The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-09-26

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best recommendation
/ TIE undersiyu.u ~. tav principal propristors Of the
Town If [.orfSvi;s, @ur The southt side OF the MINNIE
sofia River about itv uile~ iron' its mouth The town
his teeu aid oat about Two years, ana already Contains
considerable population. two ssoreS, a steam gris' mi; two
steam eaw mil.-, h%u,e-kiln., & The undersigned have
within the pas, w. months, at a large expenditure
os uop.v. bought out the town site, together with
scwe 81 the adjoining property which they have AFRO la'h
out .s parts of tho original ,own. In" site OF the town
is Que o! til. nnest on he Minnososa River. 1t possesses
an excelsut landing, and the land on which the town "
built rises gradually and beautifully from the river, gen-
10 uudrlsGcns Of III. srairis overlooking each other AS
they r.cele, forming una u tie ~hsndsomese scenes one
can find in Toe whoto wiley Vi tn. Minnesota. II > al
ready the cent,e IT a considerable trsas, snd would IN
thr crdiusry course u events, snd without NE assist
ance Of the enterprise detailed below. have gone on
steadily 10 success.
m. undersigned have, however, bought it for another
object besides securing it for is intrinsic merits. They
are interested; ia I'll. City nj Niningcr on the Misa'ssip'
nj River. They are Interested in seeing the Nin'nger
and St. P-t~r !. sssern Railroad built, and they are will
ing TO hold oat rncxampled Inducements to the pubic
Il, subscribe 10 the Stock Of .hs: Road Hence Mt 4
heavy outlay they have secured the town site OF Louis
Vile. and now make The following proposal, = proposal
they believe 50 BE- unprecedented in liberality, and IN
benefit. 10 those who may take advantage Of 1t.
They offer t. SET lots IN II. To~n Of Louisville .tor
:e,. dollars raeh, to s~ch pnytiex "s shalt subscribe t"7
.NfccH in the .1i"inS"F 1o'f ~ refer Hesfsfa h""'oo"
Company,
The lots will be selected by the purchasers in the or
der in which. they subscribe for Stock, those first sub
scribiax having tle first choice. 10 prevent, however,
.ho.e Subscribing last from having nothing left but re.
fuse lots, the alnouns of Railroad Stock 20 be subscribed
fc. each lot will be spportlone'i according to lts location
tho most valuable will require tno az sven three shares
If Stock to the lot while on the ether hand, Of the or
/, binary lots two or three lots NAV DC sold for ten dollars
each. - the accompaniment Of one share OF Stock. IN
,hi. vay ii will .vsrags over the whole town one share
Of Railroad Stock to one lot, those taking average lots,
neither extremel, valuable or extremely inferior, Will
yet them 1T Il share per lot, those running into extremes
must, however, pay moro 81 less accordingly. 1t may,
howerer, te said in a general sense, that a share Tor =
lot will be the terns upun which the lots will be sold.
The shures of Railroad Stock will cost One Hundred
Dollars each. 9 the payment Of this amount on a
number Of shares might be a serious obstacle to
manv parties Joining the Company, we have for the
benefit Of all, and particularly Of the poor man, ar
ranged the Stock go that the One Hundred Dollars IS
paid in small monthly instnllnsnts Of Five Dollars every
month for the period Of twenty months, At the expiration
Of which time the One Hundred Dollars will have been
paid in full. Thus the subscription for Stock will fall
lightly uron the subscribers, and will form no 'mpedl-
,nent to the purchase Of lots even to the poorest. There
il no man who cannot buy one or two lots 1t ten dollars
each, AMI pay from h, earnings, however limited, i've
doi!ars per mcnth.
