The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-08-13
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From which 1t appears that instead Of show ing
only one seventh Of the total increase vi val.
ue in the State. the twelve railroad counties act
uallv have over three 5v,uteS ot hr entire N
crease Of ralue IN the whoie state We know
not what stronger gUment could be presented
IN favor uf the advantage Of IalI Dads. 30 tar as
regards their agency IN the creation OF wealth
We have not before Us n similar statistics from
The counties through WEIGH the Galena and Chit
cage and the Rock Island Roads pass, bu, ia
millaiIty with the country warrants Us IN saying
that quite as marked results have followed lhc
building Of them. But by 40 other one Of the
roads now N process Cf construction IN llllnul.
will the creation Of wealth be 70 marked a tea.
ture as 10 ne case Of the Illinois Central and Ne
branches. Much Of that Toad tray,lsCS the high
table ground nearly midway between the Illinois
and Mississippi, on the one land and the Wabash
aud Ohio. Oh the other. An immense portion Of
this region i, 80 far removed from the navgnbe
water courses mentioned as 10 render access to
market with agricultural products matter OF so
much difficulty, that but very few have hereto.
fore been tempted by the sauUrity Of the atmos.
phCre and the fertility o! .he soil to settle within
II. Millions of acres Of the public Lands have
lain there in market without PURCHASERS since the
organization Of the State, aud they would have
continued unsold for many years TO come but for
the introduction OF Railroads. Now look n! some
Of the Iest'.s:
The lands donated fhr conntruciing the Illinois
Central road. lie mostly wilh:u six miles nf the
track. The total Gust ut the road will reach, per
haps, twenty millions Of dollars and it il said the
lands will bring sufficient to build II. But these
lands consist Of alternate sections, and those
which are left free for private entry are %d:th
quite as much rs those belonging to the Com
pany From which 1t would appear that the
prospective building Of this road has added to
the wealty OF tho State IL the appreciation Of
piH IG,iHs alone, tie sum of toriy millions of
dollars! 1t has done more than this. The new
creaton of wealth i, confined within \ strip Of
country but twelve miles wide while the influence
Of the road may be said to extend over a belt At
least forty miles in width, so that the entire en-
hancement Of real estate through this agency,
canno, he much II any short of one hundred NIL.
lions Of dollars When the road shall have been
completed when all these wild land shall have
been reduced to cultivation when dwellings and
out.houses shall have been erected and the farms
stocked with horses and cattle, his one hundred
millions Of dollars will require multiple to ex.
press the actual augmentation Of wealth.
! The Central is hot Que Of our roads it com.
pr-es but seven hundred Of tina four thousand
miles either in process Of building, or Of whose
construction there is scarcely the possibility OF
failure. These will traverse the State in every
direction, adding vaue. by Thousands. for
every mile Of their extent And for many year,
TO come, after they shall have been com plesd and
ir operation will this value 60 on steadily aug
menting, us tie country fills up and its resources
are more and more developed. 1t wonld be diff
hcult indeed to estimate ihe benefit tn accrue 10
our State, in this respect from the introduction oi