Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-29
Garden State Of the West.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
COMP NY
HAVE FOR SALE

LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES
MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the enter prIsing industr PARTON
he Community is directed the soloGng statements and LIB
sral indaesment. offered them b. the
ILLINOIS ogNrEAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, as they viii pc eve, will enable them By proper snsE
~ pesseysranee Industry provide comfortable and
nanent homes themselves and families WITH comparatively
speaking, very little capital
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No STATE in the Valley Of the Mississippi great
Inducemeut to the settler the Illinois There
portion the world where all Ofhe conditions Of climate an.
soil admirably combine produce those two great staples
CoRS and WHEAT, as tie Prairiescf Illinois
RICH BOILING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep ris OF the prares is cultivated With such
derfu facility that TIE farmers f the Eastern and Middle States
moving to Illinois ia ereat umoes The area Of uno
about equal that Of England, and the sci rich ha
1t Will support twenty millions Of people
.s RAsTERn AND soUTBERN MARKETS.
cong uous to railroad 7v0 miles In length
which connects with other roads, and navabe lakes and
srs 2orng unbroken with he Eastern
and southern markets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
Thus far capita and labor been applied developing
soil the great the State cssl AID iron almost
untouched The nvsbie e that the mechanic arts aourh
Ssy in Illinois and in the course q the next ten years the
raj necessities the warrant the belief that 81
hundred thousand pepe Will be engaged 10 the State
of Illinois IN the various manufacturing emplnynents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over sIOGOO private capital have been expended
the railroad system Of Illinois Inssmuch part Of the in
come from Of Wor, NTH valuable public fund
in lands 20 diminish the State Expenses, the TAXES ABE
LIGHT, and mast, consequently, every day decrease
THE STATE DEBT. --
The Debt is only 393 "A, and within the Ia =
rsa years reduced go and
ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
The STATE Is rapidly elirg up population; e 06 Psr
sons been added 1850 making present popuA
ton ,4o-A ratio Of lO2 per eeat in 10 ysaus
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Illinois greater than hOs.
exceezed 10000 tuna The crop ss0 approaches
bushels while the yields not less thai
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere Industrious fa such immediate
suits for his labor - upon these prairie soils ney being con
By any on the globe.
TO ACTUAL cULTIVAToRs.
Since 1854 the SompGsy hare sold I 100000 acres
tots an agreement to cErdte The has been
ed through these iands Of az espease Of $4,000 OO0
s0aic6 passes org SOS sics ,gAisA, 479,s3!
0Gia Of I43 per cent
EvIDENcEsoF PROSPERITY.
As evidence Thrift the Ple tmy be stated hs
frsgh including ESQ 90 bushels 81 grain
and barrels Of -four, were forwarded over the line las
year.
Mechanics and ind the free school system
support Their children live in sight Of the
church and and grow up with The prosperity Of
leading State in the Great Western Empire
PRICES AND TERMS or PAYMENT.
The prices Of vary from So SIS per
cording location, quality, &c First class arn lands
sell for SO y3 acre. an the relative snse Of
subdung prairie land compared with wood land is ratio
OF the former The Of sale foT the bulb
Of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
at six per snnum AMI int crest notes six per ct
payable respectively in two, hrse FOUR ave. and sx
a1d fsur notes principal payable IN four
Six yess from date Of sse the contract stinu
lsng tenth Of purchased shall fenced and
cultivated each aud for ve from the date Of
at the end of Ave half SHOULD be aei and
nnGer cultivation.
TWENTY PEP CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the vauaonor cash. except the should be at I
dollars when the cash rice will be edolars
Pamphlets scrptiVe VI the lands, soil china oducons
prices and terms payment, be had sP lcaOnto
j. W. F05TB :. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
hicago, I lInois.
For the Of the Villages and Cs situated upon
tbs Illinois Cent? Railroad 49, ie9, 49, Apple
tons Railway Guide
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