Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-05
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.
ELgCrsON OF OFFICERS.
IL Davenport 90 have n street
Railway.

"Ths Davenport City Railway Com
pany' have been in existence . year, and !
We presume are Just one year nearer having !
road in operation than they were last
May. Yesterday the Company nsld their
6rst annual meeting at the Office Of the
Secretary, at which time the following Di- |
rsctors we're elected for the ensuing year
A. c. Fulton, John l.. Swits, Charles E.
Putnam, Thomas Scott, Hans r. Clausssn,
James Armstrong, Joseph Shields, b. b.
Woodward, Jshn Hernby.
We do not feel particularly enthusiastic
over the prospects Of the sariy completion
and operation Of a Street Railway In Ia
vespert. We hsvs seen the thing hang
fire for seven months in the Council, fer
fear somebody wosld get hold OF mono
poly and get rich out Of il and then We
have seen il gradually die out, for want Of
sufiicisnt vitality and support from the pso-
pie. While Dubuque and Dss Noinss
have bull. and operated their street rail-
| ways, We. having double the necessity Of
either place fer a road. and dosbls the
wealth to build one with, have been fool
shly looking At them and waiting for
some one TO come along and build the road
and give it to US.
Do the people Of this city want such
road, and will those who will be benefited
by il help build il! How much will eur
| property holders at East Davsnport and at
West Davenport and At points along the
lias give for this cheap and ready convey
encs from their homes to the centre Of the
city for all times, Those are psrtsnent ques-
| items and to answer them is 10 build the
road or not, Is their import may be. We
know there are some who are willing to re-
| csvs the benefits Of the road in the in
crease in the valuation Of their property,
and otherwise, provided some enc will build
it, operate it, and give them free ride.
Yet We hope none such live in Davenport.
There are good reasons why the road
has not bssn buils. and why il never will
BE- until different stats Of things exist In
the frat place the estimate 10 too high. IL
will MOI cost hfty thousand dollars to build
this road from East to West Davenport.
There is no grading or bridging 10 be done,
oil is plain level work. Des Moinss has
aid tuo miss Of road, repaired the bridge
across the Dss Moines river, which was
abou. the same as building nsw, built
switches, and put on six or seven coaohss
fully EQUIPPED, all for sll 900. Ls. the
above Board Of Directors mako their ss.i
mate e25 600, and 60 TO work. They hsvs
done nothing but quarrel with the Csuusl
thus fsr-haven't even asked people to
take stock. The Council made them be-
lievs that everybody would grab At the
s.ock-a beautiful drlusion, a theory very
handsomely exploded. You have you,
chartar new, and it is very proper that
you make thorough csnv ass Of the city
call On svsry man-sliGht none, present il
isa matter Of businsss-not charity, and i
! you &c. enough, build the road. and don''
ua.. US oil look foolish in the sight o.
Tiers, BY this continual bowing about
The Davenport City Railway"
tn, Srohx or SusDAY-GRKAf Dksrauc
rIos or Pgorxlrr-From oil accounts, th,
storm that visited this section on Sunday
extended over large extent OF country
and did considerable damage to proper
ty, besides injured many people. Will
several others VIC watched the dark cloud
commingling IN the distance, and have bssl
expecting to hear reports Of heavy damages
Tbs Muscatine journal has full accoun
Of the damages in that county. from whiel
Q We make the following notes About tw
4 miles west OF Muscatine the tornado pre-
h sented . grand appearance, rising funns
. shaped from the earth to the hsavens bear
ins il one confused, discordans mass, al
moyesblc things that came in its way. Il
that county .hs storm first broke near Oh
. Cedar river in Cedar township, and takin
. northsrly direction swept the country 70
!, several miles efsvsrything, scattering fence
!. trees. barns, sheds. and all t-housss owe
ri the country. Windows were broker
houses demolished, overturned, broken, an
: with their contents Of furniture, clothing
> etc.. hurried OF to be known by their owr
1 crs no more forever, the Inhabitants escaI
! INK with more or less injuries. Ia thi
Il township a church valued At g., 900, and
II brick school toase were overturned and ls
ID in ruins. A large number of fruit tree
Il we're trausplantea. Wagons caught looi
If were sent ever the country, and even ID
X cattle with difficulty maintained their p, sps
Ia relations to terra firma.
In Swestlsnd Township the storms {
rain and hail were more more severe bs
i the damags Was not so heavy. large nun
ID Der of houses were moro Or less injurst
\ moved from their Foundations, and som
we're demolished. As the tornado pas.e
1t through the township it swept sverythin
N in its track, which Was absst half . mile i
y width and several miles in length.
q From ether parts Of the State We hear
ID considerable damage, but have no de6nit
ID or full reports. Our telegraph dispatchs
O. contain reports Of this Same storm in oths
r. States, with still more disastrous and d,
IN piorsble results.
y DISTINCT COCRT.
IN J. Scorr RrcHnAx, Judge,