Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-12
TO FARMERS, MECHANICS, MAN
.IEACTLR ERS. AND LAROk ERS.


TO FARMERS, MECHANICS, MAN.
u .UFACTURE AND LABOkERS.
iF5NHE MISSOURI BMIGRANT ASSOCI-
/ X ALTON will locate and Law out a Town iu
lhe state of Missouri adjoining Territory, To
be Three Miles square, and laid out into Lois of
six By twelve rods each, and lay out Two street 5
| crossing each other at right angles m the cen
/ tire of SAID town, TO be six rod ia wldth-the re-
malndcr of the streets L. be four rods wide; nd
I all the alleys two rods wide; the town being in
/ four equal divisions or wards.
| The company engage 10 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 bv the usual width, TO be sit
uated in the IaOst eligible part of the town. The
company also engage to set aside sixty eight of
said Let's 81 by twelve rods each, for publls puT-
pcses. such as schools. churches, markets, &c.
these together with said buildings, 10 be a do.
nation as public property.
TINS company will lay out four thousand acres
If land adjoining the square OF said town, into
OF sixteen BY forty rods, tanning four acres
each-wIll also build saw and Touring mill
;he saw mill wul be built lmmt utter said
location is rsade and also make OOl 600 brick
- the saw mill 20 be kept IN running 10 advance
so as 10 have Brick an Lumber for the CUnye-
nIeuce of plr :haseTs no wish to bUitd.
I The companV propose To dispose OF one thou
sand parcels of SAFE Lots, aho Land as follows
viz: Five town lots, o. SIX by twelve rods each,
/ lsqual to twenty lots OF ordinary size,l and one
Of the aforesaid lots Ot four acres, and provide
the time hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each and every purch aseT, their fam ies,
household goods. tools and provisions, lsu,h
they choose 10 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 10 be paid az follows, viz: ten
dolls at the time Of purchase; h!ty dSlls on the
first October neat and the r. naming forty dolls
/ on the 9th September, ID tSIi, at which time,
/ or as soon oaVIgauOn Will permit thereafter;
iupon noIlce gwen N one more newspapers
published in Wheeling, Pittsburgh aud CncIuna-
a. purchasers will collect with their families, dc.
al points designated on the Olio riyer make
their last payhent and debaTk from the places
appointed. No person Will be allowed - make
larger investment man one hEndEed dLlIaTs as
af0Tesalu' All purchasers VINO &c not remove to,
and occupy their lots and iaHd as herein
forth or do not procure others IN Their stead To
remove aud reside upon the same within one
wear from time of making The last payment as
aforesaid shall forfeit - SAID company all mo-
MICS previously peid by them, and the lots and
the lands 80 purchased by them shall revert
again TO the company. Should such DISPOSE
uOn or sa,es as aforesaid, not be completed by
the first Of December next, then aud IN SAID
event, the conn any VIII postpone tie improve
ments, aud execution # the aforesaid matters TO
Os aCI by SAID comPs"yi s'.t.l tim shd season
will permit. On arriving al the town, a ClStTiOu-
ton of the aforesaid Lots and Land Will be made
bv lot each purchaser retriHg for himself and
to each Will be gwen good warante. deed, for
the lots aud iand 80 pur -hased and distributed
10 him. In default OF purchasers making pay
ment ofthe FIRST inst6imeut as a oGrsad the ten
dolls first pLd 10 be forfeited To the company.
Should a sufficient number Of Emlgrants not
be obtained, the money 10 be refunded 10 the pur
cbaseTs.
For the en- ire security the purchasers, the
money shall be deposited III the Merchants and
Mechanics Bank at Wheeling Va. To the credit
of the Missouri Emlsrant Association and
when so deposited the amour necessary 10 make
the purchase OF the land for the purpose atotE-
said will be drawn upon the lolLt order of So
bieski Brady and EPhralm Pollock ksqLs. 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 be mIsdlrecIed
from the purchase of the Land.
l. THOMSOT-, Scc'y and 4 Ct for he
Missouri EmigrdHt association"
| Wheeling, June 90. ls43.
| ADDRESS TO FHE PUBL &C.
The propositions of the Missouri Emigraut
Association" are made TO the industrious aud
/ enteTpTizI ng-nOne others are desired and none
/ but such will be knowingly received. The de-
| sign Is to interest all I'D benefit each, and no
| plan can be presented which uniies more pros
\ pect of success and bereh:, wl,h less chance Of
/ loss than the one proposed. It Is bas q, all
successful movements must be, upon the enter
prize industry aud pTudcntia character Of those
who Join IN the undertaking. Each man must
be the architect of his own fortune, ldbQTlnG for
himself and Teaping the rewards OF his own
industry. There ~ no community OF interest
after he division of the lots takes place there Is
handling Of the funds 81 profits by select few,
or others specially apL OIntcd, after that Time, but
each man will pursue his own interests aud ms
Own happiness, as his best Judgment shall dc
The benefits proposed 10 the emgrant are to
be found IN the rapidly increased value of !he
property purchased aud the improved comforts
Of life by the instant combination Of So many
families upon ore advantageous point OF lOca tlDn.
The value OF Town lots increase IN direct pro-
portion TO the advantages OF tie location and
| tbs number, industry and prudence of the inhab-
itants. a lot in any village of forty or fifty
families will cost FROM $50 TO 500, and IN GUY
/ of one thousand families, lots will cost from
$500 To $4,000, and here Is proposed to create a
city at once Of one thousand families, whore i've
large lots and four acre out lot may be obtained
Z for one hundred dollars The increase OF value
must be rapid and by proper care and manage
/ ment vii lay the foundation for future lndepen
4 dence aud it may be, wealth 10 each INDIVIDUAL.
/ The adjoining sands will be IN the possession of
/ the company who expect at once 10 erect saw
\ mills FlOunng Mills and other machinery for
4 manufacturing purposes all conducive 10 the en-
| pOymCnt and interests of the industrious Emi'
| grant
| The proposed lots will be owned in severalty;
each one will be IN lister Of hIs Own time, his own
labor, aud his own ne rests, 30 that there can
4 be no collision between the original pTOpuetOrs
aud the respective owners Of the lots. Each one
IS ieft 10 rise az he NAV De industrious and pru-
dent or 20 fall should he be idle and impiovIdent
4 Thus Il you join the Association you are
promised nothing, unless YOU JOIN as a citizen "a
i End n new home and a better field for v1ur iu,
dustry ~ the opening and fertile WEST. Il
/ Village with property az low price AID then no
Z worti buvug, yr b you ~ into town Of on,
thousand families yOu must expect az once .,
1ay from $500 90 $4,000 for small lots when yot
IAN obtain FIVE lots aud the out lot by assOeiayiui
10 create "a CIty az once.
/ Cities the size Of which 70 BE- proposed 10 com
I qDcuce az once, have been from fifty % one hun
bred years Iu growth Here az moment, sol
have the schOo, houses, the market house, you
own church lots, the mill the factory and all f1
|HHvnufrvga and ruuvDuIgnCCa of the old srffiD