The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-04-19
La Sale County and her Resources.

/ SprinS and huAarci- more are coming. lmprO-
we'd farms are in great demand and new firms
are opening around Il, in every direction
Thss same may be sad If nearly every county
/ il the ,,S,e. Tho ipl,,,m.nt, offered 10 inn,i.
grants, by this state at the presen, time. are
unsurpassed hy any other state in the Union
And particularly are those Inducements uresept.
cd in the County of L, sail,
/ For agricultural PURPOSES. this county alyoa "
stands pre-eminert Shehas nots foot If ground
which /. not well ,d,pred 20 cultivation The
general surface Of her prairi, is l.h and rolling.
nterspersod with brooks and sloughs enough To-
furnish AN abundance of meadow and nasturage
''r tie stock Of = dense f,rmio, COMMUNITY So
admirably are ler We, and dry land, distributed
mat the traveller 30 -o.u: over the %. :, almost
convinced that Nature Designed ,hl, for the gar
den Of the world"
/ Resides a SOIL which, for easy cultivation anil
fertility, j. vnsurp1,sab.e, tbs county has an
ohVnauncs Of timber, aiu,Xhsusuha cole dgli,
tue best quality of,'0no, III ueNh,us'ab,c quar-.
ries, for building purposes; vast beds Of ane
stone; one of the beat quarr'es Of the mineral
from which j. manufact1red the hyjrau.i, cement
or water lime in the United STATE and from
which large proportion # N, cement us-i in
tins and other western states is obtained; beds
ct iron ore, sulphur and other mineral springs,
equal to any in the states. In the water power
and MANUFACTURED facilities in this county there
l. no limit and she has already in saaccssfulopcra.
ton seven first rate Touring mills, an extensive
wooIlen factory. ten 'awmills, one u the largest
ioundrc. IN the state very large phinug mill
and door ant sash factory and number If
steam and horse power turning athrs, besides
full assortment Of mechanics and tradcsmen,
She has commercial advantages enjoyed by bu,
few counties in the state In her very centre Is
the head Of navigation of the Illinois river Sic
Is traver'ed from one side aluos, to the other
by tho Illinois and Michigan Canal and IN few
years more Will have running through her rich
and productive soil the Rock Island and Chicago
Railroad, the great Illinois Central Railroad,
which also terminates within her limits, and the
Gtena branch railroad; giving outlets to the pro
duets Of her farmers and manufactures to al. the
great markets Of the world
Such are the Indictment. this county offers To
Immigrants and capital to settle within her limits
Such Is wish to engage in the cUl;iyat.oD Of the
soil, can lind an abundance Of land here at prices
from 1875 to SO per acre,
But lest it should be inferred, from what We
have thus far SAID, tina, these advantages are no,
appreciated by hose who are seeking homes in
the west we have procured the following stats
tics which We lrou, IN ha s,,;,,I,. c.,.r,.,,
L,is,n .,a ,..,r ~
rS,u. t'',!'
,n1h,- ,,nI,,i,. oo,a 80,
coa,s-- o,,,..,;,o. ,,,o nso 49,
-. g.. 49,, i.
for, H.. ,o.ri,a,, -, A., ,ana,,, ,r -.
crnnl,. .,,,n.. 20 ....1,;.. Wv '-''' W
81. a.. 49,,
m,Li,, ora =, n,;I.. ,.o,,o' -,
,o,.,.I,,,.. = ki.t.u IL.
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.o,,r. ,,,;lo. 49, ,so soo -. -.
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,.r., .:,, J.-.I,
-. IL. 40,
bas .i...,o.l.,1gso.
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Tho ,,o,,I,,;a,. 3 c.,,I..
ai.,h, -. ,r,, 80 ~ -
=. S,osIo ,.il-,.,
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s,,r,.
y.ar p,-r. y,-,l5.- .-
1870 = als ssaJ245 is77 lbs GS0
1850 23,iGi s,Syt253 do do
This shows an increase in wealth. ami popu-
i"'Ion wheh i only surpassed b, Cook county
when owes her Increase 20 til, city of Chicago
When we consider that our county has increa.
'ed in population at the rat, Of more than 1000
per aunnm, mud 10 wealth nearly $4,000. dur.
ring period, the fret three vears of which Will,
tie work ON tba canal ,ys, ,,,,,,,,l o,,...i;..
"Ne''"'S "
"'e NU"''o' report lheie was an actual decrease
ton, the great benefit ofcOmplu.ny the canal be.
comes apparent