The Morning Democrat from Davenport, Iowa • 8

II A YEAR'S OBI. yfun otner places, for the past seasons THK J'OSITOrplCB. H'Kear Hfliucaa In 1 8110 Than m' "Ten or ot u( da' Tnis ui "Prtsu on the part of our "Juwi nuiH.il far IDS south. Add to these thu nlvan Be Sure II you have made up your mind to buy Huod'i Sareaparllla do uot be Induced to Uks any othor. A Boston Judy, whoso example worthy Imitation, tella het experience belowi In one atoro whore I went to buy ilood'l BaraaparHlit the clerk tried to Induce nie boy thelrown busload of Hood's; he told me Uielrs would last longer; that I might take tt on tea To Get daya' trial; that If I did not like It I need not pay anything, etc But lie could not prevail on me to chance.

I told hha I had token Hood's Bamaparllla, know what It was, was satisfied with It, and did not want any other. Wheu I began faking Hood's Karsaparllla I was teellng real miserable wltli dyspepsia, and so weak that at times I could hardly Hood's stand. I looked Uke a person Iu consump. tlon. Hood's SarsapariUa did me so much good that I wonder at myself sometimes, and my friends frequently speak ot It." Mas.

Elia A. Ooff, 61 Terrace Street, Boston. SarsapariUa Soldby all drnajRltta. SI li for 5. PrflnarnS nnlv DR.

KcCREARY, LATE OF CINCINNATI. CHI0; Has Permanently Located in Davcnp't In the past eight months lie has successfully treated more than 1,200 OASES. ot the most severe cnaracter. Jlla Specialties are: FEMALE, LUNG, PRIVATE AND CHRONIC DISEASES Sueh cases as rheumatism, nenral-ffia, scrofula, asthma, catarrh, heart di-ease, nil kinds of nervous diseases, fhorca and nervous prostration. jrln fact all chronic or lonjr Ntandin cases.

PILES Posilicely and Permanently Cured or no pay. Ln of Manhood or Seminal W. and routi. vorttively and FoKltlvel tlvely no case takon that cannot be cured, pondence aceouipanled by 4e stjunps Uorres prompt CONSULTATION FREE. OFriCK-McOi'illouph's new block, west Tbtrd Main.

Davenport, Iowa. rJ HAS A FINE LINE OF Holiday Goods. Watches, Jewelry, Silver and Silver Plated Ware, etc All Goods Warranied as Represented 20R West Second Street. I. CROSS CREEK LEHIGH STILL TO THE FRONT-Read Thesa Testimonials.

Duveuport, Nov. Slh, 1S90. Ws-liu, Dear Kir: J.S, of a high teinnerat nre. Vonra 7 1.. DA VIM, of Lancaster; Pa MR.

J. S. Wl'LlE; The sample of CROSS (7EKff LEHIGH Coal submi tied to me for examination 6.J0 per cent, or sixty-three (03) pouuds of fx-r one thousand (l.nooi pounds of cAat Tte ahes kiv H-ost white 1m color ami of and of a uniform (laky consMency. as fren froni el nkera as any ashes f- om coul nl's-iblv be iouis iru'y. FliAXK SADLliB, Chemltt J.

S. AVVLIE, Sole Agent, for sale of anove coal Davenpoit. Also iu daily receipt el fresli mined Sornnlon Hard Coal, lie st grade screened Mercer conn-. ty lump loc per bushel nut e. Yards, Fourth and Front.

Telephone No. 1 Masonic Temple, No. PilflO ELECTRO BO L. I llCdl wliSrutlviu.e- t--ureMernSl, blind -slant relief final cure certain and never munii Mo iZ fteeby OUS KCHLKtlEL, dniBftlst, Daveupoi t. S.

E. by C. I. HOOD A ApoUiecarlen, Lowell, Mast. 100 Doses One Dollar BROWNSON "THE HATTER." SECOND AND MAIN STRKET, DAVENPORT -Ulepant Lino Of HOLIDAY GOODS SEAL CAPS, PLUSH CAPS, jxaia ami vaiis VL ail IMllU.S.

Underwear and Hosiery, Neckwear, Siik Umbrellas, Suspenders, Gloves, LADIES' FURS FUR ROBES, AT VR1CES TO CLOSE. COLUMBIAS" HIGHEST GRADE ONLY. Catalogue Free. POPE MFG. CO.

branch Houatal 14 V.ma Dt WnrwAnw 77 Franklin BOSTON. ai Wain omeAoa BRADY STREET JiOSMiV, 3W BRADY STREET CIIA. DANNACIIER, Prop. The finest cut flowers constantly on band. Orders for parties, funerals mid we.ldins.

