Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-01-15

ests contained therein, and while We are de-
fcient in none Of the elements necessary for
the growth and success Of great west. it
10 most upon our unsqualed facilities for
manufactures that our authorizations Of the
future are based. Favored, a. We are, by
Nature, in our location, with every advan-
tage for the convenient association of the
different agencies required in the transform
alton Of raw material into the necessaries
Of society, it requires only the most casual
observation to discern our future import
ance. Scarcely one stranger passes without
being impressed with this great fact, while
to those who give more attention to the
subject, favorable results .geometrcially in
crease. Already we have attained impor-
lance, already we have arrested and given
employment TO capital seeking profitable
investment The success that has attended
efforts already begun, connected with the
facility Of furnishing the raw naterial-be
it Lead from our own borders, Copper from
Superior, Iron from Missouri, Lumber from
Wisconsin or Michigan, Hard Wood from
Indiana, Cotton from Southern States, all Of
which can be brought to our door without
reshipment, added to coal for fuel from the
meadows and fields wherein We raise abun-
dant supplies Of food for the thousands
whose labor is Transforming the crude ma
terials we gather, cannot fail to favorably
attract the attention of the capitalist and
citizen, and induce to citizenship among
US, portion Of the best talent and energy
of the country. Already are We conced1
the superiority Of manufacturing facilities.
and already is v ide area Of territory de
pendent upon us for those supplies we can
more economically produce than import
Every mile Of Railroad that is completed to
the West, as well as every acre of raw prai
RE that is brok en- for cultivation, increases
our manufacturing importance in no age
has the march Of immigration been more rap
id and continual, and IN no locality has a
larger per centage Of population. accumula
ted than in our own state Legitimate
cases produce legitimate results,-no city
ued improvement than our own, and no i'm
provemen has been founded upon . more
permanent basis, rig :-Alanufactures
There is scarcely u branch of this class of
industry that might not be entered into sue
cessfully-mills. mechanics shops, DC. are
already established, yet these can be dupli-
Gated, and the supply not exceed the de-
mand
Cotton and Wooden Mills, Paper Manu-
factories, boundaries, Shops for Agricultur-
al implements, and all the various kinds of
Handicraft will meet welcome and sup
port, upon the occasion Of their advent.
Here the expense of living is moderate,
and the price of Real estate governed by its
value for actual use. For the proprietor,
unequaled sites of residence present, while
the mechanic and laborer can find abund-
ant places for a home, at terms to suit the
| most limited means-for the purposes OF
business no city has site superior, while
few can equal our own.
The estimate for Lumber show the fol-
| lowing aggregate:
Totai amount of sales. .$555, 406 50
The receipts have been in feet,........22 213 ZIG
The number Of Lath received and manu-
featured, wv
| Humber Of shn giles received and manu-
featured, .................o2l "a !5O
OF the receipts. l4,775, 2lS feet have been
by river, and ! ,43s 900 feet by railroad.
The amount Of fre'ghts and charges paid hsre for
| the var, has bsen.. $4,000.
| Ofthis the amount Of Railroad charges
| wAs................... ............$4ol4 40 ,Ot
And the amount Of river charges, 1850 81
The aggregate exports and imports for
the same time have been, as nearly as can
be accertained, 1858 tons.
OF this amount 40,!S4 tons are exports
and s., 90, tons imports.
OF the exports "a, 1871 tons were by Rail
Road, and 6.427 tons by river.
Total River tonnage, 12,4s7.
Total Railroad tonnage, Sl,lS6.
The whole number of Steamboat Arrivals
and departures have been 1857, of this mum
Der 900, have been boats running to this
place exclusively, and 627, Transient Boats
The number Of boats that have paesed
the Rail Road Bridge is 1867 and the
number of Rats 600 The number of col
lisions Of boats with the Bridge has been
rs of which 8 sustained injury, and II
sustained no injury. The number Of Raft,
colliding with the Bridge has been 80 :; Of
which about two thirds sustained injury
and one third no injury. In no case was
the injury sustained, serious, with exception
of few Rats.
The river opened on thursday Feb. Goth
the ice moving slightly, it again became
gOrged en- the 2Sth, and remained stationa
~ until March 25th, when it again broke
loose and permitted boats to reach the
Landing the first boat of the season wa.
the Fire Canoe, and half an hour later tn,
Conewago. The first boat that passed the
Bridge was the Conewago bound up, and
the last boat the Ceremonial, on the 2Stf
Dec, bound down. On the 25th Of March
the Ferry commenced regular trips for the
season.
Up to the time of closing this report tho
river has not frozen over at this point
| u. roft
and the last on the 18th Nov
OF the RATS passing the Bridge, NOR.
than one half were Manufactured Lumber
1t is matter Of interest to note the com
parative magnitude Of the river and Raj
Road business of this City, and the state
ments assume crater interest, in connection
with the strong influence that has been ex
erted for the removal of this important con
nection between great Eastern and Western
overland through fares
st. Louis with greatly preponderatine
river business over Rail Roads, attributes t
this bridge the greatest injury her busine.
has received. The admission calls attention
to the fact that an immense interest ha
found more favorable and profitable &C.
commodation than before, an interest tina
is daily increasing, and, if not at present
soon will become of greater importanc,
than the inconvenences presented to any
opposing interest. In this view and asid,
from any local benefits that may accrue i
would seem to any but the mott selfish pref
udice, retrogressive policy that would dis
turb SO great general good.
There has been received here during tn,
year by Railroad:
Lumber In feet. ..............7,43SO 900
0ntn9les.. ....................3,8 $40 coo
Rail Road Iron, TONS. 1893
| Coal 13.u9S
| Oats, In bushels. ............. 83.-A8
| Barley, In bushels. ........... 1859
Corn. IN Duehels. ............ 1854