Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-09

PofA1oes, QslouS AND bAsAs Ane
Ans ef Scest county for producing pota-
toss, oaioas and barlsy In almost isDoloua
sbssdnses 10 isse bssumioe known through.
cut The Wesessn and Southern Ssaaes, and
the importance st Davenport, % sne primer
pal emporium for thsss staples = already
acknowledged Year by. yesf ths list Of
dsslsn in shess products has been steadily
Increasing but nsvsr has there besG % many
esn in The business - there is this fall
They come here froa III The 'ssding cities
Of the West and South 10 purchase and ship
these products. Every inch Of store and
warehouse room was taken long before the
buyers stopped eosihg, and the result va
that th,ss who could not get stors room
under cover, took Il upon vacant lots and
sleng our sidewalks. where thsy piled up
sacks and barrels fiIlsd with potatoes, on.
ions. en-. by the hundred cord. A. many
. dozen steamboats, have been loading u
our wharf ata time. taking ssay thousands
Of bushels each, yet thousands Of men and
countless iasln wagons are constantly busy
bringing in the bountiful products Of OUT
rich soil to load more boats ~ fast - they
come, they all find As much freight q they
can handle. The like Of it was never seen
in Davenport, and no other town alag ths
river m kes any pretensions BY the side ol
this town - . produce shipping point
The Ave millions Of bushels Of produce rails
ed in this county this year has taxed the
energies Of the carrying trade most thor.
oughly, and will continue to tax It until nav.
igstion ceases ;.and even then, there VII b
IN immense amount Of potatoes, onions and
grain that will b kept over to be moved
South and East upon the re- opening Of nav
igation In the spring.
In spite Of the low price ofproduce here
this fall. our farmers have ell made hand
sotns proot, and they feel encouraged to
still greater efforts next season.
TIE TPrON RAlLRoAD.-Welis Spicer,
ESQ.,. one of the committee sent to St. Louis
70 ascertain what would be done by the
mercs'snss Of THAI city. gives IN interesting
report in the Upton Adcsvstssv OF hss ,,,,..
sion:
We found the busi ness men Of al classes
- much or mure AuxiOus for this road than
we we're st home. We had interviews with
these men at the Merchants Exchange and
and at our hotel. and talked with such men
q Choutema, Harrison IE Valle. the owners
ot Iron Mountain l. ST. Louis Iron Works,
with A. w. Pagan, Acssrs. Ablen. President
Of Chamber Of commerce, Afnes, Harris.
Hunt. and many others.
These ,nen beiog the ones who build their
rnilroad elevators and all other works Of
and who control their capital
and trade, 10 consider N being the ones to
whom we should apply for aid. We did 30
and received all tlle assurances we could ask
for. They told us to grade and tic our
rUad, and to come n them with our bonds
an mortgages on the road, and they would
furnish Us with all we required to put 1t In
operation.
plete.l at st. Louis to build and finish up the
North Missouri kailrosd IN Ottumwa in 10
months from this time, and when 50 COM
plct, d they desired extension and feeders
through Iowa, and no one enterprise that
had yet been presented to them had pleased
them as much as ours. 1t was just what
they wanted, and they would do oil in their
power TO aid in its completion
In all, we conAider our mission perfect
success. All we have 10 do is to finish up
our grading and tie the road, and we can
then have it in operation at once. Never
had we - favorable an opportunity for .
road-wc can grade and tie il by spring aud
have it in operation early in thr spring. II
viii require from $4,000 to e5O,OOO to dn
this, and we can do it. Let US now go ia
work this winter and pay up our subscnp
tions and get uut the ties, SO that the con.
structiOn force can be put ON the road early
In the spring to finish up and put in opera
tiOn the road to TiptOn.