Also orders by leteKranb, telephone or bv mail Eruuipuy mn'iiueu 10. jviiieot tile largest L'leeu-oiises in the state for growliiK of cut lioweis. Telephone in. if. S.

MOORE. E. C.JIOUD. THK OXJOIi: 3 1 6 Brady Street. esley's Ale Porter for family iim $1.75 nor doz.

Monogram Rye Whiskey Our Specialties. TboFlnost Line of Imported and Domestic Cliriira In the City. SIUKEHOLDER8' MEKTING. '1 he annual meetini? of the shareholders of the Iowa rational bank of Davenport, Iowa, tor the election of eleven (1) direotoisiV r. the ensuing year, will i.e iiel.l at the otlice of said bank on rueaday, January, 13th, polls win be onen from io o'clock, a.

to 4'oclo('k p. m. Davenport, Iowa, Dee. iciio. P.

it. VIKTHS, Cashier. NOTlCKOKSTOCKUOLUliKS' MEET1NU The annual mr-etlne of Ihe stockholders of the 1 lavenport Having hai.k for ii elmlon of a board of nine trustees for tne eii.s-..inu vein- win bo held at the olllce of said bunk on Monday Jiuiuary 5th, 1891. Polls open at 2 o'clock M. B.

MEVHlt, Cashier. Believing that ii rUGIKil everyone Id At Any one who has noticed tho mail-carriers and their hug loads rturitin the p'ist few days luJKiit well think that the business this postclliee had fcuddeulv and abnormally increasrrd, In oolnt of fr. I. mui iu inm neen inereaHliig mio year; not suddenly but steadily and anroty. The statement of the olllce business for the 12 niontrw ending with Jsov.

is as follow: ili liveivd in ili'livi'teil oivmi I'cinUI cuiiIn ilKUtvii'd uv'im Hri imil. Hum, ami fnurllwl ilHlvMred l.nt al I' tloi'iuoMiM til ,11 I.urm iKHUil naitla Altnl piMtl oiinla enlloi ti.d hew. il, iliini, mill Iiiiii'llKliuiH imtttar S7S.WS r. SI1.7W ioiiu nuim cr ol piflcea Ht-rei'elice to the corda mIiowb ttmt the receipts ot the ollioe are over 82,100 mivaiiue 01 me same term a vear ago. The gain keeps nn coming, and In 11.

win be Heavier vet. FAIK1NL an thai hna llean Unfxpocit eoiy BuuiwaMful Frum Ilia Very fititrt, liast spring the matter of organizing a lair association, often before, again came up for consideration by the business community. It was made the subject of a number of mass meetings, and in a very short space of time a society wus formed, The D.ivt pint air and Iixposition; 10,000 in stock was taken, a line (10 acre tract of land in the north western quarter of the ciiy was secured. Handsome and coin rnodiotia buildings were erected and, iu the month of September, in suite of ob- uiaeien irom nail weather and the new ness of the enterprise, one of the most successiui and pleasing agricultural and industrial displays was held that has ever been seen iu cms part or tho state. The event was well managed and the result was entirety satisfactory.

The display an lines was generous, in everv mm, far exceeding the capacities of the build- uus intended Id ho.sse It. and it was excellent in character. The list of features was large, and the entertainment was uniformly good. The receiuts were generous, and a dividend of 10 per ceut lias been paid on the capital stock alter an expenses nave been cared for. More than this the association haw de cided to largely increase the amount of uie stocK and to utilize the new caoit-il paid in in the further work of adding to the facilities for caring for the di.

play. The buildings will be widely ex- ended and there will be room for a far larger exhibition by the time the next lair rolls around to us. And unlisss something occurs to dampen the sue cess of the enterprise it will bo alar oijgeraud belter fair than the last one was. THIS lllVr.H MtlMVAl coupled with tho fair as mentioned tho foregoing, was given in Sentem her, the second annual event', of the irnival of lloats. It was a iv.i geant by night; an illuminated spectacle ol the tiiuiC enchanting form.

It as backed by the Business Men's as- icialed with auiulo financial aid. and was carried on' vUhout fUw or fail- rein any part. As a simctac.uhir event ft was unequalled, and" its b-au-ties were enjoyed bv sneetators who ero to he numbered onlv hv it-nx thousands. As an event it was iinnim- and as an advertisement it was uniinr. illeled.

