Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-11-28

~. VI H. ~ ".-1OWa CIly Is III !. oO,
N. Of R. 6 West, and the extreme East
ern boundary is in r. 81, N. of r. East.
| The distance -
From Keokuk to Iowa City, is SO
miles, to Oskaloosa, go miles, 10 Fl. Des
Moines, l43 miles; from Burlington to
Iowa City, 65 miles, TO Oskaloosa 81
miles, to Fl Des Moines l42 miles,
From Muscatine to Iowa City "a miles,
to Oskaloosa 81 miles, to Fl Des Moine,
14O miles. From Davenport to Iowa
City 48 miles, to Oskaloosa lO6 miles, to
TT Des Moines l55 miles. Extreme
Eastern boundary Of the State to Iowa
City 63 miles, Oskaloosa lao, to Fl Des
Moines lSl miles. Dubuque TO Iowa
City, 70 miles, to Oskaloosa l3l miles, to
Fl Des Moines l64 miles. North East
corner of the State 10 Iowa City l24 miles,
to Oskaloosa III miles, 10 Fl Des Moines
lSl miles. South West corner Of the
State to Iowa City 239 miles, to Oskaloosa
lSl miles, TO Ft Des Moines 1873 miles.
Council Bluffs to Iowa City 233 miles, to
Oskaloosa IT'S miles, to Fl Des Moines
l30 miles.
calculations, made from government map
of the survey of the country, and are
straight lines. From this table of dis
tances it will be seen that on the one
hand Iowa City is 81 miles from the Mis-
sissippi, while it is 233 miles from the
Missouri. On the other hand, while the
great body of population is on the East
ern side Of the State, Fl Des Moines is
nearer the s. w. corner of the Western
border Of the State, than to any point on
the Mississippi, being only 1870 from
Council Bluffs, while it is 18l miles from
the extreme Eastern line. Between these
two rival points stands the beautiful and
flourishing town of O>kaloosa, about the
centre of population Of the State, and
within a reasonable distance from the
Western Border.
The natural advantages too, Of Oskaloo-
sa offer strong inducements TO make it the
permanent seat of Government Of the
State. 1t i. near the centre of the fertile
valley of the Des Moines, on the princi-
pal divide and great commercial thorough
fare Of the interior of the State, between
Skunk and Des Moines rivers, about four
miles from the former and five from the
latter. The location agreeable and re-
markably healthy. Excellent pure, soft
water, which is indispensable to health
and comfort is obtained in abundance any
where in the vicinity Of the place, al
from Is TO 25 feet from the surface
Crystal rock and free stone, very durable
for building purposes; and pure lime stone
> and stone coal, all abound in exhaustles'
.. lqnsssses ssAha~xisinisy eofsathis. plaas.~-
! There is great supply Of excellent tim
:, Der veering from both rivers TO within ;
mile of town. The county of Mahaska !:
celebrated too, for its extensive and val
liable water power. and its numerous saw
mills and grist mills, there being alread,
r 13 of the former and 7 of the latter, al
propelled by water power, FIVE of which
are within four miles oftown.
Your committee cannot close this repor
: without referring to the subject Of interna
: improvements, with which the permanent
location of the Capital Of the State is in
:, separately connected.
Situate as Oskaloosa is, in the centre
Of population, and nearly equi-distant from
, all the important points on the Mississip
pi, all works of internal improvement viii
: naturally converge from those places to it
ard thus BY penetrating the State TO the cen
: tire Of population, instead of skirting it
: borders, give the great agricultural por
ton of the State easy access to market.
Nature has indicated this point as th'
great inland focus of all rail roads Of thi
State. Oskaloosa is, as we have stated
on the great dividing ridge which run
;; from S. E. portion of the State, up througl
u the centre, and upon which all communi
cation between the interior the cities Q
:. Burlington and keokuk must 60. Th
direct line too, from Davenport to Counci
- Bluffs is through this place. the forme
, being about ten miles north Of due east
: and the latter about IL miles south of du
-" west. The natural course for rail roa
g connecting these two points is marked, a
it were, by the finger Of Omnipotent pow
- er. from Davenport to Muscatine, and o
T. through Louisa, Washington and keoku
- counties, to Oskaioosa, and thence west
}. ward across the Des Moines, in Mario
.. ~ county, and on the great divide throug
d the counties Of Warren and Madison an
e away to the Bluffs. With one connectin
+ link from Oskaloosa to Dubuque, via &c
y dar Rapids, and the great chain is com
'e e plete; uniting the Capital and the great az
Il ricul,ural portion of our State, BY one un
= broken chain of road, with all the route
4 through Illinois to the Eastern msrket
and with Keokuk and Council Bluffs o
IS the south and west 1t will require
10 least 100 miles more road TO connect g
r, these places with the Capital at any otht
10 point. These works will, at no dista,
+ day, be completed, and deserve to ha,
y their influence in the permanent locatic
> Of the seat Of Government.
e. Your committee submit the foregoing
o. brief outline Of some Of the many fac
- and reasons which, in their opinion, ter
~. u. to induce a permanent location OF II
Ut State Capital at Oskaloosa and in concl'
:. ." sion, submit the following resolution:
=. Resolred, That the permanent iocatit
's' Of the seat of Government OF this State,
a. a subject of vital interest to all the peop
as of the State, and should be made with
ne view to best accommodate the great IN
er iori,y Of the people, having respect to q
ke right. and privileges Of the minori'