Three cities and their industrial interests, with an historical and descriptive sketch of the national armory and arsenal, the location, manufacturing facilities, and business advantages of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline, and Milan, Illinois--their commerce, population, schools, churches, and present condition . dius of fifteenmiles of Davenport the annual coal product is over 500,00(t tons, and the price istherefore correspondingly cheap. The iron of Lake Superior and Missouri, togetherwith that of Tennessee and Pennsylvania, furnishes the raw material at a cost for 38 DA VEN PORT:
Three cities and their industrial interests, with an historical and descriptive sketch of the national armory and arsenal, the location, manufacturing facilities, and business advantages of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline, and Milan, Illinois--their commerce, population, schools, churches, and present condition . dius of fifteenmiles of Davenport the annual coal product is over 500,00(t tons, and the price istherefore correspondingly cheap. The iron of Lake Superior and Missouri, togetherwith that of Tennessee and Pennsylvania, furnishes the raw material at a cost for 38 DA VEN PORT: transportation comparatively small. The pineries of the north furnish an abundanceof soft wood. Of this the river floats to and by this locality each summer morethan one thousand million feet. The great hard-wood forests of the southern statessupply all the material net^essary to enter into the consti-uction of farm machinery. FACTS IN FIGURES. A carefully-taken census of the manufacturing interest of Davenport for 1887shows that the capital invested is $4,SCIiJ,; the number of hands employed3,575; the amount paid for wages $1,502,, and the aggregate business Si),877, Some of the industries which make up these figures will now be noticed. THE LUMBER WORKS. The leading industry is lumber riiK ( AiJi^i-: of lumber; 15,000,000 lath, and 15,000,000 shingles. During the past season there were in^ operation four saw- mills, thoseof Lind-say & Phelps, theCa]>le Lumber Com-pany, Christ. Muel-ler, and the Daven-port Lumber Com-pany. These millsgave employment to ^--^^j^^xjm, 501 hands, who re-ceived in wages ,; theyhave a capital in-vested of $()25,; and the totalbusiness was !j)l,325, These millscut 76,0000,000 feet FUOUR MILLS. There are three large flouring mills — the Phienix, Crescent, and business lor the year reaches l?2,000,0()0.()0, and about 100 men are have a capacity for makin
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