Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-07-16


with fish of various kinds, and are great re-
sort in the summer season for parties of plea
sure in tho small crafts which ply upon the
water.
There are in all, four Lakes, tue third lake
is three miles wide and six miles long, and
very shallow; on this Lake there is a small
steamboat for passengers, drawing less than |
two feet of water; still ii is as much as q bar
gain that she can run. The fourth Lake is |
nine miles long and six miles wide, and a suffi- |
cient depth of water to bear q craft of consid-
cradle size; on this lake there'is IL very large
and commodious establishment now in sue
cessiul operation, as q Water Cure, and no
doubt will meet with large encouragement, as
the location is picturesque and romantie.-
Many people now visit this beautiful section Of
country, from New \ ork, Boston, and Phiia-
| delphla, in preference to the watering places.
Madison being intirey inland her growth was
| slow for IL number of years, but her march is
now onward with giant steps; and the following
is a condensed account of its rise, progress and
growth, up to the end of the year 1854. On the
first Of May, 1850, l.. ]. Farewell, commenced
his large grist and Touring mill; it was finished
the following Autumn and contains eight run
of stone.
The year of 1852 was marked by number of
important improvements. Messrs. Marshall Y
Ilsley erected a fine building Of cut stone, now
occupied by the State Bank, and issued tue first
Bank bill under the general Banking Law ofthe
| State.
Governor Farwell, commenced the work of
reclaiming the low wet land, Northwest of the
Capital, ditched and pankcd Washington Az
| ehuc, and planted six thousand forest trees,
mostly cotton wood and soft maple, from the
| bottom lands of the Wisconsin river, along the
Street two miles in length. The moist nature
of the ground is well adapted to these trees and
they are growing finely.
| Messrs Simeon Mills and ,lno. Catu cree
ted a large stone block, three stories high upon
King street.
Travel having increased to such an extent
that the public houses of which there was u ute
a number, We're insufficient to accommodate all,
joiat stock hotel company was formed, the
, walls Of the foundation, and one story Of the
, Capital house We're laid this season.
The company proved failure, being unior-
t tunate in letting ont their contract. MessrS
h Villas, Fairchild and Farwell, purchased the pro
Il perry in the spring of 1858 and completed thu
/, | hotel the same season. 1t was leased for
term OF years, and is furnished in the most mag
$ nitlcent style and is conceded by all to be thu
n most splendid hotel in the State. !. @. Fair
4 child erected the large stone block on the cor
e ner of Morris and Pinkeny street.
i Messrs. Bruen & Farewell, the stone blocl
on the corner of Washington Avenue and Pin
n Seny streets, which is one OF the best building
ii in the West. The Presby terian Church wa
h completed and the Catholic Cathedral la
e which when completed will be n magniiicer
n stone structure Of great architectural beauty
o In Fitty-four, the Railroad was complete
e from Milwaukee to Madison, and on the 18th til
h celebration ofopening the roadtook place, whe
IN more than 1000 people from the country .oun
l. were present to witness the scene. am tol
,e by some of those who witnessed the pagean
m that never was u day more suspicious. T
heavens were cloudlcss, the air warm, but M
" sultry, and the golden beams Of sunlight, I'll
n wide landscape OF Lake and forest prairie ,whic
g, formed the charming environments OF the vi
Of lage, were like bright eyed face that laugh
ne out openly, and this no doubt was bright ONE
IN of their future success.
Id Among the improvements made i'll 1854, Il
no second dormitory building ofthe State univcrs
Il ty, the large brick church OF the Baptist Soc
is city; the fire proof county buildings, and oy,
n three hundred and fifty dwelling houses, ma
es be reckoned; the lunatic Asylum then began
III now completed.
k. This magnificent avenue, which has bct
es opened by the individual enterprise ,2i Gov.
n, now two miles in length, graded to a level Gig
l. rods in width, and has double row OF trees, IL
j. inner rows cotton wood ami the outer maple
l. Hpon each side.
d 1t terminates at the point where the yariou
c roads coming into town from the east, north cas-
n south and west converge. When quarter
l. mile otthe Capital Park, itascends by u smoot
d and easy grade, the summit Of tho oleyati0
Q crowned by the Capital.
o For number Of years the growth %; til
IT village was slow. Immediately after the loci
l. ton of the Capital all the lands in the yicinit
Of were entered by spectators, and lots, pnd LANE
by We're held at a prospective value, the A@cttic
", bong central point between the NIis&issip
ty and Luke Michigan, the advancing army of il
gh migrants on eitherhand found wide, fertile Al
liz beautiful extent Of country at thul time. TIL
to did not consequently care TO feed the appel
Is, OF the spectators for fancy prices. THIS CO
he dition of things continued until ISIS. In I
meantime the fertile valley Of the Rock Riy
on had been filled with settlers, and enigrati
SO began to turn into Dane county, which ppss
he ses Il soil as beautiful, and a surface Of tml
en- try as attractive as any county in the State,
~ which before it was tapped by Railroads, "
m. too far from market to renter agriculture
or munerative.
of The beginning of the real value OF property
ms Madison commenced with the admission Of I
les State into the Union in 1913. The constii
i'll tional convention then permanently located I
we Capital here. Until then there had been Ter
is Of its removal, and capitalists had hesitafed
me invest their money in the vicinity.
II GASTELLANUS.
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