Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-07
ROCK ISLAND.
Notices Of the Press,

rounding Us, and are not at ell backward in
expressing themselves. From the many ex.
cellent articles we make a few extracts:
Rock Island is no halfway town when
il undertakes anything it goes through with
it in number one style. 1t entertained the
members of the Association in a manner
highly creditable to itself and extremely
satisfactory to them the time will never be
forgotten by them. The Harper House,
truly an 10 the city, not only 10
point of architecture but in The manner in
which il il conducted, furnished ample and
luxurious accommodations to the members
of the convention and their families. The
building Is beyond question the finest house
this side Of Chicago, and elegantly furnished;
and it can be truly said of Mr., Harper, that
he not only knows how to build q hotel, but
also knows how to run CAMBRIDGE
Democrat.
We attended the annual convention for
1871, of the Illinois Press Association,
which convened at Rock Island, on Tuesday,
June Y. 1t was composed OF q large pro-
portion of the editors add publishers of the
State, many of whom had their wives and
daughters with them, to whom the citizens
Of Rock Island extended a warm and cor
dial welcome" y y x =
" At an early boar Wednesday morning,
carriages IN great abundance, we're in front
Of the Harper house, lone of the best in the
State, where the members of the convention
were kindly provided forG" e
The carriages returned to the hotel, and
after psrtsklng Of a sumptuous supper, the
"ink-slinger y proceeded to the wharf, and
took passage to Quincy, on the fast-ruuniug
steamer New Boston. However, before the
gang plank was pulled aboard, the party
was serenaded by one of Rock Islands hest
silver cornet bands. That was not all. The
artillery company had three OF its guns
drawn upon the levee from which a parting
salute of Fifty guns was fired as the boat
pushed off The immense crowd, on shore,
eheered Justify for the editors. We shall
never forget Rock I.laud and her euterpris-
ing citizens,-Dscatur DAILY Magnet.
Rock Island il destined al no distant day,
to become a city with a large phpulation
and Of great commercial Importance. Her
wealthy citizens have taken her interests in
hand, and the strides which she, under their
management, has taken in the last two or
three years are truly wonderful. Aud there
can be but small doubt that the three towns
of Rock Island, Moline and Milan will
eventually come under one corporate gov
ernment and become one great manufac-
turing city-the ~eRlthIest and most popu.
Ious in the western country this side Of the
Lahes Already Rock Island manufactures
glva constant employ ment to 766 hands
whose annual wages amount to $50, 200
The capital invested in these reaches the
! Lnar- n "A = 4 AE0 0nn
which amount annually to over 81, 055 coo
10 the three towns 2,387 persons are EN-,
ployed in manufactures the yearly wages
paid them foot up to Sl,4S2, 200; capital in.
vested $32S2 600 value Of productions
IS, 0.G00. This is a large total, and to il
must be added the heavy forces soon TO BE-
greatly augmented am pioYed BY government,
in Its varioHs works On and surrounding the
Island an til Va tsums OF money isbursed
in the prosecution of these works.
Rock Island possesses other advantage,
than those enumerated, tending to make hen
q town of com ercial Importance. Her ia
t c]ii;ies for the transportation of the products
OF her factories are not exeelled By auy 9th
er town in the west. 1t is the meeting poin-
Of four railrosds-the Chicago, Rock Islapt
& Pacific, the Rockford. Rock Island & ST
Louis. the Western Union, and the Peorit
Il Rock lsland-frcm which they radiste I,
al the cardinal points of the compass will
the Mississippi river thrown in, which ],
equal, as a line of transportation. to ssman,
more railroads. Coal, too, is abundant il
the Immediate vicinity besides all which
there are the wealth aud enterprise and dis
position 70 make Of Rock Island with Mo-
liae and Milan q first class western city, =!
il is boaud ere long to be"
1t is here reaf6rmed that the citizens o
Rock Island, Moline and Milan carried on.
their part Of the programme with Gieigtv
snd in a manner that elected praise from
every hand. The reception Of the Assccia
ton BY them was handsome ard cordial anC
all seemed 10 vie with one another to rauder
the affair in the highest degree pleasant am
one long to he remem bered By the editoria
fraternity Of Illinois II WAS 'open house.
open hearts and open fists all over the thro.
towns, and the praises and thanks which
this treatment called forth were esrn,s'
warm and trequent- GeaeSeo Republic
This magnitude OF the manufacturing
tate eyts OF Moline. Rock Island aud Milan
Was d sooJect Of wonderment to the visitors
aud surprised even US, who mad had some
acquaintance with them. They might vel
wonder 81 the resources Of g point Ihs; pro
duces annually l25.O00 plows and ~caltIgA
tors, nearly S300,UUO worth OF wagons. d
million dollars worth Of lumber, $60n. Op(
worth of flour, 500, 600 lbs of malleablt
iron, and II, 900 boxes of window glass, q,
q few Of its diversified industries. A sum
mary OF the manufacturing interests Of tbi
business community comprising those tire.
towns. shows an invested Capital of tire,
and a third millions, an annual product o
hive millions, and salaries paid 10 operative
3. kZ,0z' IN ntmber) a~ggregstlug annual
more thaE one and q halt milltons of doI
= lars.
, The visiting editors we're entertained b
the people OF those towns with q generou
hos p1tAilty only equslled by the good sa.t
and Judgment with which it was offered
and We could not wish more than that Ii
= hearty satisfaction with which il was r.
cefved, vas fully shared, as we believe
was, by our wide awake and big hearted Ell
tertaiDers.
l At no place had that association, ON an
n of its excursions. received more genuin,
i hearty welcome, more generous hospitalitieI
or delicate and grateful courtesies; and ID
members started on their pleasant voyag
y doEn the great river With such lively al
pleasant recollections of Rock Island Gu
& her Deighbors, as can never be offered y
Henry County Chronicle.
ARRIVING at this city at Z P. NJ, we sea
anchor at the Harper House, where man
> Of the members of the press had slresd
= domiCiIed. We soon discovered that We he
st entered q live city, as evidences Of ente
prise and 'goaheaditiveness' were ever
where apparent. Rock Island has q pop
lation OF about 10000, ia situated on ii
south bank of the Mississippi river, direct
opposite Davenport, Iowa. The city is bui
on q plain which extends two miles, pc
hsps, to the south before the surface begin
to grow billy and finally crops out into mil
iature mountains, from the summit of whic
Ia the most magnificent views for mil
1000 - DYnoasr,4o.. r.