Let US inquire next ~ 20 the Railroad Company in
which the Stock ia 80 De subscribed. The Nininger and
81. Peter Western Railroad Company was chartered at
The last Session Of the Territorial Legislature, and sp-
proved Msrch 4th, 1851. Copies Of the Charter will be
| given, together with au Account Book for their pay
| ments, to the Subscribers for Stock. The road proposed
to be built will extend il it, first section from Nininger
tc Louisville, Il distance Of ~thirty-hys miles. II will
run through sn extremely fertile and rich agricultural
country, already in Il great degree brought under cultiva-
| ticn. We can say without hesitation that this section
Of country contains some Of the finest farms in the Ter
,itorv. What next? This road will terminate it. first
! section at Louisville at the foot Of the rapids Of the
Minnesota River. II .ill Thus tap the trade Of the great
! Minnesota Valley, the greatest artery Of the wealth Of
! this Territory. Who can doubt that this road once
| built, the whole trade Of thai ge.at valley now tributary
10 St. Paul would defect eastward to the Mississippi
River ~ Nininger City. Why: Because by thirty Eve
| miles ii Railroad travel accomplished in q few minutes
more than ons hour, ii could save itself a whole days
hosting, y, nlor. than seventy miles along q shallow and
uncertain river, and a Tedious :rsnshipnent at St. Paul.
/ Any person gisnciug st :e map will gee That the rivers
! Mississippi and M;naasoa form together o peninsula
boating at present lie around its whole length our Rail,
! road Oh the contrary passes at the base of it. cutting off
thus one half Ut more OF the distance, besides substitu-
ting the iron horse for tie slow steamboat.
Will this road pay : lis present section Us we have
shown is through, a fertile farming country, it's first termi-
nus taps the riches: current Of trade in Minnesota.
What is beyond Take the map. To the southwest
lies the winding length Of the Minnesota River with all
III AUucEcW4 GWi JI3lG2 pWuN. G20 We QOuDE what the
future will call forth from such = region ? up beyond
| the great bend, away into al almost untrodden country
it continues the same outlet 20 present or future agricul-
! tural wealth. Then again directly west of Louisville, a
magnificent country, (th@ Counties Of Carver, Mcleod
and those adjacent stretches out, already much develop
ed, and containing 5 most energetic and intelligent popu-
lation. A branch road is already in contemplation
to Glencoe, anG our Charter will to this end be amended
At she next session Of the Legislature. This region once
opened up, crce aHeret: an outlet for its productions, and
it Will food its wealth outwsri to the Mississippi. And
then, looking to the farther future, if the Nininger and
st. Peter Railroad CemTanr are, rs we think they will
be, able to construct the FIRST RAILROAD IN MIME.
sofa whasis 80 prevent their keeping the same advanced
position, and sweeping westward on the great line Of the
world's advance.
With eli this who can doubt that the Stock Of the
Company will be 3 eafe and paying investment? Who
can doub. that it will yield a handsome return on its
principal in semi-snnusl dividends Who will doubt
that it will be IL current and tangible evidence of SO much
moaey-negotiahje AZ bank notes
But more than all this, in asking the public to sub
scribe for stock in the Nininger and St. Peter Railroad
Company. we are Offering them lots in the Town of
Louisville which wilt BY their certain rise, upon the
building Of the road, net them double, treble, guadrups
the shoie coat Of their Stock, and that too before they
have half paid for it. Of this fact there can be no
doubt. Lots have already, before there was any pros.
pect Of . Rsiircad, been sold in the Town Of Louisville
for Two Hundred Dollars each. We are Offering equally
good lots for ZEN dollar. each ! What We ask in return
is, that ne p~urchrsr shoN pay ha pro rata part toward.
building a road that sc'W UNNECESSARILY add to tie value
Of his o+cn properly. What could be fairer He il
putting money in no mans pocket but his own. He is
building his own Railroad in which he ia - deeply in
terested as any other man, and IN whose actions he will,
es 3 shareholder, have 4 voice.
Let US reduce this matter % details, Srst to demon
strate it's feasibility, and secendly to show it's results as
TO the individual purchaser.
The Road from Nininger TO Louisville will cost it has
been estimated at the rate Of e20, 900 per mile, making
+ total Of 500, GOO. OF this, it is . we'll known fact,
that il one halt, Or even one third be raised in cash, the
remainder can be negotiated, bv exchanging the Stock
with contractors, by diseountiag the bonds of the ca.
secured on the portion already built, and in various other
ways. We propose to raise very nearly the whole amount
in cash. We will offer for sale about six thousand lots in
Louisville at Ten Dollars per lot, subject to an average
subscription Of one share to the lot, in al, six thousand
shares. MAKING Al One Hundred Dollars ner ehare Sx