Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-07-28
Sioux City.

oiouA ivy 10 tnuCh the lhERGst auu
most promising town i'm Northwest
ern Iowa, and Is the terminous of
what has been known as the Du-
buque & Sioux City Railroad also
the starting point Of a road running
south 70 miles and connecting with
the Northwestern, and also crossing
into Nebraska, and the terminous of
the st. Paul & Sioux City road which
will be completed next year. Three
other roads are projected running
north. north. west, and west. The
location of the town Is upon q fine
plat Of land; the Missouri river on
the south rising into bluffs on the
north and west. From the tops of
the highest of these bluffs, the view
is extended and grand, reaching into
the States of Iowa and Nebraska and
Dakota Territory. The town was
laid out about sixteen years since and
has now a populatson of about 4 900,
one half of these having made resi-
dence there in the past two or three
years. A number of large three
story brick blocks have been built,
some ten or more fine store rooms are
now being erected, a spacious hotel
building, which, furnished, will cost
nearly 500, 900, will be warmed" as
soon as first class hotelist is secured,
two Touring mills, two grain eleva-
tors, several sew mills, and various
other improvements. Also, q fine
school building and some half doz-
en- churches.
The business OF Sioux City, already
remarkable for town of Its size, will
undoubtedly be greatly increased
each year. Two lines of steamers are
running from here 1000 miles up the
river, distributing goods to all the
towns and carrying supplies to some
900 Indians provided for by the
government; also, supplies for the
soldiers. There are here business
houses doing q wholesale trade of
half q million dollars per year.
The recent rapid development of
Sioux City is strikingly seen in its
newspapers, of which there are two
dsilys and two weekly. The Journal
stands far In the lead, and the growth
and prosperity which has attended 1t
are matters Of surprise to Its proprie-
tors as well as others. The patrons.
while they are giving 1t q most libe.
raj support, can have the satisfaction
OF knowing that they make paying
investment. The Daily Journal car
ries upon its face the impression that
1t is published in city Of double the
size and importance Sioux City has
yet attained. A new bindery 10 be.
ing added to the Office, and all the
Perkins Brothers have to do is few
years of faithful hard work and they
will have an Office and paper not ex-
celled by the oldest and best In our
State.
Although this town has its good
features, part of which we have
hurredly noted, 1t also has those
which are Objectionable. There is
good society. but the river and from
tier bring to 1t large proportion OF
the worst society to be found any.
where. Revelry, debauchery and
crime hold highest carnival upon the
Sabbath day. 1t may appropriately
be called "red.hot' town in every
sense.
There are some delightful spots for
residences upon the surrounding
bluffs, and some nice houses have
been built, but as vet the appearance
OF the tswn Ii quite uninviting.-
Half finished, disorderly looking
streets. with score or more of hogs
and pigs roofing in them, look dis.
tasteful, to say the least. But the ex .
tensive and fertile country which
must be tributary to it, and the many
natural advantages of locati on, Ger.
tainly render Its chances for growth
In wealth and business, exceedingly
favorable and promising.