The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-11

Ne CT e uaannR 0nDsoUoA
On thsssushun an1sWg1ouo1qmk 11kea
Mississippi, two miles above ~ nouth a
To 81. Crosx, - y rivur, thb0 mir
bsaow ST. Paul, : the eity q HAsslses, tn
capital Of the c01nty Of Dakotah. When
to river is low, Ills place Is essentially the
heed Of steamboat navigation, and from its
peculiar position and advantages, is, At pres
ent, attracting much attention. The editor
Of the st. Paul Advertiser, in recent article
speaks Of il a. follows:
1--WE recollect when Hastings, was con-
.idcred one Of the paper towns" they toto
us Of in Eastern papers and elsewhere. Il
was a paper town" apparently In 1884.
In 1855 this paper began 70 Be Written -
leeibIc characters, and before the fall Of that
year was already marked with the impress
II bold hands. Gcd has m0ds soms towss.
We have positive faith in the indications
IL nature, and we don't care how much capi-
tai is invested in building up your 0slsnAAs
and other out of the way places-they are
bound to fall sometime or other before the
irresistible Law Of geographical position.
Now, Hastings we consider foregonc CON-
clusion " from its very situation. Ii has the
very look and air, and aaimss o( town. II
TINS one of the best landings on the Upper
Mississippi river. los site il merely the ter
ninal slope Of the prairie country which
stretches il initably in its rear till il reaches
the Minnesota river on the one ride, and the
magnificent valleys Of the Cannon and
Straight rivers ON the other. No bluffs or
ravincs embarrass its communication with
the interior. Its roads radiste straight and
level a. Railroads to ell points OF the com
pass The valley Of the Cannon Is the back
bone Of Hastings, and the thriving agricul1
tural settlements which are filling up IT,
intervening country, and appropriating every
/ available quarter section Of these valuable
and. Of Dakota, Scott and Rice Counties,
,ford solid basis for tho future commercial
,rowth If this town.
The above, coming from the press Of r.
val town, is certainly good authority. On
account 81 the general rugged nature Of the
banks Of the river, which are made up Of
ugh bluffs and deep ravines, the position Of
Hastings does in reality make the success Of
the town a "a forcgone conclusion" A
loaded team can proceed from liz level by
GENTLE ascent of the plateau in the rear, and
from the outskirts Of the city can proceed in
several directions, deep into the interior
country without obstruction This can be
accomplished, we believe, from no other
place in the Tcrritory-At least, We have
never heard of the point 50 favorably loca-
ted. Of course, with large and fertile sg-
ricaltural region--onc, which must necesaa-
rily be ST. ldcd with villages and filed with
population very soon---this desidcratum 81
an easy river approach, is everything. Rail-
roads, common roads, and freights can GEN.
tire there, and what shall hinder Hastings
from being the greatest commercial loca-
tion in the embryo State Of Minnesota, II
more than We can determine.
We compile few statistics from the
Hastings Ind,peadsat, an able weekly, and
Republican in It's politics, lately started in
the place, with the wish that the sheet may
grow into daily Of the first magnitude and
exercise for long time to come IN excellent
influence in moulding the future Of the re-
sion in which il circulatcs. In il advan.
eng prosperity, though, caro- must DC taken
not Ia show Nh cnvious feeling respecting
Davenport, as the latter strides majestically
into position as the acknowledged metropo-
is Of the Upper Mississippi Valley.
In the fall Of 1864 Tasting. was composed
II only six or seven buildings. A year later
il had 100 inhabitants. In December, 1856,
4 census for school purposes and Of residents
paig, showed a population Of nearly 1000.
VI the election for delegates to the Consti-
ultanal Convention held this year, Hastings
iolled about $50 votes, which would sssm
20 indicate present population VI about
iu0 souls. II is full ofnn improving spirit
Is eyinced by review of all that Is going on
N the way Of building. Their Scond &rsa
- pet, and the determination Is that Ii
hall be second To none, provided the City
'ounrii will do it, duty A very orthodox
way Of telling, IN our opinion, and showing
The prevalence Ola strong pcrvsding interest.
Note is taken Of the quantity u machinery
alied, and the claim is advanced that more
reigH Is received than ut any other place
'stween 81. Paul and Dubuque. Nilleary
4 Washington appear to taks ths lead n
Real Estate Agents, and from the common
iations bestowed upon them by the Iads-
itHd,a' as business men, as well - what we
have heard from private sources, We are in
clined 10 tic belief that no more honorable
and efficient firm graces any Of our western
to9ns.
Success, then, % our sister city The
same river rolls before our doors, although
We are hundreds Of miles apart, and this
makes. bond Of union which we chccrfully
recognize. May her prosperity be 40 great
hat IN the next decade she can number oee
half as many people - we shall have in Da-
senport and, in uttering this, we can a.
sure our northern friends that we are wish
ing her prosperity unexampled in any town
A. L. r