Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-29
To FARMERS, MECHANICS, MAN
lEACrl- III rs. AND LAHOE EKS.

p hFACEl III KS. \ Nd LABOR ERS.
|'HNHE MISSOURI EMIGRANT ASSOCi-
I n ALTON" will locate and Law out Town IN
the state Of Missouri or adjoining Territory, to
ne Three Miles square, and laid out into Lots of
SIX by twelve rods each, aud lay out Two streets
crossing each other at rIsht angles ~ the cen
I Te 81 sais town, to TIE SIX rod, n, wIdth-the
mainder Of the streets l. he four rods wide; a nd
I AL the alleys Two rods wide; the town being in
( four equal divisions wards.
! The company engage 10 build one school house
oil brick eighteen by forty feet; IN the centre of
each ward; also one Market House of brick two
hundred feet long bv the usual width, To be sit
uatcd ~ the most eligible part If the town. The
company also sngage 20 set aside SIXTY eight Of
sald Lots slX by twelve rods each, for public pur
passes such rs schools. churches, markets, dc.
/ the together with said buildings, to be a DO.
| nation public properly.
/ The company will lay out four THOUSAND acres
/ If land adjoining the square OF sand town, into
lots OF sixteen By forty rods, containing four acres
each-wlll also bJ nd a saw and hoUung mill,
she mill will be built Immediately after said
location is Tsade and also make 900 OoO bricks
! the saw mill to be keptln running rs aoN ance,
so n 10 have Brick an Lumber for the conye-
/ nlence Of pr .has"rs who wish TO bslid.
/ This company propose To !IspOsc OF one thou
sand parcels OF SAFE Lots, anG Land as follow
viz; Five town lots, OF SIX by twciys rods each,
Iequal to twenty lots Of ordinary sIze.l and one
of the aforesaid lots OF four acres, and provide
the tire hereinafter specified, Steam boat pas.
sage for each and every purchaser, their thmIlieS
hon se hold goods tools aud provisions, tsurh a
they choose TO take with them, not exceeding
1000 lbsi 10 the SAID town, or the nearest point
hundred dollars 20 be paid as follows, viz: ten
dolls at the time OF purchase; fifty dolls un IN
first October neat and the remaining forty dolls
On the 5th septic 4lber, ID l644. at which time
or soou navigation will permit thereafter;
upon nOtlce given N one or more newspapers
published IN Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Cinema
u, purchasers will collect with their families, dc
I a paints designated the q 40 river. make
their last payment q nd deh1Tk from the places
appointed No person will be allowed To make
larger investment than one hundred d-llaTs as
aforesaid, All purchasers who dc not remove TO,
and occupy their lots aud and heTeiR SGT
forth, or do noI procure others III then stead 10
remove aud reside upon the same within one
year from time Of making the last payment as
aforesaid shall forfeI, L. SAID company all mo-
nICs 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 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 rf the aforesaid matters 10
be dCre by said COMPANY, until tIm e Cnd season
will permit. On arriving AZ the town, n tIstTIbu-
ton Of the aforesaid Lots and Land will be made
by Lot, each purchaser drcniHg for himself and
To each wall be gwen a good warTantes deed, for
i the lots and iand 50 pur-hased and distributed
10 him. In default of purchasers making paw
mcnt Of the frs instalment as a oIrsaId the ten
dolls first paid 10 be forfeited to the company.
Should sufficient number of EmlgTa nts not
be obtained, the money u be refunded 20 Ihe pur
chasCTs.
For the n'ire security ofths purchasers the
/ money shall ne deposited IA the Merchants and
Mechanics Bank al Wheeling Va rs the credit
of the Missouri EmIgrant Association aud
when so deposited the amour necessary TO make
the purchase of the land for the purpose A,oIe-
ssd will he drawn rTon the jon OTCrr Of So
bicski Rraty and Ephrnim Pollock. Esqrs in
favor Of the receiver of the land office of the
District in which the land shall he lOcaisd, so
that in no event will the fund be mIsdlrectsd
from the purchase of the Land.
s l. THOMSON Sec'y and Act for he
Missouri EmigrdHt association"
Nheclin@. june 29. ls43.
ADDRESS TO THE PUB e.
MI. H..
Associations" ere made to the industrious and
/ enierprIzIng -nOue others are desired and none
but such will be know lugly received, The de-
sign rs To interest all and benefit each, and no
Ilan can be presented winch un;es more pros.
psct of success and Lerefi:, with less chance of
loss, than the one proposed. Ii 10 bas ID. as all
successful movements must he, upOn The enter
prize, industry an! prudential character Of those
who Join IN the undertaking. Each man must
be the architect of his own fortune laborng for
4 himself, and TeaplnR the rewards OF ms own
/ industry. There IS no community OF interest
aferIhc division Of lots takes place; there is
handling al the funds 81 profits by 4 select few
or Others specially appointed, after that time but
! each man viii pursue his own interests and his
| own happiness, as his best judgment shall die
tete.
The benefits proposed TO the emigrant are to
be found in the rapidly increased value of ihe
property phTCh ased aud the improved cOmfur'
, Of life by the instant combination OF 50 mary
families upon ore advantageous point Of lpca n n
The value Of Town lots increase IN direct pr
portion to TIE advantages Of the location ant
itant.. A lot IN any village Of fOIty or eft
families Will cost frOm $50 TO 500, and 10 a cat
Of one thou families, lots will cost iron
$500 TO $4,000, and here IS proposed TO cTea'e
- city at once Of one thousand families, whore fy,
large lots and four acre out lot may be obtained
for one hundred dollars The increase Of valu,
must be rapid and by I,rcpeT care aud manage.
ment will lay the foundation for future indepen
deuce, and IL may he. wea TN 10 each individual
The adjoining lands " ~ be IN the possession .
the company who expect at once TO erect saw
mills, FIGURING Mills and other machinery fO
. manufacturing puTpOSes all conducive 90 the en-
plOyment and interests Of che Industrious EHI
grant.
The proposed lots will be owned in severalty
each one Will be m lister Of ms own time, his Owr
labor and his own mt, rests, 50 thar there car
lie no collision between the original proprietor
and the respective owners of the lots. Each ont
, is left 10 rise as nv NAV be industrious and pru
dent or To fall should he be idle anu IDut Ovldenl
Thus II you JOIN the AS ISOLATION" YOU ar
promised nothing, unless YOU join as a citizen q
find n new home and better field for YOUR 10
dustry ~ the opening aad fertile WEST.
you remain behind yOJ must stay In an obscur
village with property a. low price and Thea no
wUTtd buyIng, or u you go into town Of on
thousand families You must expect at once
. pay from $50 TO $4,000 for small lots when yo
can obtain FIVE lots and the out lot by association
d 20 create a city &C once.
Cities, the size Of which II 10 proposed 10 con
menCe at once, have been from fifty 10 one hur
drcd years ne growth. Here az moment yo
have the EChOO, houses, the market house. yot
own church lots, the mill the factory and ell Oh
: advantages and cOnvenieuCes Of tas old settle
and lOHg civilized portions Of the country