The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-07

4 SsU RassDgouA
A short time sincr, We, The junior, took
drive up the river eight miles On the Illinois
s;de, with the chjees u waiting the town
recently laid q by Messrs- Mcneil, Nour-s
1 Co, and peculiarly k..Jwn . wstertows-
In view Of the multitude Of new towns in
the West having IN existence only On paper
the public are becoming suspicious OF " city
plats,' unless they are backed By .omesh'ng
pigo,Ousiy real. There has, indeed, been 50
much humbuggery Connected with western
new town speculation-, and 20 man, hare
tailed q, realize any other existence than
that breathcd mt them by paper and pencil
.rcL.tect.. that really good enterprise
founded upon advantages which must soon
er ar later give them either commercial or
manufacturing inportance-are obliged %
encounter a Suspicion and prejudice which IL
!. their hardest task toovcrcome. Capital
i.t.. mechanics and manufacturer, nave now
10 BE- c.iTsasef, by actual personal research
4 and examination, thar new enterprise i
Ho, mere paper speculation" before they
/ will enlist themselves. Our friends at
/ watertOwn complain that their great diff
/ cult, has been e. overcome tLi- .iistrssst and
-ispie,pn, even enp'Igis to secure such pr
/ -onal investigation on the part a tho-s
| whom they would enlist in their enterprise
II seems To be their earnest desire that thoss
who are seeking investments a capstai, labor
or enterprise, shosrid examine their town
/ ~ J~gsoa, and study tpr Themselves IL great
/ advantage. Thi. nj least proves their own
faith Alwsys .ie.irous a making known To
our reader the rise and progress u towns
about u, We have taken some trouble % in
vesticste the advantages of " atertown. and
We shall now give the result. We have
several other new town te notice ln their
! turn
i WafertJwn - sfustesi at the southern
I terminus OF the great Eastern Missss~spps
| ,iutf4 In fat, this extensive range u bluffs
terminates right in the town, whose site j.
beautifully located on the gradual SLOPE II
| its front, declining t. the level below, which
stretches to the river, and On the plain II
me end 81 the bluff. A very -sngular
mound, from the top Of winch view u The
whole country around mas be obtained
marks the terminus &C this great range
Waterfowl has great advantages be>sde'
| that to which We shall siiuie q. being thu
one which sognrr OF later must build mp
lsrge manufacturing toxn ~ this plsce. u
il les than two miles from the coal mine
which supply Rock Island and Davenport
below With fuel, end Port BFron above 81
steamboat. Long lanes a wagons may bs
-een passing o. and from the mines through
watertossn On their way 70 distant point
shove. where coal Is supplied 10 steamboats,
and several miles q hauling could be save,
by delivering the cal there We have iit
tie doubt but that bed IL coal lie directly
beneath the town "a ELF But IL i NOR
convenient 90 the coal nine- than any oshe
point on the river.
The grading &c the Rockford and Warsaw
Railroad through Waterfowl has alread,
peen made The propnetors of the towr
have donated i sufficient land Or depot
buildings, Sc., snd in choice place for tbs
purpose. We presume the work II eom
,Ieting this ROAD has already been con.
inenced. The cars Of the Chicago and Rock
island Railroad run nj the .uter etige d
watertown, aud IL y expected the two rad
will connect here, il the, make eennectior
AZ all and have rn.on dep,t. The country
immediately around " sserto~n = very rich
well settled, and under very thorough cult,
sation The !. hack country !. particularly
looked az in every enterprise ~ tins kind
When wc are assured that new river town
!. surrounded by rich, well populated aud
! well cultivated country. vac then feel SURE
il has oas great advantage, in itself enough
70 build up a respectable piaee. But all
these advantages Of beautiful cite. proximity
| 70 the coal mines, the point Of connection Of
fwc prominent railroads, its surrounding Of
rich and well cultivated and th,ckly popu-
lated country, and other advantages we
might mention, are not what the projectors
Il the watsrtown enterprise rely upon for
building UP a town Of importance
Wstertown has been considered solely
sith regard 60 IT, safer poEsr, and upon that
4 j. confidently predicted . town must
.pring ~ u great manufacturing impor-
lance. IL h situated nj the head 81 Camp
BELLS Island, a swift current 81 every stage
Of the river, passing between the Island and
Hatsrtown. This channel can be damned
- n To- give the best water power probably
pn the Mississippi, river below the falis II .
very small expense. We have before Us .
letter from Mr. II Is. Sear-, we'll known 90
aur citizens rs the proprietor u the M.-s,--
app. Mills NJ Moline, and gentleman who
probably knows ~ much about water power
and its uses n any other man IN the West.
IT, estimates the cost a a suitable dam
winch would last ior years II three or four
thousand dollar. This expense would give
the town all the water power wanted for
the most extensive manufacturing, and il is
he only place between Moline and the Falls
4 St Anthony where such water power
csn be obtained Mr. Sears and two other
sspericnoed gentlemen, whose interests in
stead II being connected with Watertown
arr rival. voaeh for the value IL th,s water
power. II alone s sufficient 20 make Water
town manufacturing place But ne have
already extended our sriiclc longer than we
Aai originally attended We may say in
conclusion, that there is fine timber and
plsnt, Il Il about Watertown, and Daven-
port receives IL, principal supplies Of wood
fuel from that neigLborhood There 10 also
the best building stone-with large brick
yard, nj which far better brick. are made
than those we Use IN this city. The clay is
admirably adapted TO the purpose Of making
fire brick. Az present THE new town con-
tains only shout dozen houses, including
. church edificc now nearly completed. But
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