Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-11-26
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! metropolis, With our progress during the yes
now brought nearly to close. Oar business me
hsve had prosperous years trade, aud the ba
ance sheet shows respectable sum on the rigt
side. Our manufacturers have had constant
increasing demand for their handiwork and hav
had to enlarge their borders, put up addisiona
shops, get new and improved machinery an,
employ more hands. Our mechanics have beef
busy carly and late at good wages, and our ID
borers have been constantly employed and vel
paid. II all have not prospered it must have
been for the want Of proper thrift or on account
Of sickness. This is reason very few can
give.
The increase in population has been such in
numbers aad in character as to be highly salts
factory to every friend Of Burlington, while the
number of new houses put up has been very
largely greater than we had any reason to expect
We have seen them go up all the spring, sum
mer and fall, with much pleasure and are glad
to say that most of them are put up by men OF
limited means, who have laid up in year or two
wherewithal to buy lots and build houses for
their own occupancy.
1 1t is useless for US to specify numbers. If we
were to give the correct figures we should fall
far behind, in stead of actually leading, as We
have no doubt we have done, all the towns upon
the Upper Mississippi Keoklk editors claim
that two thousand houses have gone up there
this year, when every body knows there is not
town upon the Mississippi, from Lake Pepin to
New Orleans, excepting St. Louis. that has two
thousand houses altogether. We know Of one
addition to this city, made within months, upon
which there was not one year ago a. single edi, |
fee, and where now stand over sixty comfort !
able tenements. We know that South Burling-
ton has extended itself within the year nearly !
mile i'll South-westerly direction, while on the |
North and West almost equal progress has been
made. These new structures have been mostly
small, costing from six to twelve hundred dol
ars. But many fine and substantial private
sdifices have been erected, and some twenty odd
hree, four and five story business houses have
,sHs up. Three Hotels have been greatly en-
arged, and two blocks gone up, in each of
which large Halls will be finished In Gov.
irimes block, a fine building costing $4,000,
s to be Hall twenty-three feet high, and six.
y by one hundred and twenty feet. In Mr..
'chramms block is to be another fine Hall, the
ize of which is not recollected. Messrs. Hen
rie Co., have made additions to their Ma.
hine Shop in several directions, of stone and
rick and costing probably twenty thousand
ollars. The Barret House has heen enlarged
ntil it covers nearly square, and run up five
tories high. 1t is to be covered with slate, and
'hen completed, in style, finish and size, will
ompare favorably with the tip.top Eastern
ouses.
During the year, the walls of another fine
rick church have gone up, which will be finish
d ready for occupancy next season. 1t is erec-
ed by the congregation of the Second Presby-
erian Church, Rev. Mr.. Oviatt, Pastor. The
difce stands upon Third street, between Co.
lmbia and Courts Gothic, will present an i'm
osing appearance, and will be an ornament to
he city. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church ,
rected last season. will be finished in part for
occupancy this winter.
The city has erected fine market house, to :
ontain city hall of large dimensions, Offices,
&C., which is now enclosed, at cost, with the
pproaches, of $4,000. In addition, the city
as done great deal of grading and AcAdam-
places have been made smooth, .
nd crooked places straight. The hills have
cen levelled down and the vallies filled. In
hort, great improvements have been made in
very direction, upon which every citizen of
arlington must look with pride, as indicating
onderful progress in wealth and population.
When we look at the Burlington of to-day,
sing in the form of an amphitheatre, and
.retching two and half miles along the great
ather of Waters, with her busy sounding work
hops, her crowded marts and her immense
'ade and commerce. and recollect that twenty
ears ago there was nothing here that could be
allied even village, we cannot be otherwise
nan satisfied with our progress. . -.sssf