It will be repeated next vear. a rong association havinir aireadv been inned for that purpose, and it will be ven men upon a sti grander scale. will bo perpetuated from vear to ear, and will be made one of tho an. until features of tho cltv. THK TKOTT1.NM ASSOCIATION.

Within the post few weeks a body of jont of our representative citizens ave organize a fi trotting nspoci.itlon. id preparations are already under ay for a rousing meet at the track and grounds of the Davenport Fair and xpositlon, probably to be held in July. This organization will direc.ly enoour.ign the owning, training, and breeding ot the better clasa of road horses, ami will be a valuable auxiliary of the Fair ami Exposition iu the wav i supplying line attractions for the ourse and increasing the interest fn the events that Uke pi ice upon it. I is expected to develops mto an impor- ant adjunct of that association ar.d by adding to iinportiii'-e of this place is a horsH breeding, training and hand- rig center, to indirectly beueilt all n- eret3 and industries. For all them enterprises do help us.

tiii: iimiiTOitv. i Among the new features that ranv be mentioned for the yeans the handsome reniatorium erected by the North western Cremation society in the West Mvcuport cemetery. The soe etv is composed of auuniber ot onr promi nent business men and sets forth upon its career with all promise of success and perpetuity. Theci'eniatoriumthat as been built has been satisfaetnni ested and it now stands as one of the inaiuarKs or progress iu this city. ViUH Al I'Ollli.

The rnckeia llerc-Tlie lltt i una- IK- l-OHhlDllltleN or (lie J'll-tlll'C. Amo.ig the new establishments of the year is found the stock feeding es tablishment of S. F. Billings in the west end of the This is a very large plant, consisting of sheds, urns, storehouses and yards, with dwellings for superintendent and oth- rs, and the busin ss pursued there Is the fattening of hogs for tho market of Chicago or such other places in the east as may be desirable market. The bulld ogs have been erected f(1r several mouths, and tho process has been in operation, and is being dmivmstrated a success.

Theie are now m.niv hundred bi.gs In the place, and they aie thriving and growing into money for tim m. vestors iu a very comforting maimer. One of the feature of the plant is the Uut it is in measure a hospital. The trouble with such investtm ill In tun past has bt-en that hoei iiivit riu-rf epiJemic manner whenever they have uocu uiuiiKiii, Mijji'uwr in larae iiiiin-h-rs, as they are here. It is of the plauot the gentlemen cwnioain? lid company to make usjj of the iiiVentiori or uiscovery, cai; it what f- will of IT.

lilllinga whefebT ll.i. Bwlueitg.iiijSlthr4rvi'-or tn cho; era, or whatever adiumt tt is thai r.ir-n.sttiem off. 'fh pUn be IiroVlllg itself tl.S pt'ivUl tins claimed fr viitf.u.uu the plant may ttfr-Ml While this im it pork packing support it ii ft ycry y-" iT'A I U.r ilti fata uusiryiu UmI Hue, really been butter Uta do to as of 1 of Is is of urcu move or especial and pecu liar discouragement to the men en KHgeu in una business. The fact is that lard and hams and sidemeat that come rroni tins city command maiKetno matter what other places and other packers lire doinir. TIima orders out for the product l'aeiB nere wnenever iney can they oau or whenever hev in t.nUiH ll1vu.it una of them and till them.

The day is at u.Hio, me rnends of the cltv believe, MRU mere in on inn r. nn und usueu nere one or the moar, anrwaafni und one of the largest indiiHt.riea thia I oi 10 oo round in the west, THKIIKWKI'IX 4 A.4I.. lit IlrhiKw ii a Xew- Tide of froHper lteaifii, and J1hIiiimm Tli tioi'k und H'orlh to Davenport aiio autumn, which is supposed to always bring the best gifts to men. brought to Davenport this year the grandest dispensation of wealth and prosperity, of favor and good fortune, ever been bestowed upon her; the Hennepin canal The history of the movement for this great Improvement Is already familiar to the people of this part of the country, including the roaders of The Democrat. Tho long struggle resulting in the passage of the bill authorizing the construction of this great artery of commerce from the Mississippi to the lakes is well known to them.

