Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-12-11

Opene0 oOoot we've yooSS 49, - Osuu
bordering on what 10 knewn - Paskhusss'l
Creek. short distance above the city. Ow.
irg 10 want Of the necessary captea's aad
possibly ~ want Of sntsspsiss, this wal
nsvsr worked to its full capacity, and waa
not designed to meet the wants of larger
section than that immediately susrouuding
It. The stone which Il iurnishsd, howsver.
was found 10 be remarkably veil adapted q
building purposes, both On account q III
ease With which il could be hswn and shsp.
cd whea flrst taken out, and on account ol
the subsequent 6rmness which IL acquired
By exposure. S0ae ssveo q eight yeass aSc
Mr.. Edward Carroll opened quarry On lotl
Immediately adjoining The aits On which
now stands the Howard House, and obtain
I'd stone equal in oil respects 70 that on
Parkhusst's Creek. The stone used in
the construction Of The pissS in the Reck
Island Railroad bridge wss oblained from
this quarry, and II We are not misiniosmsd.
the materials for the building Of the Scott
county Jail. Afler working the quarry fes
. number Of years, Mr.. Carroll suspended
opsr atioms, aud subsequently, rs6llel the
excavations. Two years ago next Fsbrus-
~, Mr.. Joseph Parkins, . gent,s0an Of
cd the Ames estate on Main strest, near
Wisconsin svenus, and In close proximity
to the steamboat landing. Takiag Ill the
indications into consideration, he believed
that the prospects before hin warranted IN
outlay, though there were . great many
who regarded his outlay with indifference.
The obstacles which be encountered were
many. and Of the ln9st discoursgiug char
scter. 1t is unnecessary for u to detail
them. lie was fortunate in securing the
services Of Mr.. John Senthouss - bis fore
man, who had the benefit Of many years'
experience in the finest quarries Of England
and in the famous onss Of Portland, Con.
nccticut The frat Q: surfacs stone vas
found to be Of IN inferior quality, from
whence arose prejudice, nov partially die
sipated. The farther the werkmen pens-
trated, however, The better the st0as be-
came and the thicker the layers were
found to be. Thus encouraged, Ne.
Parkins pushed the enterprise moro ensr-
gctically, and vas finally rewarded BY
striking an incxhaustible bed Of the 0nssl
building stone in the West, and
shich Chief Engineer Bailey. Of the
Western Union Railroad, characterized -
the best he ever used. In fact, rock Of every
&zc can here be found Of any thickness,
from four inches to four feet, and Of sise
just ~ large rs any transportation facilities
will admit Of. Thus far upwards Of fifteen
thousand perch have been taken out. and the
quarry has scarcely commenced 10 be devel
opcd During the past two years Mr.. Park
ins has sent over ten thousand feet Of di-
mension- cut stone for the ersctioa of mann.
moth elevator at Racine, Wisconsin, and
also for the erection of st. Luke's Episcopal
church, at the same place. This church 10
said to surpass any in that State for beauty
composed - il 10 Of Milwaukee pressed
brick aud LcClaise stone trimmings. The
stone was loaded on 6at-boats ct NJ. Park>
ins levcs. and irsns-shippsd q the other side
on the Western Union kailrod. Nr. Pa.k.
ins has also furnished stone for the vic;eis
tiea OF Dubuque. Geneseo, Muscatine, Lev
Claire, Davenport, I'll the intervening couu-
try, and for the splendid arsenal building
just approaching co@psetion on Rock Is
land. This latter must ever be an unansWeS.
able argument in favor Of these Quarries and
IN object for the admiration Of traveller and
residents IN the line Of tagging stems. over
eighteen Thousand ieet have been taken out.
Of which quantity ten thousand feet will be
used on Rock Island alone, foe the flooring
Of the basement Of the arsenal buildings.-
Tho only opposition which these quaTriss
from those At Joliet, III and yet this 0p>
position can live on prejudice alsoe.-
In beauty and color, our pure mag.
nesian limestone must ever - prefer
able. In durability the same can be said,
fer In our city there ere stone build
ings twenty Ave years old, which st,ll r.
tain every mark Of the tools which con-
strucsed them, and nov seem meee impse<
vious to decay than when lrst erected. In
the line Of chespness our stone hos aleo the
preference, a. Mr. Parkins feels able to de-
liver it out and prepared for building at the
same cost which the Joliet stone can bo b.
lvercd, as taken from the quarry. This ID.
vantage 10 too vast 70 be overlooked BY the
puolc. The two species Of stone can b
compared at the residence Of Mrs. Cook,
opposite the Pennsylvania House, Daven-
pe,t, and any impartial person will decide
sgaisst that taken from the Joliet quarsies.
The Western Union RAilsaAd- 00mpAny,
which has used this stQna xAex extspaiIa(l,
proposes to procure material Of NJ. Psfkin6
hereafter for the construct ons Of ell The
bridges and culvsrts on their road. A new
and valuable feature Of this quarry has ~
Gently been developed. A bed Of rock hes
bssn struck, which has been foaod to b
capable Of being manufactured into the finest
Of cement. This will BE- found an immeaee
addition to the wealth already breaeht b
light Al the present time, sbe sur1aee 81
The quarry u one hundred and 6hy y enc
hundred and eighty feet, and Il about sthitty
feet in depth. Employmeot b d1ilv given
to fierce Of sixty men. Blasting hes been
found to b unnecessary-ths work being
dome without particle Of waste, BY the -
Of drills, wedges. csow-bars, and : hsavy
derrick.
We trust TIE people Of the '.RepsbliS'
win fully appreciate the valus Ofshess qsae.
ries and do oil . shAe pewee y dssslops
then, Nj. ParkiuAthe sntsrpsising prspris.
Tor is making extensive Improvements and
investing quite heavily in quarry lssds end
mashiusrysfor getting out asd Transporting
the stone. Success 70 him and his enter,
price.
Tue GALvA r. r. CouvxusIoH.-Ws
again urge upon our people the great i'm
pcrtancs Of being ssprsssated at the Rail-
road Convention that b to take plase q
0alva, on the 40tA ines. Fer nunber O
years our citizens have bsen praying teg
more ruileesd faculties -nese lines Of com
uunisatisa With Ohicaeo-noes osopstin(
lines Of railroad betwssn this point and u
East and long and load have they psays(
for and talked absut . lisa runaing aireetl1
sast-eot toscAiug Chicago - eli. The -
portualty seems % - provides Whereby ,.
The exssciss Of ensrgy aid sutsspriss. "
can have al thsss facilities. IT. peopssi
ton now is 70 - asest setsiae . shasss
Tor railsaad liae Iron Rocl
Island 20 Peoria aasiae sh
session u The Illinois Legislature III
wintee. Ths ossaing psspssed 70 b ~
aA 0alvs On the 2eth, is b ~ tAs initiates,
step. The psopis q Ppris sill ssad
large dslseasioa, and dsls6Asisns win 4
preseue frum Rock tGland an1 cher pej11
alsng ths line. Dsvsopost ~ really 0sr
intcrese in the prsspssity = TIL nsvsas1
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