Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-17
Dubuque and Davenport.

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Davenport is city Of twenty thousand
inhabitants, situated upon the West bank Of
the Mississippi River, one hundred and eigh.
y-fpo miles vest of Chicago. 1t is the me
tropolis Of, and the largest city in the State
Of Iowa. 1t has the finest College building
in the State, large number of Factories.
etc, etc, and boasts four Daily Newspa
pers"
We insert the above for the purpose Of
showing our citizens the tendency to gas, =
which distinguishes our friend down the
river. We think trip to Dubuque would
be OF advantage to the Davenport Editor.
They could then see for themselves that
Dubuque is not only the Metropolis Of
Iowa; but the great Commercial Center
of the entire Northwest, outside Of Chicago
Let an entire stranger to both cities com
pare the pages of the Sir Daily Newspapers
Of Dubuque, with the four Dailics Of DAY en-
which to judge Of the comparative impor
lance and size Of the respective towns Or,
let him visit the public and private build
ings, and he will see what claim Davenport
can set up to lie called the Metropolis. >"
Why, ell the public school buildings in Da-
venport would not make one Of ours, and
we have four Of them. All the hotels with
in her corporate limits, would not make one
Of ours, lately constructed. The Mercan-
tile statistics Of Davenport bear no compari-
son to these of Dubuque But if the claim
TO pre-eminence should be predicated on the
propensity of the citizens to gas" We grant
IT should be awarded to Davenport-Da-
6nQue Express and Herald.
When young lady passes the period
which renders her liable to be classed an
old maid, you find her particularly sensitive
about any reference to the decay of her
beauty. She is jealous Of fresh blooming
cheeks and sparkling eyes, So is it Off city
conscious Of a loss Of the prestige of being
Metropolis Philadelphia constantly filings
at New York, and in her jealous rage speaks
all the evil she can of her superior.
1t seems that friend Dorr of the Express
and Herald is foolish enough to initiate this
spirit Dubuque is not to blame because
Davenport is her superior in population,
wealth. wholesale trade, landscape beauty I.
internal improvements, public schools, gen
eral morality and refinement. 1t is natural
for population to concentrate at such a
place where business, health, education and
religion have the greatest development
and encouragement. Why should Dubuque
become Jealous of our superiority Why,
brother Dorr you have been grossly i'm
posed upon, when made t. believe that all
the public school buildings In Davenport
would not make one of ours" We have
two public school buildings into either
of which We could put all the shool
houses in Dubuque. Fact, brother Dorr
One is Of stone, three stories high, ana
the other of brick, three stories high
We also have magnificent Female Col
lege, of mammoth size. upon an elegant
bluff which is the admiration of the
world. We have Male College which
beats anything in Iowa Both Of these Col
leges are filled with students from abroad.
who come to Davenport for knowledge
And as to our wholesale Jobbing Houses.
why Davenport has become so famous for
them, that country dealers up the river
come right by the little village opposite
Dunleith to buy their goods here,
The Burtis Hotel when finished, will be
the best House West of Chicago, and our
other hotels are far superior to these of Du-
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to blame. Nor can Davenport stop grow
ing to please her jealous sister. We
have this year macadamized our prin-
cipal streets at cost of about 1900, 900,
while Dubuque is buried in mud, but
she can't help that either We admit
that Dubuque is a growing village, and
that the Express and Herald is first
rate Newspaper, but when brother Dorr
talks about Dubuque being equal to Daven-
port in either population, trade, educational
and religious institutions. or beauty Of natu
raj scenery, we feel kind of sorry for his
ignorance. Take it easy, brother Dorr
Our manufactures are more numerous and
have more capital than any five cities in
the State. Our lumber business is greater
than that Of any city in the West except
Chicago. just look at the columns of the
Io,ca Daily State Democrat, brother Dorr
and see the advertisements, and witness
how they continually crowd upon our read
ing matter. Look at our Railroads, present
and prospective our Railroad Bridge SPAN
ming the Mississippi River; our shipping
business and the number Of new buildings
erected here last year Why, you confess
that there were only $50 new buildings
erected in Dubuque last year, while we, i'll
beautiful and prosperous Dav export, erected
over TWELVE HUNDRED buildings We
have three blocks of buildings more elegant
than any three blocks in Dubuque, viz ::
Nichols Block, Metropolitan Block, and
Cook h Sargent's Block. No use grumbling,
brother Dorr, Davenport is the METROPO-
LIS OF IOWA, in POPULATION, TRADE,
WEALTH, Schools, OoLLEeEs, RAnRoADs, MAN
uFAoroRIEs, EpucATIoN, RELIGION and BusI-
NESS ENERGY! It can't be helped Nature
made it to be SO, and it is quite unamiable
in you to be SO jealous, and to show such
bad temper.
At special meeting Of the Independent
F. E. 4 Hose Co, pilots, Rovers 4 Witch
es." held Monday evsniag, Aug. 10th, 1857
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted: -rT
| Resolced That the sincere thanks ofthis
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