Demoine courier., 1856-03-06
HEAD AND FALL.

1he Company will offer these power on as
law andfavorable terms as can be desired, %nd
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 p r1i.s
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 a few hours TO Dubuque, Bur-
lington, or Davenport in Iowa, from which they
can be readily reached, by the lines Of stages
which run, to several Of the most important
points in the above list andralong the river. The
immense ond continuous influx Of immigration
to this State is the miracle Of the day. Its pop.
~ulation, already about COO. 600, 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 upartoy
the Government for the Improvement Of this
river, amounting to several hundred thousand
acres are believed to be the only unoccupied
lands ip~the valley. The Company is daily &C.
curing the right to convey them, aud offers
theI to actual settlers at low prices and on ten
years credit. They must soon be disposed Of,
and each acre will thel. be contributing its adj
ditional hundred bushels of grain to the remu-
n%eratiye labor OF Those who have meanwhile oe-.
>"PfSe thESS utC PpWCiS. AuC WduSl y
leges are offered thus early in order that the most
pressing wants O. that whole country may be
met at the earliest momen';. that mil. maj bs
constructing during the progress Of the worE,
and be prepared to do The Lplnsss. waiting for
them as soon as finished.
There Is scarcely. apY water power in Iowa,
and the traveller encounters, daily, teams of ten
or fifteen yoke of cattle dragging steam engines
INTO the interior, to be placed in saw and Hour.
ing mills to supply the wants OF the present ill.,
habltants.. Such are the disadvantage, Of Ne
country, Thich it is believed the impr ,vemehls
IN progress by this Company will obvia.e for
the large district to which it is the object II this
Circular to solicit the attention Of the East.
The water power offered by this Company
presents some strong inducements to Easteili
manufacturers and mechanics. especially Il.
those OF small capital. The volume OF water
III the Des Moines in its lowest stages, is SO
great, that there will never be a defic iency for
mill works, at the several dams, for a single day
during the year. Each OF the dams forms a res
ervolr from 3 to 8 miles in length, which, du.
ring The dry season will be sufficient 10 retain
all Of the surplus water which woald accumu.
alte each night.
The faith If the State Of Iowa, as well a, the
legal liability o. the Company, aars given to
The water power lies in the heart of the state,
surrounded BY a district of agricultural a.l
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 eslat-
lishment Of such small manufactures Uf wood
and iron as are upon every little stream in New
England. The finest black walnuts aud oaks,
naples, hickories, white anI cotton woods grow
abundantly 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 tesyas and vii
lagos already started, require the labor Of me-
chanics Of every description, and constant eY1
ployment and good wages may be anucipate0
Tor many years hence.
AT some later period, when the population
has become more dense, the proximity Of this
vast water power to the cotton-yrowins regions
along the Mississippi gives a prospective value
to the water power which is worth some CO...
side.ation. NJ
Any further information can be had on ap.
pllcation 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 4 Burlington
Gazette pub. st and SEND bill to Company's Of
flee, OttumWa, Iowa.