Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-09

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
AeA as they perceive viii enable them by proper
and Industry provide comfortable homes for the
selves and families, WITH comparatively speaking very little ca
tai
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State In the Valley Mississippi great indu
srt to the settler as the Illinois portion
the u-rl where all the conditions Of climate and soil admir-
ty combine produce these great staples coRS and WHEi
IS the Prsiries Of Illinois
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous to railroad TCO miles in leng
~h with other roads and navlgsbe lakes ana rive
thus aodlng an unbroken Communication with the Eastern
Southern markets
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over 100000 Of private capital have been expended
rarosd system Of Illinois, InGuch as part OF the Income fro
several Of these works, with valuable public fund in lands
tnlsh the state expenses the LIGHT and must
qsen;ly every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
7s Sdss de5t only $40 lOsses H. and son ne last Nv
year. been reduced s2ss976 So and may rSdsondJ
erpect Tat in Ten years Il tSiR become O@iiHct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State is rapidly filing up with population; sosO25 perso
having been added 1884, making the present pOPulsu
lis, 100. ratio Of 1902 per cent In ten years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
IRE Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater than those
any .her State; The products sent on. during the past
eesed The wheat OF 1850 approaches IS 90
GEO bushe while the crop yields not less than 10000
bushels.
FERTILITY OF THE SOIL.
Nowhere can the industrious such immediate
s for upon these prairie Soils they being compOs
OF deep rich loam fertility Of which unsurpassed by
TO ACTUAL CULTIvATORs.
srss 1851 n. Company haze sold 600 acres TheyseH
IN 10 actual e,udors and svery contract coIins d0'
rasnt % cuirate The road has been constructed through "a
lands at an opese Of s9oOOOOO IN 1850 e population
Nrt,nise counties through tohch passes tcds only 1888
since rich 40 Q9S hars been ddded making he ho popa
ton 1881, a gain cf143 per cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
ian evidence Of the thrift Of people, may be stated
ooOOO tons OF freight Including OOO bushels Of grain
$4,000 barrels Of forwarded the line last
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices ofthese vary from 90 s25 Accord
10 location quality &C. First class farming lands sell for abe
$40 to S2 per and the relative Of ubdaog pra
land compared with wood land In the ratio Of 10 10 fay
OF the former ofsae for the bulk Of these lands will
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
n six per cent per and six interest notes at six per
payable respectively In one two three four Ave and SIX YET
SALE and four for principal payable In 70
ave- from date OF sale the contract spu
ting than oneenh Of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
va each and for five years from the date Of
Of Ave years onehsh shall be fenced and
cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT. WILL BE DEDUCTED
for the valuation for cash. except the should be at six doll
per acre, when the cash price will be Eve dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands SOIL climate produoto
prices, and OF payment be had application to
Wv. FOSTER,
LAID Commissioner, Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago, Illinois
For Of the Towns Villages and Cities situated upon
Illinois Central Railroad pages 1ss, lS9, l9O Appeons
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