There have beeu times, for months together, when it seemed that the eHort would fail or success be so long deferred that it wouid be valueless, still the work was continued. Labor wn aiirtuH i labor; eilort followed effort, toil and pains and expense were not soared, and liuaily we saw tho result of all this, trouble. The bill passed both hnimw was signed bv tho nresidenr, And ia rmur a law. What is more to the noinf. t.hn wnrt-.

of expending the iirst appropriation of half a niilliou of dollars has been be gun. It was begun, indeed, almost as I soon as the law was enacted- anil it-, in I now being carried on. Surveys are ia I progress unaer the direction of a com peieui corps or expert engineers, and the work of laving out thu route of thia vast arlilleial waterway is well under way. Ihls anoroDriation of (a be expended mainly in th Davenport, work "having been commenced at this end of the canal. Tr.

i only ths leader of other and far larger appropriations that must follow it, and the benefit of the expenditure of that money will largely bo dnrivd That is to say the direct benefit. There are other benefit, not so tangible to uio uiiiauuKiug man wno looks merely at the dollar that Is before his eyes but far more worthy of our efforts, ana tr exceeding the mere expenditure of sum millions of dollars in actual good to thia city and the country and the towns surrounding it. As things now stand Davenport is on much of an equality with other Mississippi river towns in the matter of freights, whatever other advantages s'ie may possess over them. There is no particular reason why she should v.iscly outstrip two or threeof herpnn-c pal competitors. She hits no connection with Chicago and the markets of the ea-a that is superior to thoirs, ana ie must meet them and beit them on the ground of other qualities which they do not have.

She has been sible to this iu a very encouraging degree, but her friends have teit that there were better things store, tor her if she could but realize them. Wte shall sinipiy oe a couple of hundred miles utjuiei mo great area or cnnsiioiptlon the westward, and practically sumost much nearer the great marts of the east on accou'itof the lessened freights, kiiou wn mo now wueii mis canal operated. The coming of the canal to. the Mis sissippi at this place makes ttiis city a uuiumeiciai sunurn or unica-go. It cuts out of the question tho expensive haul by rail between that city and this, and gives us the safe, cheap, easy ana expeditious comjnunication the canal; always one of the most satisfactory of freight ch annels.

The ruuire or uavenport. aa; far-sighted men read it, is that of a -freat transfer puuik mm uepot ior mis section of the state. All the argument a point in that direction, and thero are none coming the other way. The price of fuel will be vastly lessened. It will come down from the lakes in quantity and at a of the cost attached to Pa handling to-day.

he price of pig iron, and the iinlshed arueie in various stages, will bo lessened by the greater portion of tho present freight charged on it- The price of clothing, of dry various kinds of merchandise in which men deal here mid in Chicago and th east, will be lessened to our merchants of Davenport because they will havt) less transportation charges to pay; iu aome cases many limes less. And on the omer nana me cheap freightage to Chicago from this city will give the Davenport dealers in potatoes, hay, grain onions, hogs and htig products, flour, livestock, and ail the leatof the articles which now go to that place from here, better prices than they can now command and all the attendant advantages being able to shade the market if they need to do so, and of being able to pocket greater profits on sales" made at current prices. There is no escape from these conclusions. They are self evident, and made so by the established laws of trade, wliwn constitute a code that men very BQldora trausgress, no matter what they may do or fail to do morally. It naturally follows, then, that Davenport the place that will oiler superior advantages to tho grain dealer, the pork and beef packer, the commission man, and the handler of produce, the miller, the glucose and the beet sugar maker, the maker of machinery, of woolen goods, of wagons, of plows, of engines, of what you will, in fact, so long as it something that men want and need and are willing to pay for.

Davenport already offers excellent shipping faciliiies. She now reaches the great lands in tho direction of Minnesota and the Dakotas by the way ot the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul and the Kurliiigton, Csdar Haplds Northern, both of which are inside her limits already, and she commands the trade or all Nebraska by the Chicago, Dur-lington A Wuincy, which she easily reaches on the other aide of the river all shipping and billing being done in this city; and she stretches out to Kansas and the Indian territory by the way the Chicago, Hock Island l'acinc, which ruru right through the center ot the city, while ml the vast territory of Iowa, Missouri, and the great regions bpyond the Hocky mountains are com-raanued without a transfer of freight lira change of cars for the traveler by oneor the other of these rnutna ti.ut have ixt-n t.ame.j. The rail route ar niippifrr.ei.ted by the Misslcstppl Mer foi three fourths of the year! tfiaa mottt admiriilila tatn i thenar aVond whde rfeeded communlca UawSth fhieast Hud (heteglooi Of I Is to of tages that are now enjoyed in Chicago and you can see at a (dance where this pince win siana commercially. xa ract we shall be better off than Chicago.

