, 1859-10-25
4 DAY AT MOLINE.


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yo1,sr Oct. - Is;7,
Editors rrr.. Ead T,itune:
A day or two Of sojourn in this busy place has
induced me to put On paper, for your readers
the Impressions my visit hasl forced upon me.
Said gentleman in my bearing: "Thers are
more busy people in Moline today Than in aug
place Of its size in the Northwest" aud could
well believe him. All is stir and hustle on these
bright fall days, when the chill Of the atnos-
phere and the rustliug Of withesed lcaves tells
Of an approaching period when the vicissitudes
Of the season must put TN end to outdoor labor
Of this class.
1t is because read in Moline pioneer and
progressive movement, which By example
should be Of profit other places in this region,
that devote little time to such details Us may
interest your renders. The Northwest is pass
ing. through period Of gloom it may be, into
new and better phase Of development. We are
coming down from nacps and plans, achieved in
MI the surveyors aud engineers art, to actual-
tiles and realizations. Paper cities and towns,
and manufacturing points, As such simply, are
to "go down" no longer, simply because they
have gone decidedly down and fiat, crushed ont
by the ruthless crisis.
1t is encouraging aud gratifying to find point
where, from feverish glow Of speculation,
great corporation aod thriving community
hare opened new phase and set unitedly ut
.o.r ~. =, so,,a +-,,,,,ot and sa,, ~.
town 10 he, put to oulla town, 4 amann1actnr'ng
point, with The SAINT skill and steady purpose
t,,ot trra IN o,dc- s,,ta4 raared Lowell, md v,n-
r.,".. =, ,.'
chester; ana lawrence. inls Us; Aollne Is NOW
zeoousls emP:oyea IT. anu VIII Prospeet o.
ed tna1 ue1e y n'o1e eoau one'
TIE MOLINE WATER POWER.
The lame OF this wafer rover has gone Tar
and vice. ana oesesseo'y, SINCE as no smaA ,a
nsniesemen&1 ny & .als ptepataoh 70 narness @ ti'e
81 tsn s,;nd1es and bsr "h iotbes a. Jr;ra hssr,
70 tuta sp1na'es, anu ousy !a'aes anfe aeaeY
nammets;; anu ousy sa"s, ana 90 au1y IN noar-
ing tstanl'shmen1s. eketcn Of th's particular
improvement Is sure 70 NC io1no prominent IN
al annals Of the growth and progress OF manu-
| iaetures At tue west; Let us LOOK nj It:
| 4he A1to~o.1 ~ -..0NA0e ~ - t@'1AL L~%aAA.s6
polas oates hack qnlte NUMBER Of years ih-
deed propose IN another part OF rnr letter to
devote some space to establishments whose rep
utat'on is widely and well won- The speculative
history Of Moline and It's water-power is not IN
KIND unlike those o. other western towns,
where, over some confessed stesilng advantage
o. power o. size, lhe WIT OF nt!es mas wageu
hercely and long, to tue holding IN noeyance OF
n4l adequate Improvement Al Melne, to u. H.
sears, Esq. ne preeent proprietor Of valuable
mus ana m1l Pr1s1'eges, q! ,ae heaa OF Koek
lslano, yel 70 be nolea, oeioags ne credit o OF
hrst dlscoyerlng and putting IN partial yet eli
Gent use tie extraordinary 1aclllteS OF this To-
Mf. sears IS stu vigorous and m'dd!e-ased
man. aud hard worker. he pitched his for
tunes upon Rock Island {the island) when 1t
was military reservation exclusively, and when
the Mississippi from s.: Paul to the MISSOURI
turned not 6 single ml3l wheel he may, aud
We trust be will, lire to see this beautiful sec.
tion Of the Mississippi basin teeming with city
life, the river front on tue island and mainland
linedwith tall factories, the charming bluffs
filed with happy homes of mechanics and nrtt-
spirit and enterprise withthat now here manifest
The Rock Island Bridge. the first pathway Of
the locomotive across the mighty Mississippi,
has world wide fame. This structure is thrown
from the mainland half a mile above the city o1
Rock Island, to the large island Of the same
name. which here unsqually divides the channel
-gising the Iowa side rapid and deep current
the 1nain course of the rrer, the river craft pas
sing through the famous draw. On the Illinois
side Of the island the river js shallow, and the
tlow save in time Of high water incousidera-
bic. Never ayallabIe for the passage of river
craft, on this latter side the railroad bridge
has no draw.
This Island is over mile in length. At its
upper end lies Moline. If the reader will bear
ID mind that on the further side of this island