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

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{ IE'HE MISSOURI EMIGRANT ASSOCI-
ALTON will locate aud Law out Town in
) lhe state OF Missouri adjoining Territory, Ia
be Three Miles square, aud laid out into Lois ai
SIX by twelve rods each, and lay out Two streets
crossing each other at right angles IA the cen
: IRE OF saIa town, To be SIX rods III wdth-the re-
malndcr 81 the streets l. be four rods wild Z; nd
an the alleys two rods wide; the town being IA
Tour equal divisions or wards.
! The company engage 10 build ere school house
oil brick eighteen by forty feet; Is the centre OF
each ward; a so one Market House of brick TWO
hundred feet long bv the usual width. 10 be sit
uated IN the most eligible part If the town. The
company also engage To set aside sixty eight of
SAID Lots sax by twelve rods each for public pur-
poses, such schools. churches narket DC
, these together with said buildings, to be a do.
nation public property.
The company will lay out four thousand acres
If land adjoining the square OF said town, into
lots OF sixteen By forty rods, containing four acres
each-wIll also bJIld and Touring mill
ljhe saw mill will be built immediately alter said
location Is rSadc and also make 900 900 bricks
the saw mil To be keptln running IN advance.
| so 10 have Brick an 4 Lumber for the conyc-
nence of pr ,hsse who wish to buid.
Ths COMPANY propose ~ dispose OF one thou
sand parcels OF Salc Lots, anO Land as follow >,
| viz; Five town lots, OF six by tweIye rods each
/ Isqual To twenty lots OF ordinary slZe,l aud one
of the aforesaid lots of four acres, and provide al
/ the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each and every purCh ascr, their families
household goods. tools and provisions, tsuCh a :
I they choose to take with thers, not exceeding
1900 lbs To the SAID town, or the nearest point
accessible by steamboat, for the sum of one
hundred dollars To be paid az follows, viz: ten
dolls at the time Of purchase; fifty dolls on the
first October neat and the II ain,g forty dolls
On the I5th September, lSII at which time
or as soon as aavgaron will permit thereafter;
upon npuCe gwen IN one more newspapers
published IN Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Clncluna-
u, purchasers will collect with their fa miles &c
/ at pslats designated on the Oilo river. make
their last payment and deh1rk from the places
appointed, No person will bc allowed to make
/ larger investment Than one hundred d.llaTs as
aforesaid. All purchasers " no dc not remove to-
] IL nd nt
! forth, or do not procure others IN their stead to
remove and reside upnn the same within one
yefr from tlms Of making The last payment q :
aforesaid shal forfel, u said company all mo-
mes previously paid by them and the lots aud
the lands 50 purchased by them shall revert
again To the company. Should such DISPOSE
ton sales aforesaid, not be completed by
the first OF December next, then aud IN said
event, the conn any VIII postpone the improve
ments, and execution "f the aforesaid matters 10
be dol by said company, unill tim q end season
will permit. On arriving the town, a dlsrrIbu-
ton of the aforesaid Lots and Land will be made
/ by Lot, eIc! purchaser dTelring for himself aud
To each Will be gwen good wauante, deed, for
the lots and land 80 puT ,hased and distributed
TO HIM. In default of purchases making paw
meet the first Iustalment as n OItsaId the ten
dolls first paid TO be forfeited to the company.
Should a sufficient number Of EmIgrants not
be obtained, the money to be refunded TO the pur
chaseTs.
/ For the entire security ofthe purchasers, the
moSey shall be deposited IN the Merchants and
Mechanics Bank at Wheeling, Va tA the credit
of the Missouri EmIgrant AssCcatiOn,' aud
] when so deposited the amount necessary to make
/ the purchase Of the land for the purpose a,oIe-
| said will be drawn Hron the JOINT order of So
/ bieski Brady and EpkTam Pollock, Esgrs in
] favor of the receiver Of the land office of the
| District IN which the land shat DC located, so
/ that in nocvent will the fund be mIsGrected
] from the purchase of the Land.
81 THOMSOr', Secy and Agt for 'he
Missouri EmigrGm association"
ADDRESS TO THE PUBL C.
| The propositions of the Missouri Emigrant
Association" are made 10 the industrious and
/ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS others are desired and none
I but such will be knowingly received. The de-
sign ~ 10 interest all and benefit each, and no
plan can be presented which unItes more pros
pect of success and eff, with les, chance of
loss, than the one proposed. 1t Is bas.d, az all
successful movements must be, UpOn the enter
prize, industry and prudential character of those
who JOIN IN tSc undertaking. Each man must
be The architect of his own fortune, labOring for
himself and reaplng the rewards Of his own
industry. There "a no community of interest
alt5rh division ofthe lots takes place; there is no
handling Of the funds % profits by a select few,
or others specially appointed, after that time, but
. ca h man viii pursue his own interests and his
own happiness, as his best Judgment shall dc
t-te.
The benefits proposed TO the emigrant arc to
be found IN the rapidly Increased value of .he
property purchased and the improved comfoT' 9
Of life by the instant combination of many
families upon ore advantageous point of lOca Il n
The value Of Town lots increase IN direct pro-
portion u the advantages Of the location and
tbs number, industry and prudence Ui the nhab-
families will cost from $50 10 300, and in city
Of one thousand families, lots will cost from
$500 to $4,000 and here Is proposed TO create a
/ city az once Of one thousand families, whore Eve
large lo's and a four acre out lot may be obtained
for one hundred dollars The increase OF value
must be Ta1id and by proper care and mana ge-
ment will lay the foundation for fHture lndepen.
dCnce and IL may he, wealth TO each individual.
| The adjoining lands Will be IN the possession of
the company who expect at once TO erect saw
mills, FiOming Mills and other machinery for
/ manufacturing purposes all conducive to the en-
pOyment and interests Of the industrious Emf
grant
/ The proposed lots will be swned in severalty;
each one will be IVA Ister of his own time his own
labor, and his own interests, so that there can
be no collision between the original prOprIetOrs
and the respective owners of the lots. Each one
is LEFT to Sc he NAV be indus trIous and pru-
dent, to fall, should he he idle and ImptOvIdent
Thus u you join the "AzsosiatIon," YOU are
promised nothing, unless veu join as citizen 70
find a new home and a better field for YOUR iu.
dustTy In the opening and fertile WEST. II
you remain behind yOI must stay IN an obscure
village with properly al low price aud thea not
w0rtI buUug, or % you 90 into a town Of on,
thousand families You must expect at once q
pay from $500 tO $4,000 for snail lots when you
can obtain five lots and the out lot by dssOcidtuf
TO create a city az once.
Cities the size Of which 10 Is proposed TO com,
ncnCc az once, have been from fifty 20 one hun
bred years IH growth. Here att moment, VOC
have the schOo; houses the market house, you
own church lots the uIll the factory and ali tht
advantages and convenience % tire cid settled
and IoRg civilized portions of the country