The distance from that city to this can be covered with bo small an expense per 100 pounds as to make the marges irom nere to the place of consumption, west or southwest or north. west of here, almost the same as they wou'd be from there. This advantage will be peculiar to Davenport, and not cujujrru vf Buy City BDOVe Of DelOW it. AuuiuiB ractis so mainly apparent vi iul-io wui oe uv Hesitation on the part of the shrewd business man, the sharp-eyed capitalist or ttie keen investor to accept the situation and cast urn ioi nere ana snare in the general jj.oyL-ni vunt is certain to roilow The feeling that th riuv nf for all the toil and waiting ia nnt. ru away has already taken possession of tue people or inia tv nnn la nuowmg in me aemaud for property that can be made available the near mture ror restaenen and mannfanrm.

ing and business sites. Onratria mmt. tal has been directed thlthnr fll trinrfi of it is on the way. Our own people "unuouuiuuwuii nave careruily laid away their savings in the banks here and waited for it to grow, have taken a livelier interest In the matter than ever before, and thev to the situation. Outside capital is canvassing the field and seeking places to place thousands whare they can be made more productive than in the town where it is now placed.

There is no boom or wild speculation about it, but the fact is self evident that there is at hand a new future and a brighter day for Davenport, and men of clear business ideas are desirous of entering into this promised land that is opening up so haudsomely. While there will be no boat from here to Chicaim for time yet there will be better business here, year bv vear. as them hna hn this year 18110, till the glad day comes that sees ths, first cargo come or go through the canal. And whnn ihu day does come the people of of Daven port win ue aoie to say with all their hearts that it is indeed to be here. vo ii Kit k.

JCver.v Ulan ho Munld Work Nil in iu or has had the 'lianri this One of the best things that can be said for Davenport in connection with the year 1890 is that there were no idle men in the city throughout the entire year. There has been so much work to tlo here aad there about the town that there has been no chance for a man to loaf if he wanted to, uuless he were one of those ii dividuals who are determined never to labor for their own support under any circumstance. uie mason, the atone cutter, the plasterer, the1 painter, the digger in the ditch, the man with the pick and shovel on the streets, and theskilled mechanic nd tho artisan as well; all of them liave been employed, and if there is any comment to be made on the labor situ- sition it is most likeiytobe to the ef-1 feet that there as been work enough ihut the laborers have beeu few. There nave Deen times when men could txs secured for even the smallest of jobo for days together, and mo6t ot the season through there has been more work offering than could be readily disposed of. Through it all there have been paid fair wages, and there has been no suffering among the toilers by the day.

There is more slackness'now, owing to the closing of the lumber mills and the cessation of building and the closing of operations in other lines, but it is only the seasonal variation, and all will be busy and bustling again in the spring. OUR BUSINESS MEN. Tlia Work They llare Done and ara Io- iug In Atlvauclnj; tha Clly. Tho Men's association sliould not be dismissed without men-tioa. Composed, as it is, of 203 of the best business men of the city; ttie most energetic, wide awake hard-working residents of the place; it has been a power within the place.

Like the tireless mainspring of the watch its persistent push has kept things going. Its lnlluence has been constant, unceasing, and always in the direction of advance and improvement. It has been behind every move and. enterprise of a public nature and has assisted many that are only to be regarded as private in char, acter. It has kept awake the interest in matters that needed support, taken op afresh those that were languishing, brought to the front and developed others that are new, fostered the town at home and carried its name abroad in some of the best worit ever seen iu me west, it is to be oredited with a great proportion of tho successful business and the ad vance that has been noted.

It is stronir er to-day and in better standing than over, anu it win ue ueam irom iurtner in tho right direction and at the right time. It is unselllsh and unsectarian. uiuau, uueiai auu progressive. THK FI'TIMIK. Of plans for the future there might be much said, and again there is not need to say much.

These things will develope as time progress, without urg iug ou me pan or ine papers, it is certain that in the minds of all resl dents of this city there is renewed con fldence In the future of Davenport, and confidence that the day of prosperity is at hand. The one thing that speaks this more strongly than anything else tho tact that is to bo epitomized from all the foregoing, that Dav enport has never had a year of business and improvement that at all compared with the present, the one that is about close. Added to this is the furtuer fact her business men are united, standing firmly and unitedly together, resolved by their united and unwearied efforts to push the city ahead, to over come whatever obstacles may lie in the road of that advance, and that they are not working with tho energy born of despair, but with the hopefulness that comes of success and victories already imniuYcu. Dlaeerrha, Dyaenuiry, Ctiolera.Flax. Maguire's lieunu I'lant for nearly BO years the Infallible cure.

