Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-01

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PRESENT CONDITION. OF DAvEN.
PORT.
D. Luke'S New UAurch, DC. sea~--
To-day, the. seiap%y of tie laying of
the corner stone Of the new church Of ST.
Luke's Parish win. be h4,ld, on the corner u
Brady and Scveath- streets, 1t 3 O'Clock p.
NJ The ceremonies viii have all flie At
fractions peculiar TO sa,ieh 'f HE and the at.
tendance Of RI Rey. Bishop Lee viii give
increased inducements for the attendance Of
citizens. Rev. Mr. PowerA who ha. already
won high. name for eloquencs and piety.
win deliver the address, and we can safely
promise our readers fine, entertainment on
The os0sion. . .ssI..
The sev church iedifica If .coupleted in
conformity 10 the plan selected, win be oua
Of the most graceful and elegant structures
in the city, and will occupy such com
handing fd4hr upoh.the bluff "a ~ blend 70
ipapce yith gexersnss " the. Tor.bip and
services OF the church.
The extreme length Of the church, ipelud
ing the tower and vestry rooms. Is lls feet.
the main body of the church being SIS feet
long and IS feet wide the tower to project
"A feet in front and the vestry room IA feet
| IN the rear The chaneel will be Is feet
wide, IS fee, long, and % feet high in the
clear. The vestry room will be II feet by
| IL feet la tho clear. The audience room
will be 81 IL feet in hight in the clear, and
he capable Of seating $50 persons in the
pews The gallery is to extend only across
the entire inside front Of the church, raised
! 2 feet frpTp the tiony; the tower in the
centre Of the front, forming a recess for an
organ.
This tower is 10 be SO J 2 feet high, in
| square form, and ~ constructed as to per
| nit the placing Of clock in it, if deemed
| expetient There will be five large and
| broad, stained glass windows ON each side
| Of the church. The basement contains an
audience room ~ feet long and 40 feet
wide in the clear with hight of IA feet, and
coal cellar, furnace rooms, &c. The style
OF architecture is to be pointed gothic, and
the material Of brick, This will be the thir-
,ecnth Christina .,lfce erected in this ra-
pidly growing city Mr.. J. c. Cochran
of our city is the. Architect of this
cyfch ediiee. With . population OF
WS>po0, and yearly increase Of 80 per cent.
| the increase of churches and institutions Of
learning are the'bcst evidences Of the mora
and intellectual tone Of the people, Iowa
Male College, the Female College, the stone
school House on the corner Of Perry and
seventh streets costing $1,000, and the
brick r.-lrbl House in hchwer 1sr@ of the
city costing about 10000, the city Of
| Davenport presents the finest alurements to
a elias, Of population who are always the
| strength AMI ancor Of society. The mo
raty of the people Of Davenport. and their
| liberaiity and zeal In promoting every mo
raj, religious and intellectual influence has
bseome pieverhialt s,rou atsout the " est,
and has much to do in maintaining the ascen
dcney Of this city and keeps lis fame as pure
as that of any New England alag III,
assc>-,n nj rol shows IA value of taxabl,
property little more than - 900 900, which
is 80 per cent under the real value Mr.
Le Claire alone is worth more than 81 900,
uOo. aud others are worth from fl0O, OOO tc
s5eoNS. These men of wealth are perpe
tnally astir, and keep alive enterprises anc
improvement that will consolidate our sta
bility aud render healthy the rapidity o
our growth Our manufactures are dali,
multiplying, and we have establishment,
Tor making all varieties of machinery from
a steam engine TO a common plow One o
the principal kinds OF business is that o
dealing in and saving lumber, by which W,
supply vast and increasing interior de
mand. The loan of s.oo,o0o lately vote,
with the monuments Of its benefits, in Tia,
shape of stone cutters and curb stones ma
cadamized road ways and graded streets
and the appropriation for water works vii
soon bring forth fruits to gladden. all hearts
Our commerce ia greater than at any ethe
point upon the Mississippi River above st
Louis. The loan of S35o.ooo Just made b,
the city TO the Cedar Valley r. r. will sool
open tina, fertile valley TO more intimate bu
Davenport will become a Railroad Center
with the only bridge that spans the Fathe
of Waters. With four daily newspapers
the Iora STATE Democrat. the Gasetfe, tn,
Der Dtnoirot and the Eren,ns Noes, an.
one monthly journal, devoted to Real Estat
and money affairs, called the Real Estat
Register, Davenport presents no mean ap
pearanee to the citizens of 1887, who ihel
saw only the wigwams Of the Sacs and Fo,
Indians, with Black Hawk and keokuk a
their chiefs. Old Fort Armstrong on tn
Island, then the cad quarters OF our armie.
is now nearly obliterated, and Vandalism i
conv erting the remnants into canes an
other relics for the cabinets of the euriou
and the inquisiton. Savage life has give
place 10 civilization and Christianity an
the gorgeous beauties Of nature SO abundan
and attractive, are wrested from the heathe
for the benefit of the poet aud the scholar
J who love to study the beauties and glorie
Of Gods works.
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