Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-29

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~ Ysek, Il ~ he ArsE city In he world,
b sssse@ only = hat unrivalsd emporium
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upsa ~ hanks u u Thames. In every
pssh 81 ialel Or ~ earth whsss floats .
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nans Of or eemnefeial capital 10 - famil-
~ = housshold words; and although Of
rsssat origin and growth, and comparative
y ~ upsa The historic pags, Il 10 already |
= univasllly known - the ancient cities
q Leaden, Paris, Canton and Constants
nspls.
IL Political Importance In The Union can. |
not y eeti0atsd; end, financially, It 10 the
vssy centre end heart ofths Western Cont |
neat, to which are drawn and from whence
~ propelled Ill streams Of wealth. whether
Aasisg their sources In the cotton dslds Of
ths South, The grain-producins prairiss Of
the West, o. the California placsrs.
Ffoulfhsss advantages, united 70 The felicity
Gifts geographical position. and ito facilities
Of eeamunieatien to oil parts Of the country
~ oaas Of railroads, canals and navigable
waters, il has become and must continue TO
b, The great s~srspot Of the merchandise
1oe and with which America traflics with
The rest or the world. IL must continue to
bs-beeauss The lessons Of history teach "
that where particular mart Of trade has,
By the advantages Of ito position, and the
aGsFsgation Of it, capital. acquired dom
mating influence, the lapse Of time only in>
oesaees the disparity between It and it, less
fortunate rivals. And nothing but the i'm
polroont Of IL facilities-as the destruction
eeits hasbor, or the increased insalubrity Of
ito climate can retard it, growth.
Therefore, New York has not, and can
not have any real competition on this CONT
oent
The nrst and most prominent impression
rseGived By traveller entering New York,
especially from the country, 10 from the
great throng Of people he finds in the
streets. From his own experiences, and
without the aid Of reflection, he conceves
that there 10 something unusual going on
for the time and he imagiues himself for
tunats in having arrived in the city when
some remarkable occasion has called the
greater part Of the inhabitants into the open
air.
lit b between the hours Of and 10 in
he morning, or I or in the afternoon, he
will 6nd Cortlandt street, Fulton street,
Chatham and Broadway, crowded with peo-
pie who are, for the most part, hurrying
along - il impelled by something Of the
greatest importance. The stages will be
Allied 70 OVERLOOKING with passengers, and
the streets will be filled with the stages
Ths noise made BY those vehicles, and the
elattering Of the lron>shod boofs Of the
hoeses upon the pavement, will be deafen-
ing. The crowd upon the spacious side
walks can only be compared toa congrega-
ton thronging cut ofa well.filled church, Al
the close Of the services; and he feels hal
disposed 70 halt moment until the thronp
gsss BY. He might - we'll wait for river
. run past in expectation to go over on dry
ground. On, on the vast aud endless pro-
osssion moves, and the bewildercd traveller
.yislds ct length to an impulse which seem,
common tn the mass, and floats with tn
current 70 the hotel he has selected.
The crowd upon the side walks and in thu
stages and street cara 10 greater At the hour
I have named, because it is then that thu
citizens are generally going to or returning
from their places Of business. Cortland
and Fulton streets lead to two Of the prin
eipal ferries and Broadway, from its rela
two locality on the plat Of the city, is tn
general avenue by which every one seek
he Destination. Broadway 10 the main ar
terry Of the circulatory system of New York
Whether it be up town or down. town, Of
iato some one Of the thickly peopled su-
burbs the passenger desires to 60, he in
stinctively seeks Broadway and follows il
- . point where It is necessary to divergs
to attain his destination. And naturally
snough-for Broadway is the only stree,
having an unbroken continuity between the
extremes Of New York.
There 10 only one Broadway For the
length Of this fine street, the pleasing vari
sty Of its undulating surface, the smooth-
men and perfection Of its granite pavement
the spaciousness Of its sidewalks, the al
most ..un'nterrupteds magnificcnce Of the
buildings which wall it in for distance OF
moro than eight miles from the Battery,
the splendor Of the shop windows, the
geoegeousness Of its palatial stores aud no
tells. the grandeur Of its churches with
their sentinel spires along the line-for all
these, and many more characteristics com
bined, there 10 but one Broadway in the
world, - there 10 but one Rome, one repre-
sentative Of Saint Peter on earth.
The great extent Of New York may b.
comparatively appreciated when We are in
formed that the plat Of graded and lighteG
streets - upwards Of sixteen miles in length
BY an average of more than three miles in
width and that one Of its suburbs alone
Brooklyn, far exceeds the city Of Boston in
posolation, and is, indeed, the third city in
the United States.
Throughout this great city and its sub
osbs, towering chimney stacks arise, facto.
ries and work shops abound, the ats are
cultivated, manufactures flourlsh::and indus
~ 10 rewarded. Along the mazes Of its
innumerable wharvcs, ships are laden and
unladso. bearing the flags Of every civilized
nation; In her warehouses the commodi.
0se 81 every known country are exchan-
gsd.
L would be an impossible task to advert
= The numerous branches Of trade and bu
einess which have grown ND with the
9Eowth Of New York until they are now 81
eeaoesal Dimensions. Aramble down Broad
street, into Pearl, and the older sections o.
The city along the East River, would soon
81 convince the visitor Of tho importanc,
vfeA ttsos beenches-e sf .tism, per
14po, 70 him novel and unheard of-hav,
assumed. Il would appear to hum a. if d
~ material interests Of both contiuenti
ws1s Aete fspesoeotsd, through principals
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