round, be Joined
to Davenport proper by corporate act, Al
| it really now is by the growth Of the two
places.
MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RAILgoAD-THi
| MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE.
The opening OF the Mississippi and Mis-
/ souri, Railroad from Daven port to Iowa CITY
has done much for Davenport. The crowd
that have passed through Davenport, AM
the amount Of freight landed here for the in
terror has been enormous; and If the ca
pacity of the road was double that of any
other in the West, it would have enough Il
do. On account of the rails having beer
ali in the dead of last winter, when tn,
frost was in the ground, the road is now ant
! has been, since the opening offspring, in ,
| bad condition. This would be easily RENE
| died, If the travel over the road could bs
| stopped for a week or two; but the thous
ands arriving here, and the cars full o
| freight destined for the West, forbid suct
| an occurrence. Meanwhile Mr.. Henry, the
| ndefatigable Superintendent, is al work
with an army of laborers day and night
straitening matters; and many weeks vii
not pass over before the road is in COCO
condition. or course merchants are a
present disappointed in the arrival Of their
goods, and some dissatisfaction prevails in
consequences; but these are matters that
attend the settlement OF every new coun-
try.
The following are the earnings Of the
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad for the
months Of February and March:
Fsss ed EaI naII,a s ssS 'Id5,ssI
The finishing OF the great Mississippi
Bridge is great event for Davenport and
the surrounding country. Besides the ad-
vantage it is commercially 10 this region,
the very fact OF the immense structure be-
ing erected here, will be a source OF great
attraction TO people from all parts OF the
United States. IL is truly noble looking
structure, and as we gaze on il admiringly,
the feeling that this is the greatest age OF
the development OF science and skill, and
bold and daring enterprise, comes over US,
illustrated as it is by the boldest piece of
engineering the West has ever known.
In our hurried description of the magnifi-
cent work, immediately after crossing it in
the first train, we omitted to state that there
is in the whole structure 100000 feet of
timber, 100000 lbs. wrought iron, and 300
600 lbs. cast iron.
Since we have arrived in this region we
have seen paragraphs in st. Louis, Dubuque
and other papers, stating what nuisance
the bridge is to pilots on the river But who
ever heard Of bridge being built that was
not damned by river pilots' or course,
pilots will have TO exercise due amount
OF care in psssin. up and down the river a,
this point: but not half 80 mach ne tbav