The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-04
4 M,uufactuIiue civ In ,l,e She'll,

We are always pleased to have an oppor-
different towns and localitc, immediately
around rs Indeed, we consider these places
As lcgitma,cly within tho range of our cdi-
torial duty, whenever we can makt them 40.
We have once before had occasion To notice
the new enterprise "A few miles above Us ON
the Illinoi. side, called Watcrtown--a name
We do not much fancy, yet which !, appro-
pirate t. the place on account of the wonder
ful water power about being developed NJ
| the spot Estimate, haze been made by
| persons qualified 10 form a proper judgment
rs To the value and extent of this water
power, and We might give figures, and proba-
bly, shall one If these days, t. prove that ut
no place on the Mi..i,,ippi river below the
Falls of St Anthony can more or stronger
water power be obtained and at less cSpen e
than nj this town. We need not say TINT
this /. almost ~ COOL a. u gold minc for the
place. Arrangements have already been
made for the erection NJ mills, &c, AMI we
think We can confidently predict that in five
or ten year. WATERFOWL will hc a. large rs
Moline, and illustrate in itself the wonderful
manner in which young citics spring up in
the Wet. The Editor of the Moline pap,r
| recently visited Waterfowl and thus speaks
| Of IL:
WATERIowS.-lt has been and Is our in
| tention to visit all of the ncighboring places,
and the conntry about, and give such descrip-
| tionS and notices u, viii bc OF interest IL our
readers east and west, who wish to gain n
correct idea Of this portion oi the state. In
accordance with TIL, plan We took time to
visit tic above mentioned place, which has
boon recently laid cut so,nc four mile. above
our town. IL Is quite pleasantly located Oh
the river, extending back on III. bluffs, and
the slope which is n.ade By the termination
VI the Bluffs at tho point where Pleasant
Valley open, on To the bottom lands u the
Mississippi. At or near the center 81 the
RIVER u an ISLAND, opposite the town, ans
from this tothc main shore the enterprising
proprictors intend soon IL throw across a
dam, and il Is claimed that they will thus
| get m extensive water power sufficient u
propel large amount of machinery. How
much the fall is from the head u the island
to the point where the dam il 10 bc erected
We have not learned, but Judging from the
rapidity IL the current IL must Lc consider
able.
just below the town Is the point whore
the Chicago and a. l. n. n. and the Rock
ford and Warsaw X. X form their junction.
The latter road is also To erect a depot near
the river in town.
Being contiguous To the coal beds, having
. water power, and tie junction of the two
important railroads, combined with its loca
ton, must make Natcrtown have no mean
appearance On some future map Of Illinois.
A new brick yard has just been finished
in fact we saw the first brick moulded while
there. The clay is said To DC very superior,
| and will make excellent brick
Quite number oi building. have Just been
finished, OF are in process. of construction.
| We shall watch tie growth cf this town
with considerable interest, u Moline gets
much Of it, trade from tine country above
and back It it,