Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-04

Tns NEw Scorr CouxrY FAIR GsotxDs -
ttip pnesally .kpovn1 rpTesIisys, thss Stf
|(,stnl, zgricslsur.ll lS<ls .pasS.psd tve
years ago, . valuable track Of land ef thir-
| y four acres, lying between Brady aSd
nSs3IsA ssks1, 0t krA Of Locuet, but
comparatively few cf,hoss who ought to be
LiQisreqfSd hAye any veil formed jdeA Of the
PAaAiahee tftht ~, insf4hV tjos,sssi.l
improvements being made thereonl under
the dhsctAs srEtASin Smith. Esq, who i
devo.ing no small portion Of his time there
we paid these new grounds ! $isit yes,
tee.lay fvr the. .6rst tims. The entif e track
is in excellent condition, having BEEN wels
sceded dovp last year presents rich,
lmSS,h tii(sje. ssads4Hy sbping to the
south>east. presenting excellent sites for
the location Of III Necessary buildings,
Halle, Amphitheatre, Stables, Trotting
J EHrs ~ With e1cAlapf f.saAies for
procuring water Tor stock around th,s
entire track, substantial tight boatd fence
welve feet high is being constructed BY
Mr. Sanders. who will have It nearly COM
plssed thn weak. AL aTpy"d. .l1ps has bssa
planted Z row Of thrifty young trees. and,
1el1y Across ths s6u, q ehd Ofhre soms 10
~ vs4oSsinose. divided in the riddle by
an open space running east and west, for
tbe location Of long row OF exhibition balls.
hems,fh entrants is,to u nssr .she South
vest corner, opening from Harrison Street.
.tNi the stock stables along Brady Street.
rom the South east corner down. The
trStk ~hn be on TN Nosth.lnr loter end,
winch wilI DC 'rontsd Y BY substantially and
soIpsApliously constructed ampii the atre
about twice as capaciots rs the one at the
s,Li Gyound.,. and which will be cap,,,le ot
,ccomm dating at least six thons md per,
.ons. The wells and pumps will be ne&r
the spring. in the Southeast corner The
rack yill be exactly ha.f mile, carefully
graded.
The improvements already madc-thc
,ubsiantial fence, and tle six or seven
,undred trees sct out by C. +. Westphal,
already improve the ap, p,carsncs Of the lo
.nl,crialn. but IN few ycars he zee when
he trees shall have growth suHicien. 10
aifrA shade, and tine buildings and other
luxi,i .ries have 'tcon ,o,npleted 1t " Ii
p 'csent an appearance more grand anc i'm
p,sing thanM otLtr public grounds IL
tic State, and as Davenport spreads her
borders by continual ard stead growth
his grand park now beng completed WI
something more. than a county isp
,round to be ros,rtcd 10 Gus once in
wear, but . stately PARK, viii, It's drives.
md avenues, its noble shades aad cool re-
lreats TO which our citizens viii taseft dur
my h lidays and evenings by ths thous,
,ads. Sara enough, it takes SON,
me to grow thesc trees and fevelop these
sronnds, bcts,na and women now in tc
n,l,ile walks Of life, wiii live tc 500 the tir.
when they viii en,ay the choice fruits O.
cir labor>; and when they With their chill
iren will rest beneath tie glorious .shade
OF the Gar stretching L,anchcs o; the ,lelica- .
elm, the sturdy maple, walnut, and linden
trees. 1t is no speculation. We ran point
out Venerable citizens in town to dsv Who
were comparative old men when those maj
"a Gccit Gins aud naples at the corner u
Fourth and Main were transp'an:cd you
,ll find splendid trees all about tosr,sthas
were set out within the last six years.
h Sc rare yolng trees III front OF Ia, Burtis
anuse have been set out ll; tclr 0,
i've years. and grr'vs snca u.
they, would afford pic shade. d. Mt let
il he said that this changing Of lotal ons .
.'hsd move, fcr within tivo years, should
on SO long live, you will see how haprils
YOU were mistaken. True. our oi grounds
lad fine trees already groI,., Dot the
grounds were Gar too s,nalI--.nc half ih,
,lze Of the rev grounds; moreover they
we're only .sased. and could not be bough,
bs the society, even had they been large
noueh, for less than four times IS much %
was pad for the new grouad-. md when ii
is considered Cor roncnt the growth Of
he city, the increase Of population OF the
county at large-the rapidly increasing
popularity Of the Scott coup'y Fairs al.
,vc- the Northwest, the wisdom If The
change must ho acknowledged. OF course
there will have to b. some swe,tcring il
The sun f,r a few years, but shade 10 the
exception and hot the rule with all, fa,,
.roonds; vet We can all forcg, that ron,'
'aratively tritlmg ipsoavsrfacp Tor, IL,
.'ch. reyNsSs that are 10 fohow.
| The annual exhibition Of 1867 will b.
neld al the new grounds.