The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-16

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Daily Prsss, ~ho nccutly passed through
oG ctr, thus alia,le- "a IL
D,vtssoEi. bsleai-'ti i -aii 10 have
a populati0n = fnsn thsGteen To sixteen
Thousand ial.ahitapt- During IL, past few
years il. srs~th ha> bten rapid, sna Il
promise l. i.cnme oIle IL TIA. iis>t cities IN
ia@a. fra.a Assty run through IL. tue.
~aie strsct,, 80 observe. rnh,ic and private
improvements soIar foraa9,i ~ a scale -
srsst magnitude. The CITY J. cutting ioNA
tie sfreeis sEraagh the hlail- lack u tie
Sity. aui maeaaAmisinS iha-s alrads hu-
-4ed Isnk 4 Sargent, she bankers. are
erec ing a ma aiiie,..i taak esiliiec, 81 heNti
tifal Athenx rualtsle ~ rHrst Stotsa t,+o.
l. NacA@sl. j. t.rsrtgne handsome brleA
black n = es.i 81 $500 NM Hill. Es1
=. ere i5tt. .4anisoIar imitation staspe front
bald a. ,.iled Metropolitan Hall" oa
wase. .ts. l.ceNpeR,aea upwards 8; >.N.s-s.
o. gns .l&as. t4eA NJ tue sits. are reia.
erected sa:ae sana-smt residences Ua sncst
excellent and Commanding sites.
Beside ta- large amount ~ Elatsiacsut
sT.s IL lumber. g.oa- etc, we Lear !. au Inn
1eass stare factory, a brewery ard = bras
.cGairs nOa rns.es Nay.
In churches aud eiucatioial institutes,
Davenport holds prominent POSITION.
There are two universities. and tpur 90 five
- Inc scacOi~--Ali q vaicl asS, = high
reputation.
W. regret that the writer lad not IA sp-
sortunity Of perAmbulating our city viii a
vel informed companion, a he DID II Rock
Island. He has gwen bat iasht idea e
our real progress, Though generally correct
tar ~ Il gccs. Davenport contained 1900
inhabitants 10 year age last August. hc
addition. t. ear population sinee that time
have been estimated AT i've 81 sis thon,aIl
Deer twelve hundred house we're erected
tie wear closing the first II iasi September.
hundred upon hundreds II Lo1ses have
been erected saacc the '.!,.n,l,g II la, spring,
and there arr a vast many nov IN c..,irs- ii
sreetsoa. Al this tune. Notwithstanding
the financial truublvs, there j. an immenS.
amount Il building IN progress. IN old
citizen informed Us couple II day. since.
that lac Ma unable 10 complete hi- sidewalk
CO account Il not being able to get brick
TLa little fact illustrates greater fact.
Although there are AZ this time but few
transactions IN real estate vet there hAs
been no real decrease in tie value 81 prop
erty or IN rents, while We anierstand tia,
n Dubuque property and rent. are rapidly
and heavily decreasing
That gradual and healthy riss IN property
,xh.rh bsx "A $50. 80, b.. M, -, xaara
h,stoss, may for time be stopped. bat IL
cAn, We think. only he Temporary. Those
compelled % cell nov may not lind ready
purchasers, - they could several weeks
sinee, simply because there Is no money
with which 10 hay. Bat prcrert, holds ~
admirably, proving that ], ha, had mo ficti-
tioaa or speculative value. When in Dubu-
que and Keckuk, places no larger than
this, propert. j. hsld At double OF more
than double the price asked here, and those
cisiss progressing, Al least in one case, not
ALI % fast q this-if il reasonable 10 sup
pos+ that the present. monetary trouble.
will nas affect the prizes &c property in Day-
export - il must in those places. The val
~ 9. our property, or the price at which
q 4 held, has only been on PAR with tie
progress II the city, aud improvin. with
ths growth q the city.
oar last .s.'s li.t Of manufactures. with
the accompanying ststs4Eent 81 the capital
empacysd ami value u tbs work annually
sarned out. proved .oaclu.iseis that j. tie
snportaBre 81 our manufacturing Interests
Ne WEIR then Ear in advance Of ans eats N
iowa since then our manufactures Lave
been rapidly extending. and We .illl MAIN
AIN our suprsmac. IN this tie sarest foun-
dation u = Young cits'e prosperity ow-
N 70 direct connection with the Illinois
eosl in.aes I, railroad. crossing at this point
sas Mississippi bridge, the ii.ierence be
tween tic price u coal here and at Rock
Island : - immAterlal thar W. msy be said
= haze even IN this particular, all the mar
ufacturans advantages VI tia, city rhi.
sAould have suggested itself 70 the eorres-
poodsns u the Pssss. We are glad to
AaAr taat she manufacture. interests u
Of Rock Islsnd are raridl, ON tie increase,
set We acknowledge - superiority ia this
% Dasenporss advancement in the same