Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-16
TO FARMERS, MECHANICS, MAN
UFACTURERS, AND LABOR ERS.

I TO FARMERS, MECHANICS, MAN
i UFACTURERS, AND LABOR ERS.
FHNHE MISSOURI EMIC;RANT ASSOCI-
n ALTON will locate aud Law out a Town In
/ ihe state of Missouri or adjoining Territory To
\ be Three Miles square, and laid out into Lots ct
! SIX by twelve rods each, aud lay out lwu streets
/ crossing each other AZ right angles ia the cen
| ire of sad town, to Ice SIX rod ia wdth-the re-
Hdnder Of the streets l. be four RODS wid,; AID
/ all the alleys two rods wIdei the town, being IN
\ -four equal divisions or wards.
/ The company engage To build enc school house
Of brick eighteen by forty feet; ~ the centre Of
! each ward; also one Market House OF brick two
hundred feet long bY the usual width, To be SIT
uatcd IN the uaoSt eligible part If the town, The
COMPANY also engage To set ASIDE sixty eight Of
said Ists 81 by twelve rods each, for publs pur-
noses such as schools. churches, mark cts, dc.
. these together with sad buildings, TO be a do.
nation public property
. The company will lay ont four thousand acres
. II land adjoining the square OF said town, into
lots of sixteen by forty rods containing -four acres
each-wIll also bI Hd saw and Touring mill,
;he saw mIll will bc built Immediately alter said
/ location is rsade and also make uaa,0 bricks
the saw mill TO be keptIn running In adv ance,
SO a. To have Brick an Lumber for the cOnvC-
uencC of pIr .haseTs who wish to build.
The company propose To dispose OF one thou
sand parcels of saIt Lots, anG Land as follows
viz: Five town lots, OF SIX by twelve rods each,
lequal TO twenty lots OF ordinary s'zel and one
of the aforesaid lots of four acres, and provide at
the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each aud every purchaser, their families,
household goods. tools and provisions, lsuch az
they choose TO take with them, not exceeding
1900 lbsi To the said town, or the nearest point
accessible BY steamboat, for the sum of one
hundred dollars To be paid a. follows. viz: ten
dolls at the time of purchase; fifty dslls on the
first October next and the rem aiming forty dolls
on the 18th ScptcubCr, tSii, at which time,
'or as soon as navigation will permit thereafter;
upon uOIlce gwen ~ one or more newspapers
published IN Wheeling, Pittsburgh aud ClucIuna-
Il, purchasers will collect with thor families dc.
a POINTS designated on the ono river. make
their last payglent and debaTk from the places
| Amounted No person will be allowed to make
| a Larger investment than one hundred dollars as
4 " lp al fp
and occupy their lots and iaRd as herein set
forth or Do not procure others IN Their stead 10
| remove aud reside upon the same within one
year from time al making The last payment as
| aforesaid shall lOriclt Ia SAID company all mo-
mes previously paid by them, aud the lots aud
/ the lands purchased by them shall revert
| again To the company Should such DISPOSE
ton or les aforesaid, not be completed by
\ the first Of December next, then aud IN said
event, the cOmI any Will postpone The improve
meats, and execution IL the aforesaid matters 10
/ he dot by said company, until Time nd season
/ will perialt. On arriving at the town, n tlstrbu-
/ ton of the aforesaid Lots and Land VIII be made
by Lot each purchaser dTeIriHg for himself aud
To each will be given good warrante. deed for
the lots aud iand so pur -hascd and distributed
-. isi,a I9 delaglt OF purchasers making pay
dolls first paid TO be forfeited To tie ccIhpaH ten
Should a sufficient number of EmlsTants not
be Obt ained the money 10 be refunded 10 the pur
For the entire security Of the purchasers, the
! money shall be deposited IN the Merchants and
/ Mechanics Bank at Wheeling, Va. 10 The credit
1 when 50 deposited the amour necessary to make
] The purchase of the land for the purpose a!OIe-
said will be drawn rpon the loILt order OF So
biesk Brady aud EPhTaim Pollock, Esqrs. IN
favor of the receiver of the land Office of the
District in which the land shall be located, so
thatin no event will the fund he mIsdrected
from the purchase OF the Land.
i Missouri ErniGrant AsSocidttoH,'
Wheeling, June 20. 1913.
ADDRESS TO PIE PUBL &C.
The propositions of the Missouri Emlgran
Associations" are made to the industrious anC
, entcrpriZing-nOne others are desired and non,
but such will be know ingly received, The de
sign Is to interest all and benefit each, and nC
, plan can be presented WHICH uniies more pros
D pect of success and bcnefi:, with less chance o.
loss, than the one proposed. IL - based, as al
, successful movements must be, upOh the enter
prize, industry and prudential character Of those
who join IN the undertaking. Each man WusI
be the architect of his own fortune, ldbQTlnS Tor
himself and rcapn@ the rewards OF his 0~n
industry. There ~ no community OF interest,"
aeTthe division OF the lots takes place. there IS no
handling of the fund.- 81 profits by select few,
or others specially APPOINTED, after that time, but
4, each man Will pursue hts own interests ana ms
own happiness, as ms best Judgment shaH dc
. tate.
be found IN the rapidly increased value OF me
property purchased aud the improved comforts
Of life by the instant combination OF 50 many
families upon ore advantageous point 81 l0catlpn'
, The value of Town lots increase m direct pro-
portion 10 tive advantages of the location and
this number industry and prudence at the inhab-
families will cost frum $50 10 800, and IN cts
Of one thousand families, lots will cost irOu
, $500 to $780, and here Is proposed TO create
' CITY al once Of one thousand families, who're hv
large lots and four acre OuJ Ot may be obtained
2 for one hundred dollars The increase OF valu,
u must be rapid and by proper care aud manage
| ment will Law the foundation for future indepeu
deuce and 10 may be wealth to each individual
The adjoining lands " 90 be IN the possession q
T. / thu pompany wkO expect ~ once 10 erect say
~ mills Fiounng Mills aaa OtGeI machinery 10
u manufacturing purposes all cOnduCYC 20 the EN-
10 ploymcnt and interests of the industrious EHl
IA grant
each one will be M ister Of ms 0agh Gme, his oW
labor aud his own interests, 50 thai there ca
be no collision between the original proprietor
aud the respective owners OF the lots. Each OF
Is left 10 {. Sc as ne may be industrious aud pr
dent OF TO fall, should he be IDLE ano imp'ouden
Thus II YOU lOiu the association YOU M
d PROMISED nothing, unless YOU JON AZ cttZcu
az find new homie and better held tor your a.
m dustry in the opening aud tcrule WkoI.
s. YOU remain behind you must stay ~ an obscu
s. village with properly at low prlce and then NJ
- Z wortd buwng, or q you 20 into town oi ol
~ thousand fsmibes YOu must expect az once
Ul nav FROM $500 90 5000 for small lots when 80
1d can Obtain FIVE lots and z5 out lot by 0gs0ct1fiI
lei 10 create ClLy a. once
Cities the size Of which o. Is proposed 10 eDl
g,cncc az once, have been from fifty 20 one hu
dred wears lu growth. Here a. moment, y
Have the sch0o, houses, the market house, w
49, own church lots, che wlu the factory and ala
w advantage and ConvCniCuces 90 the 9ld s0iN
Loo .tefIfyFH rnrffuue of fhr ruuufFv.a.