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Caption: Book - History of the University (Powell)
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206 History University of Illinois brance—the building to be completed in accordance with the original plan and specifications—title to be perfect, and conveyance to the State made or caused to be made, by the county of Champaign upon the permanent location of the Illinois Industrial University upon the said grounds, so to be conveyed as aforesaid. W. D. SOMERS W . A. CONKEY W. N. COLER A. H. BAILEY J. C. BUSEY J. C. STOUGHTON A. B . CONDIT J . W . SCBOGGS T. R. WEBBER WASHINGTON NEBIKER M. L. DUNLAP C. R. GRIGGS Committee.' $> That there was "push 7 ' back of this so called "substitute bill" is evidenced by the fact that early in the session a joint committee was sent by special train to visit Champaign county on January 21, 1865. The report of this committee gives some interesting facts in regard to Champaign county at that time, the progress made on the seminary building, and the general impression made on the committee: "Your Joint Committee, appointed to visit Urbana, find the proposition from Champaign County substantially as represented in the bill containing the proposition of said county. "The general appearance of the country is unsurpassed in the west, for the beauty of its landscape, the richness and variety of its soil, interspersed with groves of fine timber and streams of pure water. ' \ Champaign county is located about the center of the State, North and South, and midway between Bloomington and the State Line on the east, it is remarkably healthy, and long celebrated for its fine cattle and abundant harvests. It is included in the great coal fields of the west, and at a depth of less than two hundred feet, as is shown by actual experiment, are found rich veins of the best bituminous coal. | The Illinois Central railroad runs through the county from north to south, and the Great Western railroad runs from east to west. The cities of Champaign and Urbana are connected by street cars, and contain a population of about eight thousand.
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