Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-09-08
TO FARMERS. MECHANICS, MAN.
.tFACTURERS, AND LABOR ERS.

E 1--WE MISSOURI EMIGRANT ASSOCI
- ALTON will locate and Law out Town II
the state of Missouri or adjoining Territory, e
be Three Miles square, aud laid out into Lots %
SIX by twelve rods each, and lay out two street:
crossing each other at right angles IN the Cen
z tire Of said town, be six rods ia width-the re-
mander Of the streets u be four rods wide; nd
an the alleys two rods wide; the town being IN
ioUr equal dIVlslORs or wards.
The company engage to build enc school house
oil brick eighteen by forty feet; In the cenlrE O
y each ward; also one Market House of brick two
hundred feet long by the usual width to be sit
uated ~ the most eligible part of the town. The
u company also engage TO set aside sixty eight Oi
said Lets SIX by twelve rods each, for public pur-
poses, such as schools, churches, mark cts, dc
these together with said buildings, to be do
nation public property.
The company will lay out four thousand acres
VI land adjoining the square of said town, into
lots Of sixteen By forty rods containing four
each-wiil also build saw and Touring mill,
[;he saw mill will be built Immediately after said
location is Izade and also make 1000 600 brick !
the saw mill 10 be kept in running in advance.
| so a 5 10 have Brick an tLumber for the cOnye-
nence of pur .hasers who wish TO build.
! The company propose 10 dispose OF one thou
| sand parcels of SAID Lots, an0 Land as follow 5,
viz; Five town lots, Oh SIX by twelve rods each,
Iequal to twenty lots OF ordinary siZe,l and one
of the aforesaid lots of four acres, and provide ut
/ the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pa 8
ge for each aud every purchaser their families,
hou sehOld goods. tools and provisions, lsuCh as
they choose TO take with them, not exceeding
500 lbsi to the said town, or the nearest point
accessible by steamboat, for the sum of one
hundred dollars to be paid as follows, viz: ten
I 1
first October next and the reR ainlsg forty dolls
on the 9th September, ID lS44, at which time
or soon naVlgauOn VIII permit thereafter;
upon nOuce given ~ one or more newspapers
published in Wheeling, Pittsburgh and CincInna-
q, purchasers will collect with thor families &c.
al pslals designated on the ono river make
\ their last payment . nd debaTk from the places
appointed. No person will be allowed TO make
/ n larger investment than one hundred dollaTs as
aforesaid, All purchasers who dc not remove to,
and occupy their lots aud iaAd as herein set
! forth, or do not procure Others IN their stead To
remove and reside upon the same within one
year from time of making The last payment as
aforesaid shall fOrfe, ts said company all mo-
MICS previously paid by them, aud the lots and
the lands so purchased by them shall revert
again TO the company. Should such DISPOSE
ton or sales as aforesaid not be completed by
the first of December next, then aud in said
event, the conn any will postpone the improve
ments, and execution Of the aforesaid matters TO
be dcEe by said company, until time end season
will permit. On arriving at the town, distrbg-
ton of tho azores Lots and Land will be ade
by Lot, each purchaser dreIcing for himself and
to each will be given a good wauanteS deed, for
/ the lots and land so pur -hased and distributed
mest Of the first instalment as aoIrsad the ten
dolls first paid TO be forfeited to the company.
Should sufficient number of EmISTants moi
be obtained, the money to be refunded TO the pur
For the entire security of the purchasers, the
money shall he deposited in the Merchants aud
Mechanics Bank at Wheeling, Va. To the credit
of the Missouri EmlSrant ASSOCIATION, and
/ when so deposited the amour necessary to make
/ the purchase of the land for the purpose a.OIe-
said will be drawn spon the JOINT order of So
bieski Brady and EphTaim Pollock, Esqrs. in
favor of the receiver of the land office Of the
District in which the land shall be located, SC
| that in noeveut will the fund be mIsdrecIeC
from the purchase OF the Land.
I S L THOMSON, Sec'y and Aet for ,he
Missouri EmigrdHt association"
l. W heeling, June 20, 1913.
ADDRESS TO THE PUBL &c.
The PROPOSITIONS Of the Missouri Emigran
Association" are made to the industrious ant
| enteTpriZi ng-none others are desired and nont
but such will be know lngly received The de
sign IS to interest all and benefit each, and nS
elan can be presented which unites more pros
pect of success and bepef:, wl,h less chance o
less, than the one proposed. Ii - based, as al
successful movements must be, upoh the enter
prize, industry and prudential character Of those
who Join IN the undert akIng. Each man mus
be the architect of his own fortune, laboring fol
himself, and reaping thu rewards of his owl
industry. There - no community OF inteTes
after division of the lOts takes place; theres No
handling oil the funds OF profits by select few
or Others specially appointed after that time, bu
each man will pursue his own interests and h
Own happiness, as his best judgment shall die
tate.
=, The benefits proposed to the emgrant are L
be found in the rapidly increased value of IN
property purchased and the improved comfort
of life by the instant combination oil So mar
families upon OF e adyantage Ous point of lOcatuT
The value OF Town lots increase IN direct pr,
G portion - the advantages of the lOcatI1n an
J. fbt number Industry and prudence Of the inh al
n itants. a lot In any village OF fOIty or nj
/ families will cost from $50 TO 500, and IN ci
$500 to $4,000, and here is proposed TO create
city at once of one thousand families, who're nv
u large lots and four acre out lot may be ootane
J. for one hundred dollars The increase OF valu
o must be rapid and by proper care and manage
A ment will lay the foundation for futpTe lndeper
: dence, and Il may be, wealth TO each iDdiylaua
z The adjoining lands " III be III the possession
the company who expect at once TO erect sa
mills FIGURING Mills apd other machinery Il
manufacturing purposes all conducive TO the EN-
n ployment aud interests Of the industrious EB
4 grant
The proposed lots will be swned in severaltl
e each one will be m lster Of his Own time, his 0w
labor and his own interests, 50 that there ca
be no collision between the original proprietor
. and the respective owners Of the lots. Each OF
: is left 10 rise as he NAV be industrious and pr
: dent, or to fall should he be idle ana imp oyden
e Thus " you JOIN the Association" you a
"a promised nothing, unless yeu JOIN as a citizen
n find a new home and better field for your ]
dustrY in the opening and fertile WEST.
you remain behind you must stay IN an Obscu
. village with property at low puce and then n
u worth buVng, or # you go into town OF o
ie thousand families you must expect at once
Of pay from $500 To $4,000 fer small lots when "
,e can obtain five lots and the out lot BY associate
IN TO create a city at once.
Cities, the size Of which II 10 proposed to col
mence at once, have been from fifty TO one hu
bred years ia growth. Here - e moment, y
have the schoO, houses, the market house, 70
own church lots the mill the factory and all
y advantages and convenience Of the cid s0tu
and lOHg civilized portions Of the country