Thousands of testimonials; indorsed bv the western Sanltaiy com mission, U. 8. nrmy oiricers. hospital physicians, steamboat mllcers. etc.

Taken in time a sure preventive Asiatic cholera. SOMETHING NEW. For sale on easy terms, a fine rnnkleno ou cast Hib street, to rooms. Alsq tt fine rcaliieuca with seven rooms Hn.J one wivn 1'i rooms, Al can be bnujflit If Vss than 9 cents on the dollar ot its orlnlnal cast, of G. A.

KOE8TER QO crrJv ua of the ot nty. It leaves tlJB ifM among tlw lm.L-,A,,'W,w"'1 Ua aecoinjwiiylBir nu lopot tn that has already hy tb eoinpauy this su.nmor. This is true proKreS, a not by steps or glow stages but by lups and tfimuds. 8 of ma ifftr-ini iww r. ch-nii that la llrlng liullt, O.ie of the things of a semi publii nature tli it, ibis city has cause to proud of and grate) ul forts its telephone exchange.

This has always been one of the'best in tho state and in the territory of the Central Union Telephone com nanv which operates it, but it is bette uow than ever. Many new names appear on the lutof the exchange mbscnbeis. and about lorty ot them are net gam above all Iosm's. Uie company loht cool when it parted with W. T.

Grithth. but in the transfer of Manager Hartlett to this station from Cedar Hipids it tilled his place adtnira blv and to tho satisfaction of its patrons For inonMig Dm company lias carried on a system or improvements here New pole lines have been erected, equal to any in the country; new lines have replaced the oia ones, ana a unie and quartar of lot) wue cable has been strung on the routes where the wire ii neavteat and where tuere was greatest trouble on account of crosses an i createst danifer on the score ot sloat and snow storms. Lately the company has taken a loner time lease of the second iioor ot the irst JS ationai bank budding and is now engugvd in malting the structural changes tnat are to accommodate the tlnest exchange the west. When it is completed and the wires transferred to it the people of Davenport who use the telephone will hud it so tar from to profanity and vexation of spirit as to be a positive means or grace. The company has expended a very largf sum of money on this work, but having spt nt it it may cease from repairs ior the time and anticipate a regular lu crease of revenue.

It coming. TIIK CKNT11AI. ILVlLWAY, Onr Original Klootrlu Line anil It I Iiroveiuent anil Itxtaiiiiion. The year 1N1W been one full of progress and prosperity for the Daven port Central railway, tho line that is given us such a widespread advertisement. With the opening of the sqason the West Davenport exten sion was constructed; runuiiiir from tho foot, of ltrad street to the Seliuet zen park, miles.

It was equipped and pi u.eu in operation in tlr.i e.uly days of and has been a source of revenue ever siiieu. Jiesldi) this new lino there have been constructed 1 miles of new second track on the Cen trul proimr, and much of tlin hue has been overhauled and rebuilt. The power SLiiumi bus been lebuilt at the cost of several thousand dollars, and its former capaeifv han been more than doubled. The new Station i.ll'iios finiiile nnm tor cms in use or repair, and good and ample facilities iur inn laio worKshop mat 'is needed by the company. In tho way ol equipment the year has brought seven new motor-cars, three of 1, and four ol horse pjiver.

oti: 8l) horse power dynamos for the generation of the polen tial current, two S') horse power electric light dynamo. A force of Hi'i men is employed by the road, on the line ami in the house. Duilngthe year the receipts of the older portion "of the line have increased 1 1 percent. There are no figures from last year with which the returns from the western extension may be compared. Til II 01, MM LINKS.

Thlr Extrnt, txeiMlunf, and Gigantic IiuproveuiaMta Onr I Strntil Car FncllltUs. The her and larger street car syr-tern of i city, the Holmes syndicate lines, has ma le during the year extensions npgregatins feet, on the Second street, Hlack Hawk and Hock iugham lines. It has put a number of addil.o.;al cars In operation, given a prompt, regular and ellietent service, and, ihiuliy, has taken the one forward step iii'i ih-d to bring It no Into the front rank of tiiciency, and has commenced the work of equipping all us lines in the tri ciin-s wi eleeiric power by one of the most practicable and satisfactory ot systems. With the history of this Important work it may be assumed the greater number of The Democrat's readers are familiar. The power plant is now ing installed, with a rated engine and dynamo power of over horses, and the work of equipping the lines for the new motive force is in active progress and near ing completion.

