Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-19
EXTENSIVE Improvement.
New saw yaill % be Erected. /.

| Our widc-awake fellow citizen, L. c. Des
saint. who is always on the lookout fol
some new improvement, and who has con
| trlbuted largely to the substantial develop
ment of our city in the past fifteen years
has another enterprise on hand that bids
fair to add materially to the glory Of ouI
city.
Within the past few weeks he has pur'
chased the vacant river front lots In East
Davenport, " ing south Of Front street, and
between the west line ofthe Hildreth estate
(now owned By David kellogg and Mill
Greek, . frontage of 500 feet and bargain.
cd for $50 feet more, extending from Mill
Greek up to within 800 feet Of the Arsenal
Brewery. This entire tracs-about three
acres In the aggrcgsts-hs purchased at the
very low price Of $4,000, Of Hiram Price
and A. q. Fulton, and which, We undertake
to say, 10 the best bargain in real estate that
has been made in Davenport during the
past three years. But the owners took into
consideration the fact that Mr.. Dsssaipt
Was about to do . good thing for the city
in the erection Of . new msnufaotsry Of
large capacity, so they were willing to help
him to cheap site.
Upon this property, and directly in front
Of Mr.. Kslley's homestead, Mr.. Dsssaint
proposes to erect one Of the finest saw mills
In the city. the plans Of which ere not suffl
cisntly matursd to reduce to writing. The
work Of sxcavating and filling cat alsng
the river front will commence righ. away.
The deep excavations already made in that
vicinity for macadam and building rock will
form the basement Of the mill. while the
second story, or whore the saws ran, will
bs nearly On level with Front street. The
excavations cover fer mere ground than
The mill will occupy, hence NJ. Dsssaint
has conceived the novel idsa Of . two story
lumber yard. That is to ssy, oil alsng the
excavation net scsupisd By the mill he will
build up pillars, over which heavy s:ringsrs
will bo laid. and then = heavy plank
floor. This aosring will constitute
. portion Of the lumber yard proper. while
underneath there will be another spssious
yard for Hrst quality lumber-and con-
nsctsd with the outer world BY . railway
extending up across Mill Greek. Thus he
will have two lambes yards in ens-or.
IS above stated. . two-stery lumber yard.
The mag nificsns and capacious EDDY"
at East Davenport furnishes one Of tho
best harbors for RATS on the river, and
that, too, without any outlay. We under
stand that it is the intention Of Mr.. Des-
saint to pier out some distance into the
water-suflcient ct least to gain the full
benefit Of the ground st all seasons, % far
out ~ low water mark, and at the Eddy 10
gil 10 90 - to obtsin tho same result for
yard room. The eddy will hold = very
large quantity Of logs aud that without
much expense for booming.
Upon the whole II is . gsasd improve
msnt, aud probably involves an outlay Of
from fifty to sixty thousand dollars. The
machinery Of oil kinds will Be ample and
Of the first quality. E. w. Baker com
menoss work on the premises right away.
SswEBAGE.-A city without sewerage
seems physical imposibility, if the city is
to be a success. Now We have sewers in
Davenport, very good ones - far - they
go-one on Iowa street that goes FIVE
blocks one on Main that quits 1t block
and half. There are other sewers lots
Of those little wood box con Germs and til.
ing sewers that are got up on private ac-
count anu 20 charging about through the
Streets" hither and yon" tearing up the
macadam and doing just limited amount
Of good. II is 10 good way. 1t is not SEN
sible, it is not even 'penny wise," but
"pound foolish" Now look at Brady
street; there are four blocks, up to the
railroad, and every good building would be
proiited with sewerage, to say nothing of
those contiguous on cross streets. Tho
city 10 not exactly in condition 10 build it
now, but the property owners are. They
can q great deal better afford to build II
than to do without it. bscaus it would
make their property oil the more desirable
and valuable. What would . good four
feet sewer cost from the river up to the
railroad. Not over $1,000. There is, at
least . fslfa million dollars worth Of prop
perry interested in having it done, upon
which an equal assessment would fall light.
ly, and il may be that the city for the
privilege Of spouting in a each street cor
ner, from the gutter, would take stock In
such an enterprise. Once built it would
give the property holders . chance 10
hitch on from their cellars and sinks, while
the water that rushss down the gutter in
broad rivers. dsriug the rains, being
"spoutsd in J" through CRATES At the street
corners. would keep il pure and clean.
What b true Of Bsady 10 true u Harri
son, Perry. and ether streets. The proper.
y adjacent should stand The brunt Of the
expense; because il rsaps The benefit. Are
net ws Brady street property swnsrs pre-.
pared y sst Tie ball in metisnf The soon.
q Il 10 done the better. Let this matter
be taken into serious consideration by our
citizens, and perhaps the improvement
may Be secured. II 10 . money making iu-
stead Of money sinking schsos.
RIvER TARIvvs.-Ths Lew card rasse
adopted BY the Northern Line and the N.
W. Union Lios At their recent meeting in
Chicago have arrived in this city. Thsy
ere but . slight modif3catioa Of The old
Northern Line rates. Both companies
have said that they will stick T. The fsurss
and take oil freight and passenger offer.
ing without competition or cutting uu-
der"
The rates on frsishts to ST. Louis ass On /:
Flour, 80 cents per bbl. /; grain 10 sseks, 10
cents per ewt. Butter 10 iifkiss, 20 cents
per cwt. On other freight and nsrshsn.
dice The ratss see The same - thsss Of The
Nssthsrn Lines old rates. a :