The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-07

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seen by the estimate that heavy capital is no
i required in Iowa 10 make man comfortable, in
dependent, and eventually rich:
l6O acres Of Government land, at 81 Is per
1 acre, x20O,O o,
GAO roods OF fencing, at 20 cts per rood, 448O'
breaking up the IGO acres, at s2 per acre, 5000
| Labor OF seeding l6O acres at so cts per
are and Il bn.heis Of seed wheat per
acre for 100 acres-200 bushels al SO cts 1866
Harvesting aud thrcshing the same, 345,s(
1905, 9,st
Average product, on seed ground, 10
bushels per acre makes $50 bushels at
the present price, SO cts, l670,4C
Profit and contingencies, sI6O,eo
Should improved lands adioin, or be improved
jointly, one halt of,he iencing may be saved. The
above are the usual rates paid in Scott county
After the first year, the land being snbdued crop
Of 900 to !, 500 bushels can be produced on the
| l6O acres At twhat occupation can young man
with small capital do better, and without run
ming the least risk! can assure the nnemp!oy.
| and wisconsin praries are quite as productive,
and more convenient to reach than those Of the
California mountains. There are many young
men now the rroprietors Of good farms in Scott
county, that did not posses five dollars on their
arrival here; bur By their labor procured them
selves comfortable homes.
| would recommend emigrants, destined for
Davenport, TO take the lake route 10 Chicago,
and thence BY land across 10 Davenport, especial
ly when the Ohio riveris low. Notwithstanding
the many advantages possessed BY this fertile and
healthy region, the citizens OF fCeniral Iowa and
Illinois are not content, but are determined 10
reach the eastern ma ket BY railroad. A liberal
chatter has been procured from the State Of llIi-
nois to run raii,oad from Rock Island, opposite
Davenport 10 La Sale; from thence TO ary o:her
point across the State that the Company may Sc
lect. Books have been opened and more than
one-ialfo of The carital stock has been taken by
the farmers Of Scott, Rock Island and Henry
counties, within five weeks Of the opening OF the
books. The whole capital stock will be taken
by the counties through which the road is 10 run.
survey viii shortly be made, and within three
years, there is every reason 10 believe there will
be continuous chain OF railroad from the Missis-
sippi 10 Philadelphia, New York or Boston, as
the charter does not restrict the Company 10 any
| particular point. Many Of the stockholders adj
yOcate the ronie running from the NJ ssssippi to
Peru, Illinois, thence TO irtersect the Lafayette
froaa now under contract, and connecting Zanes-
vile, Ohio, with Lafayette, fndiane; and as
Zsnesviile wi soon be connected by chain oil
railroad with Philadelphia, the probability is that
Philadelphia will be the market TO supply the
Northwest, and The store house for the agricni-
tnra products OF this extensive and fertile region.
Other stockholders advocate the route 10 La sale,
thence to n'ersect tha Michigan Southern Rail-
road at L. Porte, or Michigan City, on The east.
ern side Of the lake, as tis in contemplation Il
extendthr Michigan road to In Pore cr Michigan
City the coming season. II being reduced 10 4
certainly that the Mississippi at Davenrort will
be connected BY railroai with the East, ths
citizens OF the middle and western counties oil
Iowa are resol, ed e. push it on West, by Iowa
City, the state Capital, 10 Council Bluff on the
Missouri river, and they will succeed. Aconven.
iion t. carry out these intentions is to assemble
at Davenport this month; every county and dis.
trict west is thoroughly organized and resolved Il
carry through this road 10 the Missouri river -
A grant Of land TO all in constructing this road
will be ask ed for from the General Government
| When completed fhis road will form one Of the
branches Of the great Atlantic and Pacific road.
| viii ask the eastern farmer, what influence
will the connecting of this extensive and fertile
country with the East have on the eastern land.
and agricultural products! Must not revoIu.
| tion take place in the agricntur world, or at
least in that paTt Of the world known ss the
| Northern States, when the products ofIowa, T.
linois snd Wisconsin, either of which are larger
than Pennsylvania Pennsylvania containing
46,2 s. square miles, while Iowa contains about
70,i8o, Wisconsin GA, 100, Illinois ST, 500, making
q total of 100, ,78O square miles, the area being
greater than thai OF New York, Pennsylvania,
| NcW JciSct 1ScW AidiHPeuiies vcishouss
Ma. sachuset,s, Connectcut and Rhode Island,
all combined, ~ they contain but i66, 3l5 square
miles, while the latter States contain ten acres
Of waste lands TO about three acres in the f.omcr
consequently would stand as three is ,o ten.
i The Northern portion OF Missouri, N Northwes-
tern Indiana, Nebraska and Minnesota terrific
ry viii also be brough. into cultivation, and
swell the products that will be shipped eastward
One OF the results that mast follow the opening
OF these railroads, which will place fhis vast ag-
ricultur region within three or four days jour
ney Of the eastern markets, il must be obvious
to every Discerning mind, and needs no ghost to
rise from the grave TO tell the eastern farmers
.lthat their lands must come down, and that wes'
tern lands must go up. Tne eastern farmer can
not pa from $50 to $l00 per acre for land , and
compete with western lands that average 81
per acre, and yield q, leost one-ihird more
and with lees labor. Before close this long
and perhaps uninteresting communication,
would dispel, if possible the mistaken idea thai
is 30 prevalent through the Northeast, that the
new Western States and Territories are settled
by nncouth, untaught and awkward Hoosiers
and that in moving West, YOU deprive yourselve.
Of good society and sntIer many privations:-
That this idea Of he Far West prevails know
from the many singular questions that have beer
! frequently asked me by eastern merchants, ana
Others that would be suspected Of being well in.
formed, in respect TO the manners and custom,
Of their countrymen al least. To snch say
that the class Of people that now e,nigr ie West
are widely different from those that settled the
now more central or Middle States; not that they
are a more noble or cnterprising people, but that
they have, before leaving their parental roof,
ceived the benefit Of liberal education; have
had access TO the numheress publica ions and
Libraries Of the da, studied the arts and scien-
ces, and had many advantages unknown to the
early eastern as well rs western tizens nnd y Il
opff an
that have the nerve to erect their domicils and
plant their country's flag on the frontier
4 Darenpori, io,cd, 1850 4. c. =.
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what she gave.
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