The repair and storage buildings In this city. I20x 150 teet, are under way, and will be under root as soon as they can be put there. i no worn, ui constructing machinery for the power plant and motors for the cars is being urged forward as fast as the Thomson Houston company can carry it, and it will be but a few weeks till there will not be a street car horse in thli city, Rock Island or Molino, liver since it has had an interest here the Holmes syndicate has been synonymous with full, prompt service, cour teon8 attention to the wants of passengers and the public and the general demand for accommodations. It has employed 'good men, and taken good care of its patrons. When its Co large olectrie cars are In motion, 'JS of them in this city, under the system and metnod or operation proposed by the company, us service will be further! in proved and increased and just about in the same proportion expected by the IJUUIlC, hen all is done Davenport will imvo ui uesi street car sva tern and service In tho state, wncs win reach to the extreme eastern, western and northern limits of uie.

euieu cuy, louciuiig all the. sub uruan settlements and reaching all points of Bpecial or general interest, and all will be operated In liarmonv tint 1 urniicu B)niem ana pmn the uitiiuitve ueoign or wiucu is the accouv modation of tho public. hern ull praatically be no part of the city that wui nun ho accessible nymo streetcars ana many a mile may be traveled on mem uy uie visitor and the Bight seer in ciHinuii, easie ana speed. Then there is to bo considered the constant and convenient eonnecnnti with the street car systems of lt.ick Island and Moline which an operated under the same system and management and ownership and when this is tRken into consideration it will seen that there Is no place In this part of the oouu'ry that can boast of a better or more complete street transit lervlcj than this city of payeoport. CONT1MED FliOM VAG li.

1UKH, V. X. AUKIVW. TUa Aiqammon lh l.laa oC tli 1, A D. I.vli la tfa Lane Dcalreit Kuad.

At ihia point, while speaking or Uie railroads of the towu, it is pivier that we metiuou the neaeBt thing iu that line, the C. It N. liy the recent negotiations entered into between that company aud the helpless I. i. The line of the latter, which has liet'n placed iii ttioroaghly good condition, has beta added to the system of the former, and already the sttaru of ivriar K.niids locomotive has rinsw above the tracks alu-" -ed fr.nr.

our river Tim fur. new nonhwo'' construction of a it is tro" lino have been changed, hi.Ai but the connection that has fouued with ttie reliable, well established system that reaches out in that dirt ction is reunnled by business men, merchants and shippers as being of greater value to us of D.tveuport thiii the line projected would have been. Tho 1100 miles of C. territory embraces a large number of valuable trading points; liiaces wnose custom is well established, solid and valuable. It la worth having and hold Ids.

It is uot tiie new, experimental class of business that is invariably fiflVrrrt tiv the reirinn in the first staceR of development, where the standing of business HoiiBes is UiH vaguely mmer-Btoud and often poor, wh. re frequent losses aceomoanv sales, and where the volume of trade is necessarily small un til it is nursed into respectaole propor-tioi'is by long years of commercial coachinjr and coaxing. It is the solid substantial business of the established wellfotinded community, and such, a business as could uot be erected upon the line of any new road in less than 10 time. This line commercial territory, aireadv develop and awaiting only o-cupatlou by the mrchauta of Pay enport, is peculiarly their own. The very questions of rales und trailio ar-rarureraent that have operated to hold them out of the Held before this will now have the opposite tendency, holding them securely in it and fencing out their rivals.

AVith the arrangements that are now in progress completed, the B. Jl. N. territory will be stoutiy maintained by th-m against all opposing competition. It is a rich Held and will be well cultivated.

'TUB WATER WORKS. Jin nn6 Money Vpaui in Oram! linpron. mnl-IiiiiCvtlou ttiatarn Unrivalled. Tiiere is one institution that Davenport can always regard with gratilled pride, and that is her system of water works. places have waterworks; good, bad and indifferent, but Davenport has a sjstun that la at the head of sueh works in the weBl, and it will soon bo at the head of oil such woiks, here or elsewhere, iti point of purity of water furnished and completeness ai jrfectlon of the plant.

