The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-04

KsoKrK.-Undsv this beading the Editor
Of The OslaloosA Democratic Gonserrator
after visit 70 this place expresses in the
following manner Ms views Of the City, ano
ito prospect6:
On Friday Aight s3,sst vssk 30 took the down
train for Keofut. ard sffsf several 1ntornisslone
Of slsepinesa wax sfsiuess - doslugs, arrived
At tAs "aats city, snd proceeded - visit hun~-
fousd 1t the Iepfsr House, kept by J. II. TePfer,
corner Of Third and Johnsoa streets. Hero ~as
found ample accommodations for many gucrs
under ordinary circumstances; but on this oeca-
sion 1t was jan full. II Il das 70 the gentleman
~ proprietor and his employees 70 say IN .his eon-
nection that they spared no pains TO make .ns1
numerous guests comfortable. Good comfortable
rooms, sumptuous nesIs, quick walters. clean nap
kins, towels and shssts, and polished porters, per-
petnally polite, positively produced pleasant pres
monitions, presently provoking poe,ical pane
gyrics,
Try The Tepfer when you 60 70 Keokuk II is
the only first class hotel in the city.
During the forenoon Of Saturday leisury
stroll about the city, developed to our view many
new Improvements, and general uprising ten
dency Of the whole city, hich is destinedto rake
. rapid stride forward TO stupcndous dimensions
in very short time. sturges elcTatof is COM
pleted, and there is talk OF another ones being
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riss hass bssn sstablished, one Of which u ON
pleyjng 49, ~ and the other 100 hands. 4
The work on tho canal is progressing steadily,
and the immense railway and public thoroughfare
bridge will soon be commenced, and will be com
pleted early NEXT seasop.
The Toledo, Wabash l. Western Railway, and
the Toledo, Peoria Warsaw Road, which run to
Hamilton. on the opposite side of the river, will
then run trains Into Keosuk, and lake prompt
connections Esst. The grain and produce of Gene
trail and Southern lows will then as naturally
grsvitate to keokuk az that cork will float upon
water.
During the winter thousands OF tons of pork
will be packed in Keokuk, while grain will be
stored there to await the opening Of navigation,
from whsneet will b shipped in bargss direct to
New Orleans, New York, Liverpool and London,
while tho short connections by the line Of roads
connecting 1T keokuk, is destined to make il the
great Gate City, through which the travel to
the Northwest. and back TO tho South aud East
must ultimately pass Besides this, tho Capital
Of the United States is destined to be moved to
the Great West some day; and since tho probabil-
idessre that it will not go west Of the Mississip
pi, Keokuk stands - good chance of getting it
Ms any other city in the West.
Psopis may think this q wild speculation; bo.
our candid opinions is that with tina concentration
Of capitalists. who have talents and energies te
dsssfs .to,ethat end, the Capital Of the United
States (can =. least be located In the vicinity OF
the city Of Keokuk, and having previously ex-
proceed ourselves, We again reitorats ia favor OF
the location. Look At the map and tell us where
you can hnd ~ good location. Tho TIRES great
States Of illinois, Iowa and Missouri, are inter.
ssted in the location. {not particularly at Keokuk
but 1t some point near there.) The healthfulnesa
Of the locsaisn Il good, and the Watering priyi.
legss are the best that oAn be found any where
near the geographical center Of the nation, Will.
tbs Inn stone quarries on both aides Of tbs
river unrurpasssd in tho West. In addition
to this it Ia the centcr of the Great American Ag
ricultnrAl Rair Ground and Wool Growing Diss
trst, and accessible BY water to the finest Gotten
fields Of the world, thus being admirably located
for the manufacture Of both wooden and cotton
good., for which purpose nature has caused seven
miles Of the Father Of Waters to laugh with .
twenty -four foot fall sufficient to run the spindle.
wheels and looms Of all New England: beside.
which, its fres are fed BY the great coal fields o.
Ioro, whish have thsir golden conter in "Proud
Maha.ka." Upon further invsstig CATION W and
the immense acras and square miles Of pine logs
and lumber from the dense forests of the North
glide over the bright waters and tie up at keokuki
from whence their bright radistions may be traced
to the dumss of churches on the hills aud around
the farms in the rich valleys of the illinois, Mis-
souri, and lows.