Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-14
HOMES FOR The INDUSTRIOUS
" TIE
GARDEN STATE 0F TssE WEST.

GARDEN STATE oE' TsaTs WEST.
THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
HAVE FOR SALE
l,20o,o0o ACRES
cs ElcE FARMING LANDS IN TRACTS cP FogrY
ACRES A.D UPWARD on LONG CREDITS
AND Low pRIcEa
TaNhG atteuon Of the enterprs!nS and irdusous por
Z ton oi The community Is directed 10 lhe following
statements sne liberal indsssnens offered th-u: By the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COM
PANY.
WHICH, Is they Et perceive viii eosbis pir S5 proper
snersy perseverance, and industry provide comfortable
homes :or themselves cnd famiueu ~its comparatively
speaking. very Little CAPITAL
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No Sale in the Valley Of the Mississippi 80 great
al Eduoemsct 10 the ssLers the Stale OF luuo! There
Is portion Of The Wcrd S!ere al .; the co2Gluons Of
climate and soil admirably combine prodIce those
Two great Vlapleo Coru Eud WLe-: the prss OF IL
lno,.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These landG are contiguous 10 railroad l uilrr il
length, wLioh with other roads and navssae
lakes sod .!ver, thu. sGordns uaSrcksa e.raunics
don With the Eastern sui Southern markets.
RAILROAD SYSTEM IN ILLINOIS
orer ti0o QUO OF private capital haYe h..a expend
ed the railroad system OF Illinois, Iuatnucb par. Of
the income fola several OF these works. Nth valuable
public fund In lands 60 to lln,h tie Stale expenses
tho TAXES LoHT, aud ronseqrcauy every day
decrease
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Deb, Is only l0o6Sas H. aud within the las,
three yeArs he's bsen reduced s!sii6 So Aid We may
rsasonSh expect that in ten ys will betor= exlucL
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State Is rapidly filling up With population; SGs r!b
per.ora having been added since s0 making the present
population l.i9i9O; rnuu " ut cent u eu YEATS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Ts Agricultural Product. Of In!aoi, greater than
hoss OF the other ss TIE products sent OCT during TIE
p..t year sxossIsd 0oO tous The wh.a Drop or SCI
approaches - oou suihss while The yil' no,
eGs :kea 10, ,c1O, 90 bushsla-
FERTILITY OF lllE SOIL.
NoSLere the Industrious such Ia;pe-
a,e results Cor his abVr upon :.ss prairie sos ;hrj
oens compo.rtol tecp rs los5 tie fertility of ~tieh
IS unsurpassed by any on lie Giobs-
1f1E All " AL CULllf Y AlOlSS-
siaoe 1851 The Company have seld 900 Tasy
sail only to Hcual cuvste and every courGo, contains
sgrrrneat cultivate The road has been coinruStrd
through these lsods q, expense Of sGo:e e0 In 1851
tho population Of ~ eouueS through which passea was
uly sS5S Sys, since which i;s @ have br-u added making
he whole population slis&i, galu .; ~ re. cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
eyId nf ths ,ri,t If he 4 ht
stated ,hs, euU0a OF freight Including S,0vo,ovu
0r.hes Of grau snd 25O barrels o tou., for
narJsd over tie Ius lsAt year.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The pricsl OF tess ..nts vary from IS ssS per
according locslou, qualify, &C. frst-ea.s farming
lands sex so &I2 per and the relative
.xpeuse Of EabIuiLs prairie land compared with wood
aud the ratio 0! 10 IN favor Of The forme. The
term. Of sale for :hs bus Of ,sets landi Will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
at s1 per cent, per annu, and sir nteEes nocs at ss
per een payable respectively 10 one two hrse FOUR I've
and SIX years Of sse and four notes for prin
cpa in four Ave, six, and seTsn years from Ssis
Of sale The aipuIans that ouesnth ot the uac
purchased shall be fenced snd cultivated each and every
yss ystrs -Ul tr cate 0: saa, that ~ ia
OF i've ys., oashAH shall ts fenced and uad.r cult
| TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
RON e valuation for cash. except tie sane Ihou!d be
.1 dolisrs par acre S5ea :hs eash prcs ~il b Nv,
| dolxTt
Pamphlet, descriptive OF the lands, soil climate, prrduc
oa. prices, rad terms Of psynsu:, bs had appn
| e.uento J. IT. FosrE!,
Lsad courIa,easr, 1laol. Central Eagroad,
- Chicago u!inGl
Pos The names Of the Towus Villages, and Cite, situated
upon tn Illinois Central Ra,osd page lss, iss lsg
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