Demoine courier., 1856-03-20

The Company will offer these powers on as
low and favorable terms as can be desired, and
they earnestly solicit a personal inspection of
the sites and places by all persons familiar with
this important department Of industry. They
are easy OF access, and viii well repay the ear
ly attention of eastern thrift and capital. Par
ties from the east can reach any Of these points
within twenty-four hours from Chicago. by the
Chicago and Rock Island. the Chicago and
Burlington, and the Calena Rail Roads. which
will take them in afew hours to Dubuque, Bur-
lington, or Davenport in Iowa, from which they
can be readily reached bv the lines of stages
which run to several Of the most important
points in the above LIST and along the river. The
immense ond continuous influx of immigration
to this State is the miracle of The dav. It's pop
%ulation. already about GOO. OCO. will be double
that IN three years, and the rich. rolling farms
OF The Des Moines Valley are as widely known
as IOWA itself. The landed estates set apart by
the government for the improvement of this
river, amounting to several hundred thousand
acres. are believed to be the only unoccupied
lands In the valley. The Company is daily ac-
curing the right TO convey them. and offers
mem to actual settlers at low prices and on ten
years cfeaft. They must soon be disposed of,
ana eaciiacre Will theL. be contributing its ad-
ditional hundred bushels of grain TO the ,emu-
%nerative labor of those who have meanwhile oc-
cupied these water powers. The water privi-
reyes are offered thus early in order that the most
pressing wants of that whole country NAV be
met at the earliest moments; that mills NAV be
constructing during the. progress of the work.
and be prepared to do the business waiting for
them as soon as finished.
ikere is scarcely any water power in Iowa,
anu me traveller encounters, daily. teams of ten
- hl,eea yoke OF cattle dragging steam engines
INTO me interior, to be placed in saw and -four
ing millsfo supply the wants OF the present in
haoitants. Such are the disadvantages of the
country, which it is believed the improvements
IN progress by this Company will obviate for
the large district to which il is the object of this
Circular to solicit the attention of the East.
ne water power offered by this Company
presents some strong Inducements TO Eastern
manufacturers and mech ai,ics. especially to
.hose of small capital. The volume of water
mine Des Moines in its lowest stages. is so
great, that there win never be a deficiency for
mil works, at the several dams. FOR a single day
during the year. Each of the dams forms a res
ervoir from 3 to 8 miles in length, which, du-
ring The dry season will be sufficient to retain
all OF the surplus water which would accumu-
alte each night.
The faith Of the State of Iowa, as well as the
legal liability of the Company, are given TO
maintain the dams in good repair.
The water power lies in the heart of the state.
" ~ VI dSTlCuItuFdl anu
woo!-growing lands, which must condense its
products to the smallest bulk and weight before
they are sent to their distant Atlantic markets.
No such favorable location exists for the estab-
lishment of such small manufactures Of wood
and iron as are upon every little stream in New
England. Tn finest black walnuts and oaks,
naples, hickories, white and cotton woods grow
abundantlv along The whole length of the river,
and furnish the best materials for those articles
of furniture and husbandry, while the wants of
a new and thriving population, furnish a mar
ket for such articles at the spot where they may
be manufactured. The thriving tewns and vii
lagos already started. require the labor of me-
chanics of every description, and constant en-
pioyment and good wages may be anticipated
for many years hence.
AT some later period, when the population
has become more dense, the proximity of this
vast water power to the cotton-growing regions
along the Mississippi gives a prospective value
to the water power which is worth some CEN
side-ation.
Any further information can be had on APP
Pile alton by letter or in person at this office. or
at the Company's Office, No. IS William Street,
New York.
WIN. C. JOHNSON,
President.
Iowa Statesman, Keokuk Times & Burlington
Gazette pub. st and send bill to Company's of
flee, Ottumwa, Iowa.