L'ist ear was a busy one for Uie Water company, for it added one extension of over three milts, beside smatier improvements, but this yi Mi has been even burnt and moie impur tant in the line of the lmpiovtuit made. During tho year 33 blocks of new pipe, aggregating feet, vt-been laid, as follows: 1 On east Fourteenth street from Perry loFarnuni; on Harrison from Second to l'onnh; mi Urady from Front to Second and froin Fourth to Filth; en from Mutili vant to iiordor; on (iaiues Irom ghth to Ninth; on Ninth from (lames to Vine; on Vine from Ninth to Seventh; on Fourth from Main to junction ot Front and Fouth, and from junction ou Front Street to College avenue. The actual amount expended in improvements this ear has ben about $50,110. Upsides this there are iu course of construction improvements to tLe extent of 8120,000. In addition to this 20 blocKs of old pipe was relaid and lowered in grade, and a.

number of tir hvdrauts and consumers have been added. The service of the year is given, at a close approximation for December, iu the following table: II IV Kit STATION. February ri.iui,! 14 Mareli. April May June Jidiu.i.;.. AiiKiist 1 l.im.hn Kiifiubt'r iioictii'r ta.m inn jNreinlMr K.Tiuj'ji tdi.imu.i.uo ll h-KIIVOI II HIMTIOV.

.1 miliary 1'i'ln MhivIi AlMil laay June July August lit'tiber Noveinhtir Jtaci-inhrr Total I it ai.4i7.ariH iiu.ifii.fiin ii V7.wa,i fti Kli.lWt.IHHI Total pumpil at both st.uhins T.ie service for hSW is sliov. by the records to be an increase of over gallons upon tho iminpage of 188'J. This is a heavy gain, especially Vihm It is C' nsidered that 6ome of the heaviest consumers of former years, as ths Davenport Syrup refinery, have largely reduced the amount of their, comuuiptiorj. It means that the city has grown, in one way and another, to that extent. Dining the Bummera contract wae let (or a line high duty pumping engine at B.OOU.tXW gallons daily capacity, and this has j.ist been received here and delivered at the reservoir station, where it Is to ba located' It will add greatlv to the pumpage capacity of the works and Will largely increase Hih effective-nets of the fire protection afforded the lesidcnts ot trie mil regions, by increasing the pressure available in case of need.

The company has laid a lfi-inch main pipe from College avenue along Front and Fourth streets to Main street, greatly increasing the effectiveness of the system supplied from those streets, and has added, here and there, bin of main in a way that is calculated to give better protection and bettor service to the public. The greatest enterprise of the yc.tr, by all means, is the new mechanical til-terpUnt, recently described at length in Toe Democrat. This will bo. when completed, the irgest and the finest filtering plant of this sort in existence. The woik is well under way wa'is of the filter building are up, the filters themselves will be here bef re long, and within a short time water clear as crvstal, pure hs the streams fed by mountain snows, will Le (lowing through the mains here and IUMY MS! deems it necessary to rrmemlier their friends with a useful Christmas" Gift, Wei Have selected the Neatestrand Largest line of Ladles' and Cents' Ooze, Suede Kid, Russian Calf and Plush.

FIInTE SLIFPERF! all the modern stjlcs and shades- Staby, Berger Snell. SECOND AXD HARncfaf STIIEETS. STOP THAT HORRIBLE COUGH BY USING SCHLEGEL'S PINE SYliUP COUGHS Remedv for all illsenwa of Ttiivw niiKinus, iironcnil l.unu I'Vvcr ckllnir n( i i 1 VMKRI 5-mV it "Sri1 any on ir tev" 1U 11. lli.ese are not Kilo wb can praVe wlrit wo I 1 "ril1' neware ol nn luit ions. Manufuvmred onlv anil ttniii liv "ttuniatiHMi uiiurauioea.

COLDS. imvenport, Iowa. GUST. SCHLEGEL, Druggist, Wholesale Reta a owwm ou eet, IOWA COMMERCIAL C0LLECET (INCORPDKATKD UNDKIt TIIE LAWS OF TI1B BTATK OF IOWA Course tif Study Hwised aud TwMna Form Stri.t,fiJ,i KltJtlT SCIIOOU irwhvwlny and Friday. Bmk toping, FammuHv lriM VaW edition end Short Hand.

UHctted Car Erlnnrl Urailf. WOOD, I'KESIDKNT AND MAHAdEI Cor' MMl Brady DAVENPORT, I0W.