Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-07-16

res"y s""A s"ss DHveUp0sv VII gov 70 %
much larger than nov; Or has - ~ -
her growth - To this slEsst ~ hass bssn
INTERCEPTED, and havs hsard othsss islasss
gated hundi eds Of tioss within ~ ~
few years. There never wae but - -
swer - far - we were eeosssuea ~ Slaee
is expressive Of osr usdyisg csa1dssss b
Dsvenpost's steady end hsalsAy gssth.
Has our city got Ii gresthi Y~; ;if NJ
Great West has. II The aaseA e ,npssvs-
msnt along our fertile psaisiss hss ssses1 |;
il NJ more nav psaisis y b - fueseWsd b
the plov, no more farms b - spsssa D,
no more railro4d ison to b. laid DOM, -
. ore canals 70 b nads, ~ nsss nAnalAe
tories to be built, ~ nsss incssass = sue
crops and our hssds-if all thsee ~ sseA
- these have ssns 10 % cd, thsa Dawes
port has got IL growth net sehsswisa.
Our city thrivss sssly. Ne have lived
hero eleven ysass asd have ssss II 900 ~.
ed to her populatiso, end Elm thsy esns.-
A thousand year il slow, bat vssy o1fs.
Not less thsn 5000 Of this pspulatioa b.
come in within the past three ysass.-
Within the past elk months, PROBABLY
not less than two hundred build
ings have been erected and &om.
menced. For surely that LOOKS like
growing. Within the last three yesrs mil
lions Of dollars have been added 10 our
wealth, and this year alone not les than
one million Of dollars will Be expended 10
public and private improvements in our
city. Really, that looks like growing.
There are no closed stores, but stores srs
being added BY the score. There 10 no lack
Of trade. no failures among our mercharts
and business men, vet every day slnost
adds TO our number Of merchants and busi-
ness men. There 10 no grass growing in
our streets, but new streets are being
opened to answer the public demand; there
is no stagnation in real estate, tor it 10 sell>
ing in large quantities at improved prices
every week. When we look at oil these
things and consider their bearings, We are
driven to the conclusion that Davsnport net
only does grow, but that she will continue
to flourish amazingly.
Our city 10 keeping moro than even pace
with the growth Of the State and her sister
cities in Iowa. Her name and fame 10 bs.
ing noised abroad ~ one Of the most thriv>
ing and prosperous cities of the West, hsv-
ing location which for natural advantages,
noble scenery and healthfalnsss cannot be
rquallsd in all tho State.
For further evidence that Davenport will
grow and flourish extensively 80 out into
The country in any direction, one, TIVE or
three days ride, and notics the constant
work Of improvement. Thousands upon
thousands Of acres ofland are bringing forth
abundant crops, and IS yet the country is
not one>tenth part cultivated. Each yeaS
thousands Of acres more Of raw prairie srs
being brought into cultivation, BY the rap.
dlv increasing population. All this con
tributes to the growth and incaeass In
wealth aud importance Of the citiss Of our
State. among which Davenport has On en-.
rlable position.
Davenport will grow because she can't
help it. II is . fixed fact. Her energy,
,er enterprise can not be trammellsd.-
rhe vast Government improvement eonti-
yuous to this locality will gradually odd to
,er growth. Fifteen millions Of dollars
'pent in the next ten years will leave not .
ew traces Of increased prosperity hese>
lbouts.
Her location is right in the heart Of the
Valley. Right here in Davsn.
port, Rock Island and Moline. all nestled in
ogether at this point. ID . population Of
thirty thousand people endowed with un
altering energy and unyislding soterpsise,
nth boundless water power. insxhaustibls
deposits of coal-constantly increasing
oil contribute to and unmis-
akably point out one Of the largest and
most prosperous communities in the Great
" est.
We think Davenport will grow. What
hnk you, candid reader?
Tu- n~suc, Au-~~s~o. n ~~kA,~~~~ A.