Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-04
TO FARMERS, MECHANICS, MAN
UFACTURERS, AND LABOR Frs.

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/ UFACrURERS, AND LABOR ERS.
FHNHE MISSOURI EMICRANT ASSOGI-
n ALTON will locate aud lay ont a Town m
/ the state OF Missouri or adjoining Territory, Ia
/ be Three Miles square, and laid out into Lots OF
\ six by twelve rods each, aud lay out Two streets
/ cr0ssiuS each other AT rIsht angles IN the cen
tire of saId town, 10 be six rod Ia wIdIh-the ro-
maIudcr al the streets Il be four RODS WIDE; and
all the alleys two rods wide; the town being IN
I four equal divisions or wards.
The company engage 10 build enc school house
of brick eighteen 10y forty feet; Is the CCntrc of
each ward; also one Market House OF brick two
hundred feet long by the usual width, Ia be sit
ualcd ~ the IaUst eligible part Of the town. The
company also engage 10 set aside sixty eight Of
sand Let's 81 10y twelve rods each, for publs pur-
poses, such as schools. churches, markets, dc.
these together With said buildings, to be do.
nation public ptoperIy
The company will lay ont four thousaaG acres
# land adjoining the square OF said town, into
lots OF sINteen by forty rods con tanning four acres
Cach-wIil also bu I'D saw and Touring mill,
ihe saw mlli viii be built immediately after said
location Is ~ de and also make uOl 100 bricks
the saw mill to be keptln running IN adj auCe.
a. a 10 have BricS an 4 Lumber for the cunve-
nicnce Of pur :hosers who wish 10 built.
The COMPANY pruposcto dispose OF one thou
] sand parcels OF salC Lots, an0 Land as follows,
viz: Five town lots, OF SIX by twelve rods each,
/ Icqual To twenty lots OF ordinary size and one
of the aforesaid lots Oi four acres, and provide at
the tire hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
SAGE for each aud every puTch aSer, their families
household goods. tools and provisions, isu, as
they choose to take with them, not exceeding
accessible by steamboat, for the sum o! one
hundred dollars to be paid as follows, viz: ten
dolls at tue time ofpurchasei fifty dolls on tho
. first October neat ami the remaining tOTty dolls
. on the 9TH September, ID icii, at which time,
/ or as s1on at "avlgauOn Will permit thereafter;
/ uDon nuticc gwen n one or more newspapers
published IN Wheeling, Pittsburgh and CinCmna-
H. purchasers will collect with their families, dc.
a points designated on the q no rlyer. max e
| their last payment and de62Tk from he places
appointed. No person will be allowed to make
| a larger investment Than one hundred d.llaTs as
afuTesala. All purchasers who dc not remove To,
and occupy their lots and iand herein set
forth or do not procure others IN their stead to
remove aud reside upon the same within one
year from time 0f making The last payment as
aforesaid shall fnrieIt 1. said company all mo-
mes previously paid 10y them, aud the lots and
the lands 80 purchased by them shall revert
again to the company. should such DISPOSE
ton or sales as aforesaid, not be completed by
the first OF December next, then and IN said
\ event, the conn any will postpone the improve
/ meats, and execution ri the aforesaid matters TO
/ be del by said company, until TIM Gud season
will perlsit. On arriving at the town, cIstubu-
I ton Of the aforesaid Lots and Land wall be made
| by Lot each purchaser drclriRg for himself and
l to each will DC gwen good waTanle. decd, iOl
/ the lots and iand pur ,hased and distributed
[ TO him. In default OF purchasers making pay
ment fthe first lnstalment as a 'oi"sad The ten
dolls first paid TO be forfeited TO the company.
Should n sufficient number of EmIgTantS MOI
be obtained, the money to be refunded TO tie pur
chaseTs.
money shal he deposited Ia the Merchants and
Mechanics Bank at Wheeling, Va. 10 the credit
Of the Missouri Eml9rant Association and
when So deposited the amour necessary To make
the purchase of the land for the purpose a.oIe-
SAID will be drawn upon the lOlIt OTCCT of So
bicski Brady and EPhralm Pollock; Esqrs. in
favor of the receiver of the land office of the
District in which the land shall be located, 50
that in no event viii the fund be instructed
/ from the purchase of the Land.
S l. THOMSON, Sec'y and Art for he
Missouri EmigraHt association"
! Wheeling, June %, 1913.
ADDRESS TO THE Publ C.
/ The propositions Of the Missouri Emigran
Association" are made TO the industrious auC
/ cnterDriZIng-nUnC others are desired and none
but such will be know ingly received; The. de-
| sign IS To interest all and benefit each, and no
/ plan can be presented which unItCS more pros
pect Of success and Jenefi:, wI,h less chance OF
loss, than the one proposed II Is bas a. az all
successful movements must be, upon the enter
prize, industry ans prudential character of those
who Join IN the undertaking. Fac man must
| be the architect of his own fortune, lJbOung for
! himself, and ripping the rewards OF his own
industry. There ~ no community Of interest
after division OF the lots takes place. there is
handling of the funds o. profits by scNct few,
or others specially appointed, after that time, but
each man will pursue hIs own interests aud his
own happiness as his best judgment shall die
I tste.
The benefits proposed TO the emlgrant are to
be found i'm the rapidly increased value of .hC
property purchased and the improved comforts
| Of life by the instant combination Of 80 many
/ families upon ORE advantageous point u location.
] The value OF Town lots increase M direct pro-
portion TO the advantages of the location and
] tbs number, industry aud prudence of the Inhab-
itants. lot ~ any village Of forty or hlty
families will cost FROM $50 20 500, and In cts
/ Of one thousand families, lots will cost from
$500 to $1,000, and here IS proposed To create a
city al once Of ono thousand families, whore ave
large lots and four acre out lot may be obtained
/ for one hundred dollars TbC increase OF yalu,
/ must be rapid and by proper care aud manage
meut will Law the foundation for future indcpCn
dcucC, and 10 may be- wealth 10 each individual
| The adjoining lands wIIl be In the possession o
the company WHO expect al once 20 erect saw
\ mills FiOuriug Mills and other machinery fg
manufacturing purposes all conducive 90 the en-
plOymCut and interests Of the industrious EmI
grant
The proposed lots will be owned in soycraltv
each one will be m lister Of his own time, bis owl
labor and hts own ut, rests, so thai there CuI
be no collision between the original proprietor
and the respective owners Of the lois. Each on
is left To rrsc al be NAV be industrious and pru
dent or 90 fall should be bc gdle ana iuptoVfdcnt
I Thus n you Join the Association, you an
promised nothing, unless YOU JOIN as n citizen @
fud new home and a better field for ylur Iu
dusJrY Doe she opening and lCruIe WEST.
, you remain behind Won must stay in an oDsCHr
village with property Of a low price aud then uH
thousand families You must expect az once
D1y from $500 t1 5000 Tor sUTali lots when so
can obtaa five lots and the Out Tot hv 1ss0rigfiH
20 create city az once.
| Cities the size Of which % BE- proposed to con
| nencc atoucC, have been from fifty to one hui
I tired Years iu growth. Here at moment, yl
nave thc srhuo, houses, the market house. yUt
Iwn church lots the mill the factory and 1Il %
advantage and CUUVCuCucep Of the old sgtti,