Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1857-10-28

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axecsspn. Th4 aR1 which ars new
being assslB d. msssly dwalaihk bon.
sa i n houses wa.ieh ~ hsen il
rrsss aazaahd Tor shs last ysas BE- swe,
aaa which psy better On - naaey ia-
rested than sny Other baildsngs. We
shEak sAs check ia bailaing, especially
IN 80 hailding a. those large and Va
pesh blocks, win WORK i afsas deal oE
good 10 enr eisy In shesn II ssskrAags
shat ths attsukion 81 uapiaslists has not
been drawn Ii she faes sAat dwelling
houses pay hstasr than business honsas,
and that IN erdsr 10 make Eha business
Of om city permansna and reliable, II
FAUST be inhabited By mechanics who ia
lend 10 make il their permanent resi-
dance. This wonld be the ease il sat.
acient numher of dwelling houses were
In the city 10 accommodate the mschap-
los employed hare. But nov We and ON
mechanics are nearly all single man
who at amomsnts warming uan paek their
sskiF' and be OF This being the case
the contractors are obliged 70 have mOr'
for doing aheayy JOB than they would d
ssuld they rely upon retaining ths hand
IN sheir ennploy. II our mechanics war
msa Of families and permanent resident,
business weuld bs less Auesaating, ans
contractors coald raly upon the hands Ii
tkeir emplcy remaining with than Unit
THAR contract was completed: but nov
whan thsREst frost il sssn il the fail
from two hundred to thousand meehan,
les leave our city for the south. Tbs,
leave ct the very time when they an
wanted most, and in many instances
leave buildings half finished, which re
main In that condition until the mex
| spring. In such cases the ewner loosel
rent enough to build q dwslling housl
suitable fora small family. This wO'G
not be the case IL our mechanics wer,
permanent residents, Again, if on
mechanics we're permanent residents the,
would add largely 10 the business Of GA
eity--they would have their families :,
support during the winter keason-the,
would consume the prodaes Of the farm
81 and buy clothing aad groceries frou
she merchant. They would take trade il
| part payment for their daily wages
whereas the single man wants nothing
bat saah-eoasumes but little aad leave
/ the city in the fall, and Ia s cuts OF
large winters trade. In view of thss
facts We suggest to our capitalists th,
prOpEisty of turning their attention 1
little more to the erection Of dwelling
| houses. Why is Philadelphia regardet
| as the richest city Of her population il
the world? We answer because her eiti,
gems are permanent residents. Go Il
that city and you viii find the son dOing
business in the house which his father
occupied fifty years ago. There yoI
will And the family engaged IN the bust,
ness which their forefathers commenced
Hence everything has become permanent
In Philadelphia; and hence il Is that pan.
les and pressures does RoteHset her els.
ixsns to the same extent that 1t does 9th,
er cities. Let Council Binds profit b.
her example.