Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-03-21

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p0psalAssaa, Ceaastl nlpaEs has np equal
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10 narsh, and 10 longitude lSs 42. mest
from The City ~ Washington ghs Facs
is aisniesed, thas IL necApies almass i
esnlEai pssial0n apoa The Nexth Ameri-
can eonnpent. Beng looated aean shG
mass faAsih.a, direct end by fear hun-
sarSa miles sha shortest route for i sail-
read tran the Ailantia - me pnsiae
oeeaos and oeeapying alaoss 3 eankrai
positsen between the twn gesaf sea.
boards. do We anElsipake too HHeh
when wa says that CaRneil BEaafs act
many yeATs ia the fusas8 will become
lhs great central depot fos ths Pacific
Railraaa Z
& Tie gTesteet river Ia me world foTms
oar Western boundary wails on che
anrth, east and soashs VA are sur. anad
~ by i euuhtFy wh,eh for fertility Of
s1ia, heaaty Of Landscape and salabFny
gf climate. il unsurpassed By any coaa.
Try la The world. The great river that
washe, our western bnticF is navigahIe
100 miles above u, for steamers of 300
stlRs bnrihrn, and for abe largest class
u staansrs navigating oar western riv.
eTs, from this city 10 tbs CALI Of Asxl-
CO, distance Of 400 miles.
These great natural and local advRn-
tages xe have, and nj! tpat is necessary
10 ,iryrlope them is a pss pie who can
nEpregtate and saFn them 10 pgaeli .ai
use. A portion 81 lhat pcapls arc al.
ready here 0mLiatng Intelligence,
lnorality and business eapssity of high
order, 20 wiiek may be added enoFsy ii
character and untiFing Industry, TIL
balanee Of that peolli ne pill have
here, whea all our natural aud local nd =.
vantages shalt be fally laid before the
world. .....'....
IL Is not seven years aimee aFst lsss.
ted a. this poiny. and in that abort Pc
Rod Of tins, hos gEess the change. -.
Then thers %ess LAT twQ Ixo. story
huisdinxs IN the sily-naw they number
more than as many handreds. Thea
t0ere Vas nat brick building in the
eity new they nay be hammered b.
ifIies, embracing among them basines,
housss thai woaid 10 credit To any say
ia The Union. Then We bad steam
boat arrival once ia ahoHt tsEs weeks
nov they arrive uni depart daily dur
ing the season Of Navigation. Thea our
merchants paid frou . to 81 per han.
dred on Irsight from S. Louis--Row
they pay trom 80 70 SO eents. Then al
bad IFi,WeskIy mail, carried ia a tvs ,
horse haek--new wa have faHF daily
malls, carried IN four horse pose coach,
-, besides several semi and tri. week.,
waiIs. Then there vas no Touring mil
IA the eity-now we have two, capabie
Of manufacturing from one to Ewn hun.
dred barrels of aour per day. Then oul
streets we're crooked AID narTow anc
without aHy established grade, or aide,
waiks--nuw our streets are vide, siFaigh
aud several mIiea % then graded, ana
IN the business portions OF the city, wt
hare brick aud plaak srla- walks, in the
aggregate abouE tao miles in length. -
Then We had No churches, no regular
pia,'s Of worship, aud but one IA nIstsl
uf the gospel in the city--nuw we hayt
three elegant church, flashed and tw4
Uthgrs ia The course VI construction, srI
ministers OF the gospel, and six Tegulal
places OF pnhlTc worship fnsn me TAX
able property IN the Whole eounty Wa
valued at about SIS ,0J0-nnw lhe tax
able property in Council Biuifs alone
is VALUED as 8 ,4D, uJl, and ia The ca,
lire county At about % 500 900. Tier
there we're about dozen businsss hous.
es, including oil classes, in the city
now VIC have ten dry goods stores. witl
stacks ranging from $500 &c $50 ODD
four grocery stGFrs, one hardware store
three j"welry stores, ten saloons, Eve
shoemaker shops, four boot and sbos
stores, tour drug stores, twO saddle ana
harness ships, one teEt making estab
Itshmcnt, four bakeries, three livery
stables, Eve hotels, one Auetine stare,
seven blacksmith shops, fnus meat and
butcher kh9Fs, EEo confectionery stores,
ia &c pork packing establishments, fpuT
rae: chant tailor shops, w1 ?, ads made
,-Iosti ny Stores, IwJ Insurance Offices,
sSe railroad nGEsss, one disIillsiv, oua
srctaying establishment, three carriage
sad wag VA factories, Eve baBking h0us.
Is tgo Ein an! sheet iron and stove
atnrss, two newspapers, tao book and
IA printing pihC-s, two book stores,
four paint shops, lwo m!lIiHery shops,
aise Tiuw ftrlJsy, six carpenter and
jtihsf shops, FAR lusEber yards, twu
steam Touring aills, twa aRbrUiype and
Ph5tmgraph galleries. one marble shop,
tao guusInilh shnps, two bse~erics, one
d.nsIsS, nine PaysiesHHs AMI surgeons,
seventeen lawyers, twn public schools
with four teachers and $50 scholars, 0nt
high school wIth twS teachers sal abuul
hfIy stu tents, Uns brass baud, tmn stEiaz
tsss5tsiS and ne RI iTitarY company. These
embrace bot small portion Of ths ia
ur0vemeBts and changes THAI hare TAKEN
pia,c ~ oar city " ttiR tue lays SIX
wears, and every eit.zen Bf Council
d afs can priHi wish pFids and satisfas-
tIun f0 the extent and character of both
tGS public and private inproF emrRtz.
Fr The past, sc may make 'aleula
items for the future, a.d jaj 3ing from
the past, what increase in population
aud inpr evemeBts, both public and rrI-
vais, may we expect ia she next six
years Ia onnsS answer, and | think
| Wiii nos be regarded a. unrsasah bic
when say, cor city &ili then contain
fr,ai twelve TO 6ftesn thousand inhabi-
rants--her taxable property wilI be- vi.
ned as from ten To twelve millions 81
dollars, her prime pal streets will b.
pased, su,i tbs ocsaS9&s Of thousand
pSlEass residences, sitaated upon the
hills Surrounding the business portion al
she city, wlll look aowa upon the bnsy
isFoag 10 the yale below.
Len 10 lbs place Of packing 1000
hogs az We now do, VIC will paek Sc, % DO
per aanam thea isssessd Of shipping