The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05
Dubuque, Iowa.


of $4,000 inhabitants, situated on the
left banks of the beautiful and majestic
Father of waters and is the largest job
bling and manufacturing point in the
State of Iowa. 1t is 17S miles west of
Chicago, the wealthiest city in the State
and the second wealthiest of its size in
the United States. For beauty of stu
passed by any city on this beautiful riv-
er. The business portion lies at the foot
of the picturesque bluffs that skirt the
river for many miles. AS you ascend the
bluffs by electric motor cars and view
the scenery up and down the river and
the city stretching away over hill and
dale, one is enchanted with the romantic
scenery. This would seem to have been
properly named the key City," -Four
trunk lines OF rail operate here and
another, the c. & N. W., will be in here
soon. This is an important commercial
and manufacturing center. There are SO
jobbing and $50 manufacturing houses,
the latter employing about 5000 hands.
They have two electric street railways
and horse cars will soon be thing of the
past. The Hotel Julian, just completed
at a cost of $40, 900, is a model of ele-
gance and beauty, hardly surpassed in
the country. There are four lumber
mills here which produce some 50,000,-
600 feet yearly and II linseed oil mill pro
ducing $500 gallons day. The seed is
ground, heated to Il temperature of $50
degrees and oil extracted by hydraulic
pressure of 5000 pounds to the square
inch or 600 tons per press. Their ware
house, which holds 100000 bushels of
flax seed, is full. a fine court house is
in process of construction, costing $780,
900. fine opera house, which cost
$50, 900, has been recently opened.
Linwood cemetery, some two miles
north of the business part of town, is a
picturesque and lovely spot, command
ing a fine view of the river and town.
Here you can see three States, Wiscon-
sin, Illinois and Iowa. We were shown
the grave of the first white man buried
here, victim of border ruffianism. They
have city steam heating works. The wa
ter supply is partly from springs and
partly from an artesian well. The latter
is located near the river, is 1900 feet
deep, has flow of 100000 gallons IA
day. The high road bridge over the
Mississippi was built three years ago at
cost Of some $780, John B. Glover
is president of the company. This is
also the home of Iowa's honored and es-
teemed United States senator, William
b. Allison, whose acquaintance it was
our privilege to make. The senator is
most agreeable and social man; it is no
wonder that this State delights to honor
him or that his friends are so proud of
him. He attributes the political cyclone
to the Mckinley bill. lie said that our
people had it keyed up too high.
| My mention of this place would be in
complete, to home friends at least, were
| to omit mention of the name of two
brothers who went from US some 81
years ago, who, after suffering several
reverses in business here, with true Yam
kee grit, were up and at it again. Hen
ry b. and John B. Glover of Hanover
district, Newtown, came to this place,
the former in 1856, John B. in 1857. The
brothers started notion store, but, not
proving successful, closed it out. In
1850, they opened a hosiery, notion and
furnishing store. This proved remuner-
alive and in 1877 they established a
wholesale business in that line and en-
gagged in manufacturing overalls. Next
followed the manufacture of jean pants,
shirts, duck and linen clothing. The
business has been constantly growing
until they are employing $50 hands at
present, have Is travelling statesmen COW
ering nearly all the western States, with
annual sales amounting to nearly 81 ,000,-
900. am informed they have the most
profitable manufacturing business in Du-
buque and are among her most respected
and wealthy citizens. James G. john
son, Dubuque, Iowa, November l5.