The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-01
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CITY OF DAvENrQAT:
soxDsr .soRNIHa, sofsI, 1855.
A asnip assut Chicago.
Chicago 10 one Of The live institutions Ola
livs SesAaxy sIlisA1ype.o Vi progress A. 70 I
uoaanent 10 the GO saeadi,iseness otmsn
ink Assrs--of-the energy anden,erprise Of
thin. ~. asa Assl Of All ages, - particularly
illustrated in this country, and IN the Great
West oil it. Wehave been there--otte
before. il is true, bui. never more there
never more generally circulating atom IN
the sses1 sekregaie Of lis life and business
We have teen astonishedsin frequent ns'as'
hat never 90 astonished all orer as during |
this. 1t u veil TO occasionally become one
in the Chicaeo whirlpool, jus, TO have the
sleeping energies aroused, and the eyes
opened as TO new things, fast men, and the
bounding, elastic enterprise OF The world
around vs.. Chicago tspihes the West, In
il 10 coacentrated tina, 1--we, leaping, go-ahead
enterprise, which is. making our prairies
blossom Is the rose, or sprinklug over them
villages, towns and cities, as with ho~ers-
which 10 banding them with railroads and
,eleRrsph lines. and dispeiang natures qu'e.
with the hum of machinery and the crash
and CHATTER OF general progress.
But contemporary who has been making
q days yisit TO Chicago discusses the qles
~
ton as TO waether things are not being
opevlsm in that city, and re,ulsion must
not sooner or later take place, throwing
some fest men on their backs, but IN the
end acting as purifying process, aeas'ng
the system OF the city in really healthier
condition from its severe pnrging We have
nothing 10 do with that. We did not wear
the soles of on, boots in ransacking the odds
and ends of Chicago sights, merely to be
able 10 form an opinion as 10 whether
things are overdone or underdone there, or
rs 10 v neither this or tina, man is likely to
break his financial neck in the race of the
reckless, or as to whether there Is not al
last huge black cloud lowering over this
city, from which any moment may be drop
ped the thunderbolt with "avenging wing
to lay fast houses and spectators IN COM
moa ruin. We merely wished to see Cm-
eago as 1t as, and that was too great task
for even country editors leisure.
For years men have been saeely predict
lag, that things in Chesgo have about
reached the climax, and the end OF the IN
psralieled rush must soon be seen. There
are no outward evidences at present, more
than there were five years ago, OF the pros.
unity OF that climax. On almost every street
there are hundreds OF evidences OF even in
crsasing progress. New and splendid hou-
SEES are taking the places OF the old. Busi-
ness 10 rapidly extending in every direction.
Every department OF trade seems asios -
Aud, bless your heart, what crowds OF Peo-
Pile threng her streets What countless
vehicles, from the elegant private equiPsge
and laundering omnibus TO the cart and cab
bsge truck Why We stood on one bridge
for almost half an hUur waiting an oppor-
tonity TO safely dodge the two streams OF
vehicles passing lin opposite directions over
the structure There were twenty vehicles
a minute passing. That's over Thousand
an hour-but it won't do 10 countthe whole
day at that rate, as the tide OF travel Gibbs
and flows Right in the midst Of this Won
derful procession of life and business, pass.
ed funerai. The presence of des,h IN sneh
Q scene-the las, respect Of the worlds
final shake OF the hand to one OF It's depart
Jag atoms, 10 the very strife and turmoil Of
life-seemed startling. But Chicago don't
wait. The atom WAS jostled along, and the
tears OF the moarners dried up with coal
smoke, dust and Transfers dnmns.
There is sill the same influx Of new pop
ulstion. Every train Of ears appears 10 bring
is "new comers.' Rents are enormous and
living high, vet they are taken as an evil
with the blessing. Every man seems 10
study the openings OF the present, andis dis
posed TO let the future take care of itself
Chicago therefore planges along in its same
msd rush, and until its people really begin
10 look more ahead, and grow cautious. We
are inclined to believe they viii be just fool
ish enough to keep Chicago driving forward
for quarter Of = century 10 come, Ikea mad,
ungoyernabie impulse. II men get tired Of
payine Ten thousand dollars Tor corner
store room, there are plenty on their track
ready 10 .clu.e papers" for The same act Of
folly. II others gtt broken at one thing
there are men just as eager as they orgin-
ally were, 10 Try their luck. II soane men
hesitate about building, there are others
searching high and low for workmen and
material. lfsome swear they won't bay an
other lot, there are scores with their peck
cts full Of rocks, ready 10 snap up anything
Offering in the way Of speculation. There
is no use reasoning over the matter under
such circumstances us these. While YOU
STOP to argue they have made half a dozen
moves on the chess-boards of their lives
While you are pointing out The fact OF some
great reyulsion in the future, they have
struck half dozen blows to postpone that
very calamity. Stand out Of their way
thai'sall sihey ashland until some other
spirit comes over their dream, there will be
no revulsion in Chicago progress.
But, we only meant 10 idly gossip little
about Chicago. There are plenty Of minia-
ture chicagos Ia this region. Davenport 10
itself progressing much in the same man
ner. The go-ahead spirit is here in full
blast. 1t is doing wonders, and it 10 bound
10 accomplish more in given space OF time'
than il has yet done. We have no regul-
sion to fear. Tor oar growth is as healthy as
il has been rapid.