Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-30
70 FARMERS, MECHANICS, MAN
-EAtrl RE- rs. 4 Nd IA lOL EIss.

fAti'N IKE li<. AND Labor ElsS.
S'HE MISSOURI EMIGRANT ASSOCI-
Il ALTON" will locate and Law ont a Town in
he state Of Missouri or adjoining Territory, To
pc Three Niles square, and laid out into Lots of
.N by twelve rods each, and lay ont Two streets
Tossing each other al risht angles IN the cen
re OF sals town, 10 be six rod, ma width the re-
nalnder Of the streets 1. be four rods wide; and
tll the alleys two rods wide; the town bcIng in
our equal divisions or wards.
The company engage g. build enc school house
Il brick eighteen by forty feet; N the centre of
ach ward; also one Market House of brick two
hundred feet long bv the usual width, TO be sit
.atCd ~ the most eligible part # the town. The
.Umpany oiso engage TO set aside sixty eight Of
aid Lots six by twelve rods each, for public pur-
bcses such os schools. churches, markets. de
.hese together with SAID buildings, 10 be do
latIOn publL properly.
The company will lay ont four thousand acres
, pf land adjoining the square OF said town, into
tlts o. sixteen bv forty rods ntainng four ac
/ 41ch-wI.l also bUIlG saw aud Touring mill,
/ s;he mill will be built Immediately after said
location Is rsade, aad also maze i,oOppC0 bricks
/ --tIe saw mil t0oe kept IN running M ADJ IuCc.
. so as 10 have Brick an 4 Lumber for the convc-
| neuce of p r .ha sers who wish 10 buIl1.
Th9 compauy propose 10 dispose OF one thou
| sand parcels Of saIc Lots, anO Land as follows,
| viz; Five town lots, o. six by twelve rods each,
! lequal to twenty lots OF ordinary srZcl aad one
Of the aforesaid lots Of tour acres, and provide
I TIM lllre hereinafter specified steam boat pas
sage for each and every purchaser, their families,
| household goods tools and PROVISIONS lsurh as
I they choose to take with them, not exceeding
500 lbsi To the sand town, Or the nearest point
accessible by steamboat, Tor the sum of one
hundred dollars To be PAID az follows, VIZ: ten
dolls at the time OF purchase; hity dolls on the
first October next and the rem aiming forty dolls
On the jth September, A ID lS4f al which time, |
or MS soon as navgaIIon will permit thereafter;
upon ngrice gwen m one or more newspapers /
published IN Wheeling, Pittsburgh and CINEMA /
H. purchasers will collect with thor families, dc.
. a points designated on the . no river. max /
their last payment nd debaTk from the places I
appointed, No person will be allowed 10 make /
a larger investment than one hundred dollaTs as
aforesaid All purchasers who dc not remove to,
and occupy their lots and land herein set
forth, or do not procure others IN their stead 10
remove aud reside upon the same within one
year from TINS of making the last payment as
aforesaid shall lOrielt L. SAID company all mo-
MICS previously paid by them, ahd the lots and
the lands 50 purchased by them shall revert
again TO the company. Should such dlSpOs-
ton Sa. Cs aforesaid, not be completed 10y
the first of December next, then aud IN said
event, the conn any Will postpone 'he improve
meats and execution # the aforesaid matters 20
be dCi by said company, until time nd season
viii perialt' On arriving al the town, CistrIOU-
ton of the aforesaid Lois and Land will be made
l hv Lot, each purchaser dTelCiHg for himself and
To each wal be given good warrantes deed, for
/ the lots and iand pur -hased and distributed
10 him. In default OF purchasers making pay
mCnt the FIRST lnstalment as oIrsald the ten
dolls first paid to be forfeited to the company.
Should a sufficient number of EmIgrants not
be OBJ tanned, the money 10 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, Na.t0 the credit
of the Missouri Emi@rant Association aud
.
/ the purchase of the land for the purpose a.oIe-
/ saiG will he drawn " on the lolLt order Of So
/ bleskl Brady and Ephraim Pollock. Esqrs. in
. favor Of the receiver Of the land office of the
District in which the land shall be located, so
/ that in no event will the fund be mlsdiTectcd
I from the purchase of the Land.
l. THOMSOF', Secy and Let for 'he
Missouri EmtgrdHt association"
/ " Wheeling, June -, 1913.
/ ADDRESS TO FIFE Publ C.
The propo silions Of the Missouri Emigrant
Association" are made 10 the industrious and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES others are desired and none
but such will be know inEly received. The de-
sign ~ To interest all and benefit each, and no
plan can be presented which untes more pros
pCci Of success and bepcf:, wIth less chance of
loss, than the ore proposed. IL Is bas ID, as all
successful movements must be, upon The enter
prize, industry ans prudential character Of those
who join IN the undertaking. Each man must
be the architect of his own fortune, ldbOrinI for
himself, and TeapIng the rewards OF his own
industry. There ~ no community OF interest
autrthc division ofthe lots takes place; there Is no
handling OF the funds 81 profits by select few,
or others spec rally appointed, after that ume but
each man viii pursue his own interests and his
own haTpincss, as his best Judgment shall die
The benefits proposed TO the emigrant are to
be found IN the RAPIDLY increased value of lie
property purchased and the improved CUniOT z
, Of life by the instant combination of 50 many
families upon orc advantageous point Of location
The value OF Town lots inCrease in direct prJ
? portion TO the advantages of the location auC
this number, industry and prudence of the nhab
ltants. a lot ~ any village OF toliy or bitl
n
Of one thousand families, lots will cost from
$500 to $1,000 and here Is proposed To create a
- city AT once Of one thousand families whore Eve
large lots and four acre out lot may be obtained
, for one hundred dollars The Increase of value
, must be rapid and by lrCpcT care AMI mana EC-
ment will lay the foundation for future lndcpCn
dcucC and % may bc, wealth TO each individual
The adjoining lands will be m the possession a
the company who expect al once TO erect saw
mills Flouling Mills and other machinery fJI
. manufacturing purposes all conducive To- the en-.
T piOymcnt and interests Of the Industrious EmI
/ grant.
= The proposed lots will be owned in severaltyi
each one will be M lister of his time, bis own
labor, and his own mt rests, 50 thar there car
be no collision between the original propuetprs
and the respective owners of the lots Each 0at
Is left 10 81 as he NAV be industrious aud pru
dent, 10 fall should be be idle ana Impt evident
2 Thus q you JOIN the Association" YOU an,
promised nothing unless Won Iugu as a citizen o,
u find new home and a better field for v1ur In
dustrY lu the opening and iCTtic WEST.
you remain behind yOI must stay ln an obscur
village with properly az a low price aad thea no
70 wortd buyug, or % YOU 90 iutu town Of on
e thousand f1WliIcs YOU must expect 1t once &
q puv from $50 90 $4,000 for small lots VIXEN VO
can Obtain FIVE lois aud the out l0t by gSgOcjayu
4 90 create Guy &C once
I Cities. The sI1c 0f which It Is proposed 10 com
I lcuco at ousc, have been from fifty Co one hur
dred years In growth Here at moment, go
have tho sDuoo, houses, the market kousc, son
own church lots, tlr will the factory and az ti
y advantage and convenience ut che old settle
. aud loHg civilized portions OF the country