Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-05-15
q $500, 900 LOAN.

soe question u = IoSu Ot eZOu,oOb ioT
the purpose Of making sundry, much
needed permanent improvements.
When the resolution was passed sub
hitting this question to = vote Of the
people, We took occasion to express our
decided appreciation Of the measure,
and pointed ont the necessity and
Propriety Of making the improvements
contemplated. W. know that the
measure would be adopted and sane
toned by the people, if any considera
bic number Of them would go to the
polls aud vote. In a neglect to vote
lies the danger Of %loosing the loan. We
feel the utmost solicitude in behalf Of
this question Of q loan. We know tina,
now lis the critical period in the history
Of Davenport. II W. fail to step for
ward with the class Of permanent i'm
Provemcnts contemplated, and present
our City in ii attractive position above
her rivals, we must expect 10 see the
Sun Of our prosperity setting, aud all
the bright visions Of our future great
ness vanish from view. Now is the
time to decide the destiny Of this place.
II our Streets are to continue the same
impossible mudholcs, OUT citizens con
tinue dependant upon rains and drays
for water To be used for domestic pur.
poses and for extinguishlng fires, ii We
VI to have no City Hall, no Hospital
Buildings, no macadamizing OF Streets,
then must We be content to see Dayen-
port dwindlc into insigniicance, her
wholesome trade cut of, and her love
liness marrcd by every disadvantage
incident to q mere village. The loan
called for is for specific purposes and is
20 divided rs to leave no discretion To
those who are to cxpcnd it. We will
consider the different objects contem-
plated in the loan under their appro
pirate heals, and first Of
$4,000 FOR CRY IlosrlrAL.
ftherc is a soul in Davenport with So
little humanity in its composition as t.
refuse to sanction such an expenditure
for such n purpose, VIC have not heard
Of it. A city Of $4,000 population,
like Davenport, has no claim for res
pcct, unless il makes suitable provis-
ions for receiving and nursing those
unfortunate persons and strangers who
may be st.ikcn down by disease OIL
manned by accident within the City.
Not long since the public was shocked
by the accouut Of a poor man who's,
legs were broken by the cars, aud he
was tumbicd into the Depot where h.
lay a bleeding aud horrible wr ok will,
none To care tor or nurse him for one
whole day, and by this neglect he died.
Similar cases are occurring every week,
and alt confess the necessity for a Git,
Hospital.
$4,000 FOR Cry Hall.
W. often hear of a small Society OF
Masons and Of Odd Fellows, and Sons
Of Temperance, erecting large, elegant
and commodious Halls, for the con.e
nience oftheir respective Societies, and
yet there are found a few, very few
persons in a city with $4,000 ropnla-
ton, who do not see the necessity for
aCity Hall, where the City Records
may be kept in safety. the City Judge,
Mayor, and other officers have conse-
nient offices, and the City Council hasc
. Council Chamber for the use of the
City Fathers. A city Hall buildin.
can be erected with a hall in it sufi
ciently capacious for holding public
meetings, for public lectures, and for
other appropriate uses in addition to
the other rooms spoken OF. It's a shame
that We have neglected this matter I'M
til now. The necessity is becoming So
apparent that we do not believe a dozen
meu can be found to oppose it.
$4,000 FOR WATER WonKs.
No man living in Davenport, unac-
quainted with the difference which
Water Works make in the population
and attractiveness Of a city a appre
ciate it. New York without her
Croton Aqueduct would instantly lose
100000 Of her population. Our bluffs
seem to have been constructed with a
view Of M day having q huge reser
.voir built thereon, that should send
forth to rich and poor the u~nspeakabl.
blessiugs Of = constant susply Of pure
watnr Of Interchangeable qnslity. t.
water q streetA extinguish fires, and
70 be used in every conceivable man
ner, . constant supply Of water is a
priceless commodity.
100000 FOR STREETS.
1t is provided that this portion Of the
loan shall be used for grading, gutter.
ing and otherwise improving I'll.
streets Of the City," Who is ther.
denying the necessity for these i'm
provements in our Streetsi We have
but one decent street in the city, tina,
portion Of Main street between From,
and Third streets, is elegantly m.csd
missed. No mud, dust, or other ba,.
rier there atstructs the freedom an
esss If trade. Every important sire,
In the City should be tre.tad IN ~.