Demoine courier., 1856-03-13

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 person. familiar with
this important department of INDUSTRY. They
are easy Of access, and will 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 ana
Burlington, and the Calena Rail Roads, which
will take them in afew hours 10 Dubuque, Bur.
linSton, or D~ayenportin Iowa, from which they
can be readily reached by the lines Of stages
which run to- several OF the most important
points in th: above list and along the river. The
lmraense, ond continuous influx of immigration
to this State is the miracle of the day. Its pop
~ulation. already about GOO. COO, 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 Cor 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 &C
curing the right To- convey them. and offers
them to actual, settlers at low prices and on ten
years credit, They must soon be disposed of,
and each acre will thei. be contributing its ad-
ditional hundred bushels of grain to the remu-
~nerat.ve labor OF those who have meanwhile oc-
cupied these water powers. The water prlyi-
leges are offered thus eariy in order that the most
pressing wants of that whole country may be
met at the earliest moment; that mills may be
constructing during the progress of the work,
and be prepared to do the business waiting for
them as soon as finished.
Tkere IS scarcely any water power in Iowa,
and the traveller encounters, daily, teams often
or hfleer yoke OF cattle dragging steam engines
into the interior, to be placed in saw aud -four
ING mills fO SiInplv tho yyoptS ~ tha nraSant in
habitents. 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 It'll the object Of this
Circular TO solicit the attention of the East.
The water power offered by this Company
presents some strong Inducements to Eastern
manufacturer and mechanics, especially to
those Of small capital. The volume OF water
ihths Des Moines in its lowest stages, is SO
great, that there will never be q deficiency for
mill works, at the several dams, Cor a single day
during the year. Each OF the dams forms a res
ervoir from 3 to 8 miles in length, which, du.
iing The dry season will be sufficient to retain
all of the surplus water which would acsumu-
alte each night.
The faith # the State of Iowa, as we'll as the
legal liability Of the c. mpany, are given to
maintain the dams in good repair.
The wafer power lies in the heart of the state.
SUI ouiuSu w y o,sulut u dSTlCuituid al dIlu
woo!-growing lands, which must condense its
products 10 the smallest bulk and weight before
they are sent to their distant Atlantic markets.
No such favorable location exists for the eslab-
lishment OF such small manufactures Of wood
and iron as are upon every little stream in New
England. The finest black walnuts and oaks,
naples, hickorics, white are cotton woods grow
abupdantly along the whole length of the river,
and furnish the best materials for those articles
of furniture and husbandry, while the wants Ct
a new and thriving population, furnish a mar
ket for such articles at the spot where they may
be manufactured. The thriving tcwns and VII
lagos already started, require the labor of me-
chanics of every description, and constant en-
ployment and good wages may be anticipated
for many years hence.
AT some later period, when the population
has become more dense, the proximity of tins
vast water power to the cotton-growlng regions
along the Mississippi gives a prospective value
to the water power which is worth some con-
side:ation.
Any further information can be had on APP
plication by letter or in person at this Office 6l
at the Ccmpany's office, Nc. Is William Street
New York.
WIN. C. JOHNSON,
President.
Iowa Statesman, Keokuk Times & Burlington
Gazette pub. st and semi bill 10 Company's of.
fee, OttumHa, lowe.