Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-04
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

Inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
which, they win perceive will enable them by proper
and Industry provide comfortable homes for them
selves and families WITH comparatively speaking little capt
tai
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No Valley Mississippi great ioducs
en TO the settler Illinois There portion
the world the conditions OF climate and soil sdra
bly, combine produce these great staples coAs and WHEAT
the Prairies Of Illinois.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
contiguous railroad 7CO miles in length
which navigsble lakes ve
thus aoring communication with the Eastern and
Southern markets.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over private capital have been expended the
railroad system Inos part OF the income from
OF these works with valuable public fund In lands to
diminish the State expenses the LIGHT and must
quently every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
ne STATE ds5 is onlv $40 SOS H. and scn tie last three
yeGrsGas beer reduced s2e5916 So and may reasonably
ezyect that IN ten years 10 i0iH become eStiact
PRESENT POPULATION.
The rapidly nng up With population s6sO25 persons
asyng added since 1884, making the present population
l,Tie.a9O. ratio oflO2 per cent in ten years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
TIE Agricultural Products Illinois greater than those
shy The products during the past year
eeedel The wheat crop 1860 approaches $4,000
bushels while the crop yields net less than 4OOOoOO
bushels.
FERTILITY OF THE SOIL.
Nowhere can the industrious such immediate
uron these prairie soils they being composed
Of deep rich oa fertility OF which unsurpassed by any
To ACTUAL CULTIvATORs.
Since 1854 tie Company hare sold goo 71eysV
u 20 actual crairs erey contract contains GOreo
,ast % cirdts The rod hps been constructed through these
lands q, an erpeqse Of s8ooO0OOO In $50 he population If
y-nne counties through ,olic passes only S3559s,
,rh hare been addd making he hOie opuIO-
ton SlI SCI, a gain ofi43 per cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As Al evidence hrn the people, may be stated that
$1,000 Of freight Including 100000 bushels Of grain and
$50 COO Of aour forwarded the neas;
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
The prices othese vary sG;o s25per acre. according
to location qu4ty &C. farming lands sell for Abou;
$40 s9 per and The relative Of subduiug prairie
land compared wood land In the ratio OF to 10 favor
The ofsae for The bulk Of these lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
at six per per snnu six Interest six per cent?
payable respectively in two, three four five and six
sale and four for principal payable In four,
ave- date OF sale the contract spua
ting oneenh the purchased shall be fenced and cu
yae and year. for Eve from the date SALE
end Of Ave years half shall be fenced and under
cultivation
TWENTY PER CENT. WILL BE DEDUCTED
valuation cash. except the should be at six dollars
per acre, when the cash price viii be Eve dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands SOIL climate productions,
prices and erms Of payment be had application to
wv. FOSTER,
Land Commissioner, RlinOis Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois,
For Towns Villages and Cities situated upon the
Illinois Central Railroad ISIS lss l9O Appleons Rsi
way Cujde jal4-dkwc