Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-03
TO FARMERS, MECHANICS, BAN-
.IFAC'rL RERS AND LABOk EHS.

TO FARMERS. MECHANICS, HAN-
i UFACrJ RERS, AND LABOkERS.
FENHE MI SSOURI BMIGRANT ASSOGI-
l., = ALTON wall locate and Law out Town IN
the state OF Missouri or adjoining Territory, To
be Three Miles square, and laid out into Lots of
SIX bv twelve rods each, and lay out two streets
CROSSING SaCh olheT at llSht angles ~ Tue CEN
tire of said town, TO be SIX rods lis wldth-the re-
maInder Of the streets u be four rods wide; and
all the alleys two rods wide; the town being in
-four equal divisions or wards.
| The company engage to build enc school house
of brick eighteen by forty feet; In the centre of
each ward; also one Marker | louise of brick two
hundred feet long bv the usual width, to be sit
luated IN the naOst eligible part of the town The
company also engage TO set aside sixty eight of
sand Let's 81 by twelve rods each, Tor pubhs pur-
poses such as schools, churches, markets, dc.
! these together with said buildings, to be do.
! nj tion as public property.
The company will lay ont four thousand acres
VI land adjoining the square OF SAID town, into
tote of sixteen by forty rods, containing four
each-wIll also bJ lid saw and Touring mill,
;he saw mill will DC built Immediately after said
location Is Taade, and also make l,0OO,OoO bricks
the saw mill TO be keptIn running in advance.
so : 10 have Brick an Lumber for the conve-
ucnce of pur .hasers who wish TO build.
] The company propose TO dispose OF one thou
sand parcels of saIt Lots, ahG Land as follows,
VIZ: Five town lots, OF SIX by twelve rods each,
lIeoual TO twenty lots of ordinary slze,1 and one
of the aforesaid lots of four acres, and provide
the tin'e hereinafter specified, steam boat pas
sage for each and every purchaser, their families
hou sehOd goods. tools and provisions, lsuCh as
they choose to take with them, not exceeding
1900 lbsi To the SAID town, or the nearest point
accessible by steamboat for tho sum of one
hundred dollars to be paid as follows, viz: ten
dolls al the lime of purchase; fifty dSlls on the
first October next md the remaining forty dolls
on the 10Th SeptcHlbCr, \ ID lsii, al which time,
or as soon as navigation will permit thereafter;
upon nouce gwen IN one or more newspapers
published i'm Wheeling, Pittsburgh and ClnCmna-
H. purchasers will collect with their families, DC.
| a points designated on the ono river. make
their last payment nd debaTk from the places
appointed, No person VIII bs allowed To make
a larger investment than one hundred dollars as
afOresalu. All purchasers who dc not remove TO,
| and occupy their lots and iand 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 as
aforesaid shall forielt IL SAID company all mo-
mes previously paid by them, and the lots and
| the lands so purchased by them shall revert
! again TO the company, Should such DISPOSE
ton or sales as aforesaid, not be completed by
line first of December next, then aud in said
event, the conn any Will postpone the improve
ments, and execution 81 the aforesaid matters 10
be dCI e by said company, until TIM end season
will hermit. On arriving at the town, a clstTIbu.
ton of tho aforesaid Lots and Land Will be made
by Lot, each purchaser dreriHgf for himself anC
to each will be given good warantec deed iOl
the lots and iand 50 purchased and distributed
10 him. In default OF purchasers making pay
ment ofthe first instalment as AFORESAID the teL
dolls first paid to be forfeited to the company.
Should sufficient number of Emlgrants not
be obtained, the money ~ be refunded to the Pur
chasers.
For the lire security of the purchasers the
money shall be deposited IN the Merchants and
| Mechanics Bank at Wheeling va. to the credit
of the Missouri EmlgTant Association, and
when so deposited the amOun' necessary TO make
! the purchase of the land for the purpose a.Ore-
sad will be drawn upon the loILt order OF So
bieski Brady and Ephraim Pollock, Esqrs in
favor of the receiver of the land office of the
District in which the land shall be located, 50
thatin no event will the fund be mlsdlrected
from the purchase of the land.
81, THOMSON, See and Act for he
Missouri EmigrGHt association
" RDDRFsS TO THE PUBL &C..
The PROPOSITIONS of the Missouri Emgran
Association," are made TO the industrious ant
% ! OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES others are desired and non,
but such will be know ingly received, The de
sign Is to interest all and benefit each, and n'
, plan can be presented which unItes more pros
pect Of success and benefit, with less chance o
loss, than the one proposed. 10 ~ based, as al
, successful movements must be, upon the enter
prize, industry and prudential character oil those
who oiu IN the undertaking. Each man mus
be the architect OF his own fortune, ld5oTin% tol
himself. and ripping the rewards OF his own
industry. There IS community OF lnteTcs
after the division ofthe lots takes places there's no
handling of the funds 81 profits by select few,
or others specially appointed, after that ume but
D each man will pursue his own interests ana hls
/ own happiness, as his best judgment shall die
The benefits proposed 10 the emigrant are &c
be found IN the rapidly increased value of .h'
property purchased aud the improved comforts
, Of life by the instant combination OF 50 many
( families upon ore advantageous point OF lpcatloh
4 The value of Town lots increase M direct pr)
= portion TO the advantages OF the location an,
e ths number industry and prudence of the Inhab
litants 4 lot IN any village OF forty or bit
families will cost FROM $50 TO SlOOs aud 90 a CT
b.. OF one thousand families, lOts'will cost irou
!, $500 TO s., ono and here IS proposed TO crea'e
= city at once OF one thousand families, who're nv
large iofs and four out lot may De obtatue
n foroue hundred dollars The increase OF valu
~ must be rapd aud by proper care aud manage
| ment will lay thC foundation for future tndepcu
Idcuce aud a may bC wealth 10 each indiVioua
The adjoining lands will be in the possession
W the company who expert az once 20 cfoft 81
'e mills FLOWING Mills and other machinery .,
NJ manufacturers purposes all CONDUCIVE 20 the en-
W ploymCnt and interests Of the industrious I'm
IA grant
." The proposed lots will be owned IN sevcralr
each one vail be pa lstCr % hls own time, tis oW
lsbOr and his own interests, 50 that there ca
De no collision between the oripnai pTopueto
/ and the respective owusrs ol the lois Zach ol
is lefi 10 rise as be may bc indus'uoss ADD pr
DENT or 90 fall should be b. idie ara u1pi 0yider
TIM III van ION tho Association. ~ YOU a
p nrof1ise,l nothing uulees vOu JJiu as a Citzcu
ai and n new home aud a bctiCr hcld ipr vOur b
n drsfrv In the opening aud iCrulc WEST
s' YOU remain behind vO1 must stay lu an ohscu
8 1iI4ac with prUp~rtY at a loU price sod then %
i. WORM buvrun. or n VOC 20 tuiu town 81 81
~ thoussud fauiihCs You must expect az OuCe
ut nav irors $50 to S1oH' Tor small tsfs vhen 81
d can ataia five iuts aud she oEt tof by gsg-i5ft
,ot to create q City az ONCE
Cities. thc size 81 which % is proIOsBd 90 co
I u,rDcr al one have been from hitv 90 one nt
dred wears Ih cFowts- Here az a rnowcut, y
have the schsp1, houses che market houag- "a
- own church lots the mti the taCt0rv and all
y" ladyarfrgss and CouvCnlcuCes of the old s0tt