Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-13
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.
MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.

MEOHANIos, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention prisng and industrious portion
the community directed the following statements lib
srAl inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable them BY proper ene
and industry TO provide comfortable and
maDen homes for thsmselvessnd families with comparatively
LANDS OF ILLINOIS
No STATE in the Valley Of the Mississippi great
nduOement the settler the State Of illinois There
soil admirably combine produce those great staples
oOEH and WHEAT, as the Prairies Of Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep praiFies cultivated with such won
derful facility that the farmers Of the Eastern and Middle States
moving to nneiE great Dumbers The Of Illinois
1t will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous railroad 700 miles length,
thus ShOrdng unbroken communication with the Eastern
and Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capita and labor have been applied to developing the
so the Fres resources of the state in ces and iron are almost
untouched Ths nVarabe rule that the mechanic flourish
best where food AID fuel are cheapest will follow At an esry
day illinois, the years nau
raj laws and necessities Of the case warrant the belief hata
Of Illinois in the various manufacturing employnentS.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over Of private capital have been expended on
come from several Of these works. With valuable PG5c fund
LIGHT and must, consequently, every day deorease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only 599s A. and witan the la
three years has been reduced 5O and We may reason
ably expect that in ten years II will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
sons Snyns been added nos 1850 making the present poppa
don1i 1885, ratio Of l02 per cent in 10 yeau.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Of any other State The Products sert out during the past year
xceded 100000 tuDE The wheat Of 1860 approaches
49, 900 sf bushels while the crop yields not less than
l40,Oe0,OO0 bushels
Rowhere the industrious farmer secure such
salts for his labor upon these prairie soils they being eem
By any on the globe.
TO ACTUAL cULTIvAToRs.
Since 1854 tie iOnpany haze cold 100000 acres.
alas an ogrssHeN cui11te Tie been
cd EsrONgi these 1ands Of an egpass of $4,000 COO
,0ho6 4 passes oa1g ,59s, AieA, 47929S
haze Been added, making fAe tOhOs population s14,s9I-
gain o. I43 per cent.
KVIDKNCEs OF PROSPERITY.
evidence Of the thrift Of the people be stated tia
and barrels o. four we're forwarded
year.
Mechanics and gorkngmen will and the free school system
encouraged by the State and endowed with large for
the support schools Their children can live in sight OF ne
church and sshoohoues and grow with the prosperity efths
leading State in the Great Western Empire
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
cordinE te location, quality, 60 Fresss farming lands
Tubdung prairie hand compared with wood land ratio Of
in favor Of the former The term Of sale for the bulk
o. the lands viii be
ONE YEARS INTEREST In ADVANCE
six snnu at six cent,
payable respectively two three four i've, and six
from sale and four notes fer principal payable IN four
and from date Of sale; the contract stipu
ang that tenth OF the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated each and for i've years from the date OF
se that at the end Of Eve should be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BIZ DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash. except the sne should be al SIX
dollars when the cash price will be re dosr1
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands, soil, climate productions,
prices, and Of payment, had application
J. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois,
Of the Villages and Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad pages ls 1884, 100, Apple
tons Railway Guide.
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