Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-25

over 20 Chicago.
II is not far; in fact it is no distance at
Il, the way the world gees. When one
oss TO bed in Davenport, the natural sup
osition 10 that he il going to get up in
)avsnpsst next mersipg, but II instesd sf
hat. be wakes up 10 Chiosgo, be has scsom-
lishsd great vissssy evss assst swo hsn-
red miles Of otherwise wsasisome space,
aving made the distance ID perfect usess-
ana isstsad o. lsttiss the two
undrsd miles earsy cut its threat Of tisinS
i'm out, he completely outflanks ths sns-
y, and gsias his rsas before either 10 aware
it-reffsshed. ana ready for busissss,
lsasuss, or mischief, - the cass nay b.
is . great victory o,sr spscs. Thess I've
undrsd miles used to worry our people
cry ssverely-subjscting them to hard
.ssk's work and heavy expense, but they
re used up now-sort Of impsaehsd, which
nust BE- very humiiisting.
CHICAGO
J growing fast this spring. Going about
0 see, We found it 70. Everywhere On its
Ind border il is pushing, straight int the
euntry a. if sndsavoring to overcome the
rairis. Not contsntsd with that contest,
10 slbowing its way out into the lake,
nd will soon drive Madam Michigan from
her sntrsnehed position between the Gen.
rel Railroad piling, and Michigan Avenue.
n addition to this, buildings almost tso nu-
nsrous to mention, are going up oil through
be city. varying In style from the palace
o the hovsl; and in price, from fortune
own to more tri6e. In the aggregate,
ow many buildinss do ysu think are 60
ng up 10 that city this yssrs You css's
oil neither can anybody else; but ~ were
ssursd that not less than ten thousand
within the year 1868 would bs built RAth-
r Sensational, you will say but surely
here 10 more in il than you thisk. If Dav-
'snpsrt, with 10000 people. oan build Ave
hundred houses in year, why should sst
)Sisase, with 25o, 900 people. bsild 100000
There is no use Of denying anything one
,sars about the increase Of good fortune
With that city. for she has been the result
4 = miracle from the start. Judge Grant
,nce told W that hs could have purchased
very fair cornfisld of several acres, in ILL.,
,ois-wsll enclosed With . Virginia rail
sncs. He delayed doing 20. since which
ime the owner quit raising corn, ard sub
raised thereon . crop Of nagnia.
'snt sdifiess, amsng which 10 the Sherman
1suss, the most magnificent hotel stru;-
urs est Of the Allsghaniss. Tho Judge
s not IN old man yet; nsi her was he very
,oung when men raised corn where now
ross Clark and Randolph streets. Had
oms told him then Of the vast wealth ol
hose acres thirty years in the then future,
hat worthy legal gentleman wsuld have
procured an injunction on the spot, enjoin.
NJ his informant from wasting his breath
n the utterance Of such ridiculous non.
enss.
Therefore, when any one makes any pre-
lictions about Chicago, don I risk your rep
ltation as prophet by intsrposing = con
radiction.
Tun sHnBnAN HoUsp.
Having alluded to this House in the above
paragraph, ~ standing in . corn field, and
ito Importance ~ No do. il
rould bs hardly courteous to leave it there
hotel edificc. it is one Of the largest
most imposing and eommodicus upon the
American csntinsst; - . hotel, il hss ne
hyperion in The United States. and its squAls
'ithsr in capacity or Management. are only
ound in the cities Of the Atlantic sssbeard
The original building embraced shout three
hundred rooms, which during the past year
Vas enlarged to the extent Of about sna
hundred more, making working capacity
,f about four hundred rooms. For ssvsra
ears past it has been under tho able man
lsement Of Msssrs. Gsgs L Wait, the lat.sl
,f whom sold his interest to the Gag,
in February last, whs, at the san'
time, sold third interest to Horace Wal
err, head clerk Of the fremont, aud for
nsrly of the Bur,is House, Of this city, ant
'or ten years past, extensively known u
,ne of the most popular and enterprisinl
lo.cl managers In the country. Having
ample fortunes a. hotel pro
orietors in Chicago, and being sxtsDsivei,
Engaged in other enterprises. the Gag
Brothers, popularly known ~ "Davs and
George" retired from the active manage
nsnt Of tho Sherman, and placed the hsavy
thereof upon the shoulder
" their new partner, Mr.. Walters. MOI
could they have made wiser sslsctien, foI
his humorous personal friends hsfeabouts
who read this, and his hosts Of friends al
through the land, will NEST cordially -
ierse US in saying, that what he has ne
yet learned Of the science Of hotel keeping
Of entertaining the travelling public in the
peculiar manner that il certain - give am
pie satifactisr, is still . mystery 10 stAss'
in the same line Of business. Genial ant
vigilsnt aud unttring, thersusl
in oil things from the least te the greatest
hs stands 10 day, shoulder ts shoulder WI
Lhs beet hstsl men Of the country. In ~
Activs Management Of the house, hs i abll
BY H. h. Hamiin. fosnsfly .
Ihs Ttsmeas, sad the hsst hotel c3ssk IL -
together with such other sfRsi
ut slSsks and aids - ars psseBsssv = ssu
duet the vast business, Of the establish
ment.
Some idea may b. gained Of the sxtss
Of the Sherman, when Il ID known that y
perform the labor connected herewith,
requires the sonslant labee sf folly ~
hundred eoploys.lin The varisus dspass
ments. On an average for the greater pa
Of the year, The arrivals number sbest thrs
hundred persons daily, and csnstsstly iu
crsasing-sll sf which have 70 b aeceu
modatsd in first slsss styis. 30 thsssughl.
10 the business organissd aad systsmatizs
that from the time Of srrivai = that ef Il