The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-09-12

tory or in the whole great West ever rose more rapidly
or promises more brig ~ for the future. What are ths
lots worth that were bought u year ago for six dollar
each. Unly one week ago thr~e IF them ,rere soId /o
one thousand doNnrs cash win the iucredulous cslcu
, late the rate OF interest per month that will increase
eighteen dollars in one year into one thousand dollars
Will not the same thing take place i'll Louisville! !
such results have been attained in Nininger by n JUDI
ciou. combination Of numbers and wealth, what will b
the results in louisville when that combination ~ ben
not to the erection of houses, which will rise OF them
selves with the necessity for them, but to the bringing
to the heart Of the town tina: great avenue Ut trade
Railroad, that great desideratum Of modern tines, with
out which commerce moves not, man travels not, ant
cities grow not the all in all Of progress and advance
ment.
That road once built who can doubt that lots in Louis
Vile will b. worth from i've hundred dollars upwards Il
five thousand. 1t would make louisville the emporium
of the Minnesota River, collecting into it's folds all thu
wealth and commerce 1T the region around it.
The sale of the Stock will be pushed with untirinl
energy nothing will be left %unlooe; meetings will be
held in Nininger, st. Paul, St. Anthony, Minneapolis
Hastings, Louisville, S~hakupee, Glencoe, st. Peters
saltwater, and in every part Of the country until the
lots are all sold. There will be laid out different paral
lei lines of Road, ami the Road will be built along thai
line from which there can be obtained the most subscrlp
tons different towns interested in the success OF the
road, will under legislative authority subscribe for Stock
As We have said, nothing will be left undonc, The in
cTCUuIOuS, ~ SUCu tkIV4 ~ AJVy VnN N>~eo SHSH
minds that III. road will be built without them it may
he ranked among tn. trtainties.
Let US suppose thar \ r.. is dc,iroao Of taking ssovh
in the Company, an! lots in the town. II able to at
tend any Of the public meetings he has only to put ten
dollars in his pocket for each lot he intends to take. Ii un'
able to .ttend a meeting, sud residing in or near st. Paul
or Nininger, let him call vt the Offices OF the Company,
st. Anthony street, near Market street, st. Paul, or
Fifth street near Clarke avenue, Nininger, with a cor
responding amount Of mo"cy. lie will receive a recelPt
for his money, select his lots and subscribe for bis Stock,
the first instalment on which is {" be paid one month
from that date, and thereafter monthly. II he resides
at q distance let him enclose his money in letter bearing
his name, address, and Post Office, and send it by hand
or mail. directed to David G.. Barpitz, Esq, at the above
locality, St. Paul, or George II. Burns, Esq, at the
above named locality in Nininger. He will receive in
return a receipt, aud the necessary papers and instruc'
tons lie will also be informed Of the number OF his
subscription, and consequently Of the order OF his choice
and will be furnished with a map Of the town BY which
to choose. So soon a. the necessary surveying and re-
cording, now going on, is finished, he will receive the
title papers for hi. lit or lots, the forthcoming OF the
papers being guaranteed in the meantime by the under
signed.
We will say 4. Il. buys ten lots for ten dollars each,
making in all one hundred dollars. He subscribes at the
same time for ten shares Of Stock, on which he pays nifty
dollars per month, for twenty months, at the end OF which
time he has paid up the full value Of bis Stock, viz:
81, 900. In the meantime, month after month, the hasI
road mas gone on, CXC0VdUOUS nave Uccu uuSS A"A0" now
been laid, dcpots have been built, and the locomotive Is
! seen putting and blowing in the crowded streets OF Louis
vile. What are A B.'s lots worth !? At q reasonable
calculation 81 900 each. If lots in Hastings, Shakopee
! and various other towns are now worth that sum Will not
the lots in a Railroad terminus be equally valuable
How then do A. BIS accounts stand.
! Paid for lots in the town of Louisville, lou
/. I" Stock in the Railroad Company, 1000
s1,1oo
Par value of ten shares Of capital stock in the Nininger
and St. Peter Western Railroad Company, l,OOO
Value of ten lots in the town of Louisville, 10000
sl1, ooo
Leaving a clear prof: , 1900 dollars.
Or say this is extravaganza: say his lots average $500
each, and still you have y profit Of 81 ,925. Or reduce
it still lower, put them n $3.50 each, and you still leave
IA profit Of &2,437. Or say that by any possibility after
the Railroad is built he gets i price less than many OF
the lots have already been sold for, viz, 800 each, and
he has still a profit OF $I,t93, a magnificent increase
upon the sum Of 600 invested less than two years
before.
Thus there Is every thing to gain, nothing to lose
Let any man s.uiy this whole project out, and he will be
the more and more convinced Of its practicability and
its certain advantages.
GEORGE Il. CMrHERALL, President.
~lnNAr1Us DoNNELLY, Vice President.
GEORGE II. BURNS, Secretary.
g. l. EMERSON, Treasurer.
Managers.
JOIN NINiNGER,
CHARLES f. CLARKE.
JAMES X. CASE,
bAvID q. BARNITz,
RoBERT F. FISK.
~ The undersigned, Corporators Of Nininger and St.
Peter Western Railroad Co., in compliance with the re-
1uirements Of their charter, granted At the last session
Of The Territorial Legislature, hereby give notice that
they, on the drst Monday Of July, 1857, At the Of
fee of David G. Barnits, Esq, St Anthony street, Saint
Panl, and at the office Of George H. Burns, ESQ.,, Mn
jnger, Minnesota, met end opened such books as were
necessary for subscription t" the capital stock.
George b. C)itbersll, Iguatius Donnslly,
G. L. Emerson, John Nininger,
James X. Case, Lewis Fsiver,
Philip Rohr, Charles +. Clarke,
John B. Cook.