Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-07
TO FARMERS. MECHANICS, MAN
..UFACTURERS, AND LABOR FRS.

I 10 FARMERS MECH MICS, u An
. .UFACTURERS, AND LABOR FRS.
\ FsNHE MISSOURI EMIcRANT ASSOCI-
. a ALTON will locate and Law out Town IN
. the state oil Missouri or adjoining Territory, TO
be Three Miles square, and LAID out into Lois Of
SIX by twelve rods each, and lay out Two streets
/ crossing each other a. rIsht angles lu the CEN
I ire Of SAID town, 10 uC six rods 10 wIdth-thc re-
mainCCT Of the streets l. be four RODS wide: and
| all the alleys two rods wide; the town being ~
/ four equal divisions or wards.
/ The company engage 10 build enc school house
OF brick eighteen by forty feet; In the centre of
each ward; 50 one Market House oi brick two
hundred feet long bv the usual width, 10 be SIT
Iuafed IN the most eligible part Of the town. The
company also engage 10 set aside sixty sight of
s4lg cts - by twelve rods each, Tor publls uur-
poses such as schools churches, markets. dc
these together with SAID buildings, to be do
nation a. pubuJ properly.
The company will lay out four thousand acres
If land adjoining the square of said town, into /
ots OF sixteen by forty rods, containing four acres
eaCh-wIl also btua saw AMI Houriug maj, /
1.-The saw mil, VIII be built Immediately ter SAID
location Is u.ade and also make Je1 900 blIck
the saw mill Co bC Eeptlu running IL az ancc !
80 A. la nave BRICK an Lumber tor tua Cprr,e-
fuIeuce of par :uas"rs who NvlsI 10 uuI.1.
The company propose - dispose OF one thou
sand parcels Of sane Lots, anu Land as follows.
VIZ; Five town lots. on SIX by twelve rods each,
lcgual To twenty lots Of ordinary s'zg.I and one
of the aforesaid lots Of four acres, and pro Ide
the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage tor each aud every purchaser, their tLWICs,
household goods. tools and provisions, isU. b >
they choose TO take With them, not exceeding
1900 lhsi To the SAID town, or the nearest point
accessible By steamboat, for tho sum OF one
hundred dollars To- be paid o. follows, VIZ: ten
dolls AT the lime ofpurcaase, fifty uSiis ON the
first October next and the Il naming forty dolls
/ on the 18th SCpIclbeT, ID 1874. az winch time,
or as snuu as -avrga'on Will permit thereafter;
upnn noliCc gwen II one or more newspapers
published in Wheeling, pittsburgh and Cncuua-
H. purchasers wall collect with their families, dc.
al points designated on the OlIo river. make
. their last pay.lent and debaTk from TIE places
appointed. No person will be allowed to make
. a larger investment than one hundred d0IlaIs
afOresald, All purchasers who dc not remove 10,
and occupy their lots and and 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
aforesaid shall fOriCi, u SAID company all mo-
mes previously paid by them, aud the lots and
/ the lands 50 purchased By them shall revert
again To the company. should such DISPOSE
/ uOn or sa.es as a prgSaId, not be completed by
. the first Of December next, then and IN said
event, the conn any vii postpone the improve
mc3ts, and execution 81 the Aforesaid matters 10
/ be dol hv said company, until tln e end season
will permit. On arriving at tie town, n ClstrIbu-
/ tioa Of the aforesaid Lots and Land yvIl be made
by Lot, each purchaser drew,Hgt0r himself ano
TO each VIII be gwen good warraufes deed, Tor
the lots and iand 50 purchased ard distributed
10 him. In default OF purchasers making pay
mept of the first iustaimeut n OlrSa!d The ten
dolls first paid 10 be forfeited TO the company
/ Should a sufficient number Of EmI-TaHts not
be obtained, the money to be refunded to the pur
| For the entire security the purchasers, the
| money shall be deposited IN the Merchants and
Mechanics Bank At Wheeling, Va. ta the credit
of the Missouri EmI-rant AsSCcIauon, and
, when so deposited the amour necessary 90 make
the purchase Of the land for the purpose a'oIe-
sau will be drawn uIO1 the JulIt OTC6r Of So
bicskI BRADY and EEhralm Pollock, ESgrs- IN
favor of the receiver II the land Office of the
District IN which the land shall be located, so
. that 10 no event vii tie iCnd be mlscFccted
/ from the purchase Of the Land.
S l. THOMSOI-, Sec'y and Art for 'he
Missouri EmigrdHt association
! NhCClIn", June %, l-I3.
ADDRESS TO THE PUBL C..
The propositions of the Nilsson EmIgrant
IAssociatlon,' are made 10 the industrious and
/ entprpriZI nu-HOUC others are desired and none
but such will be knowingly received. The de-
sIan Is Z, interest an and benefit en- rh, and no
/ plan can be presented which uutes more pros
| pcct Of success and LCreh:, wI,L less chance Of
loss, than the one proposed. Ii - bas. O. "a all
successful movements must be, upOn the enter
/ prize, industry and prudential character OF those
who JOIN IN the undertaking. Each man must
/ be the architect OF his own fortune, laUgruE for
/ himself and ripping the rewards of his own
Industry. There IS no community Of interest
alerthc DIVISION oiiEe lots takes place. there Is 100
handling Of the funds 90 profits by n select few,
or others specially appointed, after that time, but
ca IN man will pursue hIs own interests and hIs
own happiness his best judgment shall die
I tate.
The benefits proposed 10 the cmiqrant are to
\ be found on the rapidly increased value of Inc
/ property purchased and the improved comforts
Of life by the instant combination Of so many
families upon o. advantageous point OF lpcau'h.
. The value of Town lots increase IN direct pro-
. portion 10 the advantages Of the location and
thg number industry aud prudence of the Inhab-
|ifants. a lot IN any village Of forty or fifty
families will cost from $50 10 500, aud I'D city
of one thousand families, lots will cost from
$500 60 5000, and here is proposed To create a
city 40 once Of one thousand families, whore i've
large lots and four acre out lot may be obtained
for one hundred dollars The increase OF value
must be raud and by proper care and manage
| mcut will lav the foundation for tuturC Indepgu
deuCe, and % may be, wea Job 10 each INDIVIDUAL.
The adjoining lands will beIn the possession of
the company who expect az once 10 erect saw
mills. FIouIIug Mills and other machinery for
manufacturing purposes an conducive 20 the Cm-
plUymCut and interests Of the industrious Eml'
grant
The proposed lots will be owned in severalty;
each one will be mn lister of his own time, his Owu
cus collision between the original prOpuCtOrs
is left 90 r. e. a he NAV be industrious and pru.
dent or f1 fall should he be idle and ImpfOvldCnt
Thus 81 you ION the "AssOcJauOn' you ore
promised nothing, uullss you join a citizen 60
find new home and a better field for your in.
.dustry iu the opening and fertile WEST.
. YOU remain behind you must stay Iu an obscur.
Village with property no a low price aud then mo-
. wortu hugug, or o. you 90 into n town OF one
thousand families you must expect at once q
pay from erH1 tu 5000 Tor small lots when yUf
can obtain FIVE lots and the out TOT by ugsJriafiuI
% create city at once.
| Cities, the size of which % bel proposed Co com
nenCe at once, have been from fifty tO one hun
|dred years Iu growth. Here az moment, vu
have the seno1, houses, the market house, you
rYrrIH Iufa tho mill the farrrre and rI| fIr