The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-07
EMIGRAN TAID 30 RIA l..
TO TRH PUBLIC.


TO THH PUBLIC. = 1T
The BEST speculation u the Day.
tive projects Of the day, and we solicit their attention to
the particulars. A plain statement Of facts will be its
best recommendation.
The undersigned arc the proprietors of the greater
part of the Town Of Louisville, on the south side Of tho
Minnesota River, about Fifty miles from its mouth.
The Town has been laid out about two years, and al
ready contains = small population, two stores, a steam
grist mill, two steam saw mills, lime-kilns, IL. The un.
d~ersigned have at a large expenditure Of money, bought
out the whole town site, together with some of the ad.
joining property which they have also laid out az parts
Of the original town. The site Of the town. IL one Of the
finest on the Minnesota River. 1t possesses an excel.
lent landing, and the land on which tho town is built
rises gradually and beautifully from the river, gentle
undulations Of the prairie overlooking each other as they
recede, forming one Of the handsomest scenes one can
find in the whole valley of the Minnesota. 1t is already
the centre of q considerable trade, and would in the or.
binary course Of events, and without the assistance Of
the enterprise detailed below, have gone on steadily to
success.
The undersigned have, however. bought it for another
object besides securing it for its intrinsic merits. They
are interested iu the City Of Nininger on the Mississippi
River. They are interested in seeing the Nininger and
St. Peter Western Railroad built, and they are willing
to hold out unexampled inducements, to the public to
subscribe to the Stock of that Road. Hence at q heavy
outlay they have secured the town site Of Louisville,
and now make the following proposal, a proposal they
believe to be unprecedented in liberality, and in benefits
to those who may take advantage Of it.
They offer to sell Aos IN tie Zoa0n Of Louisville for
ten dollars each, to such parties as shall subscri6e for
Stock in the Ninin9er and 81. Peter Ksstern Railroad
Company.
The lots will be selected by the purchasers in the or
der in which they subscribe for Stock, those first sub
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those subscribing last from having nothing left but re-
fuse lots, the amount of Railroad Stock to be subscribed
for each lot will be apportioned according to its location:
the most valuable will require two or even three shares
of Stock to the lot while on the other hand, Of the or
binary lots two or three lots may be sold for ten dollars
each, as the accompaniment of one share Of Stock. In
this way it will average over the whole town ono share,
Of Railroad Stock to one lot, those taking average lots,
neither extremely valuable or extremely inferior, will
get them at one share per lot, those running into ex-
tremes must pay more it may, however, be said in a
general sense, that . share for . lot will BE- the terms
upon which the lots will be sold.
The shares of Railroad Stock will cost One Hundred
Dollars each. As the payment Of this amount on a
number Of shares might be q serious obstacle to many
parties joining the Company, we have for the benefit Of all,
arranged the Stock so that the sum Of One Hundred Dol.
lars is paid in small monthly instalments Of Five Dollars
every month for the period Of twenty months, ct the
expiration Of which time the One Hundred Dollars will
have been paid in full. Thus the subscription for Stock
will fall lightly upon the subscribers, and will form no
to the purchase of lots even by the poorest.
There is no man who cannot buy one or two lots at ten
dollars each, and pay from bis earnings, however limit
ed, five dollars per month. ~. 81 ~+tfA.&
Let US inquire next as to the Railroad Company in
which the Stock is to be subscribed. The Nininger and
ST. Peter Western Railroad Company was chartered at
the last Session Of the Territorial Legislature. Copies
of the Charter will be given, together with an Account
D., f~ %HoSr IN tho ov,hcop1horo %r 0too1
road proposed to be built will extend in its FIRST
section from Nininger to Louisville, q distance Of thirty
Eve miles It willrun through an extremely fertile and
agricultural country, already in q considerable de-
brought under cultivation. We can say without
that this section of country contains some of
The finest farms in. Minnesota. What next ? This
will terminate its FIRST section at Louisville, At the
foot of the rapids Of the Minnesota River. It will thus
tap The trade of the great Minnesota Valley, the greatest
artery of the wealth of this State. Who can doubt
that this road once built, the whole trade Of that great
valley now tributary to. St. Paul would defect eastward
to the Mississippi River at Nininger City. Why? Be-
cause by t~hirty-6ve miles Of Railroad travel accomplish
ed in a few minutes more than one hour, it could save
itself a whole days boating, Of more than seventy miles
along a shallow and uncertain river, and a tedious tran
at St. Paul. Any person glanciug at the map
will see that the rivers Mississippi and Minnesota form
a peninsula; boating at present is around its
length our Railroad on the contrary passes at
the base Of it, cutting off thus one half Or more of the
distance, besides substituting the iron horse for the slow
steamboat. al. ~ "a. n. .t;.,-. .x{ 4 |
Will this road pay! Its present section as we have
shown is through = fertile farming country, and its first
terminus taps the richest current of trade in Minnesota.
What ia beyond? Take the map, 70 the southwest
the winding length Of the Minnesota River with all
its numerous and rising towns Can VIC doubt what the
future will call forth from such 1 qegion? up beyond
the great bend, away into an almost untrodden country,
it continues the same outlet to present or future agri-
cultural wealth. Then again directly west Of Louis
vile, a magnificent country, 9Th. Counties Of Carver,
Mcleod and those adjjscsht) stretches out, already much
gent population. Application has already been made to
the Legislature by the people Of Glencoe for a charter
. branch road to their town. This region once opened
up, once offered an outlet for its productions, and It will
food its wealth outward to the Mississippi. slAnd then, |
looking to the farther future, if the Nininger and ST.
Peter Railroad Company are, as we think they will be,
able to construct the first Railaoqd IN Ainnesosa what
is to prevent their keeping the same advanced position, |
and sweeping westward on the great line Of the advance
Of the country. IA, @~~. .+|
With ali this. who can doubt that the Stock Of the
can doubt that it will yield q handsome return on its
principal in semi.annual dividends? Who will doubt
that It will be : current and tangible evidence Of 80
much money-negotiable as bank notes. ,..tryt
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 will, by their certain rise, upon the
building Of the Road, net then, double, treble, q~uodSupe
the arhok cost Of Mstr Stock, and that too before they
doubt. Lots have already before there was any pros
of a Railroasd, been sold il the town Of Louisville
for Two Hundred Dollars EACH We are offering equally !
oood lots for ten dollars each! What we ask in return