Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-01-25
MERCHAHD!SE.
iiGnGS FGR THE INDUSTRIOUS

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GA::GEI STATE UE' SEE: %E:S'g.
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
HAVE FOR SALE
100000 ACRES
OF McH FARMING LANDS Is TRAITS OF fugTT
AcEES AND rpWARp on LONG CREDITS
AND Low PRICES.
JaJIIC attention rf ;h- cntrrpri,Ing and inlus,ious nor
q tion OF the community is directed to the following
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COM
PANY.
which, as they will perceive, will enable them, By proper
energy, perseverance and industry, TO provide comfortable
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No state lu the Valley Of the Mississippi offers so great
all luducemsnt to the settlers rs the State Of Illinois. There
|: no portion Of The world where all Of the conditions Of
clir,a,. and soil 80 admirably combine 10 produce those
,wo great staples, Germ and whea;, as the prui.ies of II.
EnUi5.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands are contiguous to 1 railroad 100 nllrs in
length, which connects with othe. roads and nayigab!-
lakes and rivers, thus ar1riing IN urbroyeu comrurica.
ton with the Eastern and Southern markets.
RAILROAD SYSTEM IN ILLINOIS.
Over FOO, Coz QUO Of private capital have been rSp.nd.
ed on III. railroad system OF Illinois. Inas,nuch a. part OF
the iucoine from several Of these works, with n valuable
public fluid in lands, 60 to diminish The State expenses,
the TAXES ARe LIGHT, ard mus: consequently every day
decrease.
TIE STATE DEBT.
The STAFF debt is only 80, 100, 39S II, and within the las,
three years hus been reduced 1888, 80 I'll, aud We aay
reasonably expect that in ten years It will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
Tie State is rapidly filling up With population; SOS, 02d
persons having hern added since 1850, making the present
population 40. 400; a ratio VI 10. per crr,. IN ten years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products OF Illinois ere greater than
those Of the other State. The products sent out during the
pas, year exceeded 500, oOO tons. The wheat crop OF lot)
approaches 81, 0eO, 600 bushels, while the corn crop yields no:
less Than $4,000, OU9 bushels.
FERTILITY OF TIE SOIL.
Nowhere can the Industrious farmer secure such Imne.
diate Fesul's for his labor as upon these prairie soils, they
being composed 0. i deep rich loam, the fertility Of which
is unsurpassed ly any on the globe.
THE ACTUAL CULTIYATORS.
Since l>5i the Company have sold l,3ON, 600 acres. They
sell only TO oc.ual cultivatcrs, and every contract contains
All agreement 10 cultivate. The road has been constructed
through these lands ut m expense OF $50, U0o, 900. In 1850
the population Of 80 counties through which It passes vas
Only sd, 5gS, since which 40, 293 have been added; making
the whole population sl4. ssl, a gain Of lES per cent.
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As all evidence OF the thrift Of the people, /: may be
suited that Coo, coo tons OF freight, Including 5000. GOO
bushels Of grain and 100000 barrels Of uHur, were for.
warJed over The llue last year.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices OF these lands vary from 81 to .a5 per acre,
according u location, quality, &c. FiTst-clasi farming
lands sell for about 4o TO &i2 per acre aad the relative
expense Of subduiug prairie land Is compared with wood
land, Is In the ratio OF l to ~ In favor Of the former. The
terms OF sale for the bulk OF these lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
at sx per cent. per aanurn, and SIX interest notes at SIX
per cent, payable respectively in one, two, three, four, five,
md six years from date OF sale; and four rotcs for prin-
cipal, payable in four, five, six, and seven yours from date
of sale The contract s,lula,ing that oGeten,h OF th- tract
purchased sllall be fenced and cultivated. each and eTrry
year, for i've years FROM the late Of sale, SO tha: at the end
OF five years onr.half shall L- fenced and under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
rom the valuation for cash, except the same should be at
six dollars per acre, when the cash price will be Eve
dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive o! the lands, soil, climate, prsduc-
lions, prices, and terms Of payment, can be had on appl!.
catinn 10 J. ". FOSTER,
Land Commissioner. Illinois CeH,ral Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois.
For the names Of The To~rs, Villages, and Cities situated
Upon the Illinois Contra! Rallsoad, see page lsS, lS9, 1870,
Applc,on's Hallway Guide. Jan Is dcdwGn