New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-16

CITY Of KYoKrrK IOWA. EIGHT PER CENT

CITY OF KR0KUK, IOWA. EIGHT PER CENT
oeiP. and lntes', P.,.Ss e ,ss n. psr
hey .Se.ss oss TO- s "a: - Ts.. p.yss. Jsa
1875 interest p,y,Se ,eni annually on the let OF ''aaAV
and July D the Cf-y Of New y ork-
Tie boye Bond YER Issued ior subscription 70 the ocs q
the Keotuk Fort De-. MONIES and Minnesota hNiipaL
fsih u cJD and guarantee BY toe Rsro.a
Con- PapJ q he PronP' P'ymeei o. tae Pfa'P' Anu
Tie whole snoant Of the .ub.crpon BY the CRY Of KotD
to ne. rcsd i stc'e Of which AMOUNT only
The Charter q city the CRY C9uaea With t1 =,
ordnance eject which being submitted to TIE Pe1Pe
az election duly called raaed By A aiao.i a :,
hi. so4d-
sabscsPtsOn to Keokak AID Tor; De. Moias' Raj q,
saS,cipion % K;oIai and Mount Pleasant
sn.e1tl9e K.!Fosd s7s y
Expenses Of City less interest.
Rate Of Tax ia 1855. p cent. $500 -
The oosinS ersct. tom the ordinance. Of the City coun
Gil exhibit the security Of the prompt paymeo' Of Pnep 'ou
For The redemption Of said Bond, maturity and z. py
pledge. first FL. faith and credit second stock
In Keotuk Fort De Moline. and Mnne.os Railroad Com
r. .pd dividend. on said third the take. to
BE- levied ,gd collected on al the property re-. and
Krokuk And said City of Keotuk further and sp
ustes Win The ad RailTo,i COMPANY ,nd ws0ete, nay
Bond. the nee, Coupons annexed when due shi De
wed
and further that the holder of the said Bonds ao{ Of them
nay Al any within from the date thereof ex
sid kslrsLd Company al par and the said City OF KeOkuk e
eyOcsby bOu> TO transfer TO the holder thereof ;toeh o. a
OF their agent attorney within the time sPeched Tor al
amount equal a, Us psF value to the principal sn NAY q 80
BoLds am of them aud t1e unpaid CSuposs 70 ss
ad eIiheI 4 hs ost en- .. .aS Ss.ey for the
redemption Of the principal Of said Bonds and ana. mol oe
sspdns md The di,dends from sid stock shall be apart
for the payment Of the interest on said Bonds, -, il,
that The other annual Of said city
levied ,bs in addition thereto also b. levied from
ss Is and s for County, y and
revenue sufficient to pay he i5tere. oI one yeT on q,
Mem, 81 .0d Road Compsny to the Ms
sissipp Wabash Railroad Company and the Keoknk Fort
Moines Miunesota Railroad Company as vel az az
improvement Purposes after deductnE such dividends on the
owned by tie city from time to time be made 20
sad city BY said companies general special improvement:
said Dividends SO I the may extend to be applied
to The payment said interest and when the City Council
the conpc 10 enter the same on the Collectors book for the
year In which The levy made and IN ,ePsss eouI 20 %
shall collected in the msnuer . the other ta1es
of the CITY and the payment thereof be enforced by the same
regulation and provisions Of statute and ordinances " ob,n IN
reference 80 other ann usl taxes OF said city. .
ali moneys ang tue collection Of sid Railroad md In
proyemet Ak sPsae aud spsit from the ordinary Ghe: OF
sad CITY paid MIN only for the payment OF the
semi interest acciuDg and due on said Bonds and tor no
other porpose whatever. 80.
The population in 1880 ~
udincresne with Pdiy unsurpassed By Any eiy IN the
West. propoTiona;e 70 its population. ~ , 40
The assessed value a1abes in the city In 300
The assessed value Of taIabes IN the city n lS2 9 200
The assessed value Of iaIsbe' In the city in IS ss0
The assessed value Of taXsbes In the city in 1855 5000
The assessed value Of taIsbes in the city IN 5000
Al The mouth Of the pes Moine. and At the foot Of tie
rapid and the head opsys9iion OF the Losst .n
St. Louis aud Us miles from Davenport and Rock
The situation for large city very commanding being on
hRh bluff having fine and unobruced view OF the Ve1 iot
several miles above snd below
dong the largest wholesale business Of any
tewn the Mississippi River north OF s. LOUIS ,.,,
The Improvements and buildings are Of the most SUBSTANTIAL
kind ,,.,-..s.L
wear W n the rveT is obstructed by ice.
The valley the Dea Moines has LONG been known the
Garden OF the West - the lands more fertile than the
best portions Of Indiana and Illinois, They are beautifully sit
uA;ed with lole places but rolling and undusng
through And well supplied Win hue streams OF pure Clear
and quick running water .,
TIE prairie. LONE but with timber conveniently
thereto while coal lime and stone each OF the beet
quality sbundsnty and conveniently distributed INC
whole line Of the river.
All the lsud between Keokuk and Fort Des Mone and ia
fact high up and above Fort Dodge has been taken uPs
large portion by actual settlers The PoPuaon on eah
thsn forty villages twelve miles on each side OF
tits ye between those two places which contain from o9D 20
$500 inhabitants esch and now contain an aggregate poPoA
about 100 000 people The population az the next cen
sus Of this territory will probably be over $4,000. .
Fort Des Moiues has recently been esaoushea tSe seat OF
Government and the Capitol located there Every railroad
pp River the IeaIes; point below shy obstruction 10 aA'
sAtion ,,
lines Of railroad being built from the East viii reach them
when the products OF Iowa will naturally center keokuk
the distributing point to go either East or SOUTH tue
ledo Wis Kokuk will not be ten miles longer than via Chosso
and Winter route viii be greatly superior nt Will be Tree
Az m, en- en,barrsssed the more Northern routes.
Ew. CLARK, DODGE Co., 81 wall.t.. New.Yort