Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-20
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.
MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention enprsng and industrious portion Of
ersl inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive, will enable hem by proper
msnent homes for themselves and families Wh comparatively
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State the Valley Mississippi offers so great an
the settler the State Illinois There
portion the world where all Ofhe conditions Of climate and
Corn and WHEAT as the Praires Of Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich Of the praes cultivated with such
moving Illinois Plumbers The Of Illinois
is about equal to that Of England, and the soil rich that
il will support twenty millions OF people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
contiguous to railroad 700 miles in length
which connects with other roads, and naVgabe lakes and rv
and Southern markets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
Thus capital and labor have been applied developing the
soil great Of the state in ees and iron almost
untouched The inyasbe rule that the mechanic arts flourish
food and fuel cheapest, will follow at early
day in illinois, and the Of the next ten years the natu
raj laws and necessities OF the case warrant the belief thata
least thousand people will be engaged the State
Of Illinois in the various manufacturing emplOynents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over $OG 900 Of private capital have been expended
the railroad system Of Illinois Inasmuch part Of the in
in snds 20 to diminish the state Expenses The TAXES ARE
LIGHT, and must, sequently, every day decrease
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only SIU,Gj395 A. and within the Las
years has reduced 81 So and may
ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly tlirg up with Popul9on eGsO6 per
ton I,7I9 496-a ratio Of LOO per cent in 10 years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The gcultual Products Of Illinois greater than those
csi OSG6S tub me wheat crop Of 1850 approacfes
S. 900 Of bushels while the corn crop yields not less than
l4O'OoO'OOO bushels vrPT111rv OF SOIL,
Nowhere the industrious farmer such mmediser
posed deep rich oam the fertility Of which unsurpassed
BY any the globe.
TO ACTUAL oULTIvAToRs.
a Since 1854 the io4apaHg hare sod 100000 acres.
Ileys only to actual clOat0r8 and eU6y contract con-
ed through these lands Of an expense NJ 100000 600
IN 1880, The reputation Of J0rynfAe counties through
haze JseH added maxi fhe t0hOs population sII,sOI-
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As An evidence Of thrift the people, be stated ha
COO tuns Of freight including S50O0O0 bushels 81 grain
barrels Of four forwarded over the line last
year. o-o,
Mechanics and workngmen will hnd the free school system
encouraged by the State and endowed with large reTenus o
the Of schools Their can live in sight Of the
leading State in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices OF these lands from St to s5 per sere, ae
sell for about ss per acre. relative expense Of
subdung prairie land compared with wood land in ratio OF
10 10 in favor former. The Of sale for the bulk
Of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
six percent annum and six int crest notes at six cent
payable respectively hre four FIVE, and sixyears
from date four notes fer principal payable in four
ve six and seven years date Of sale; the contract sDu
sng tenth Of purchased shall he fenced and
cultivated and year. for Eve yess from the date Of
% that at the end Of Ave years one half should te fenced and
under cultivation
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation cash, except the should be at six
dollars per acre when the cash price will be dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands, soil, climate productions
prices terms payment, be had app LEGATION to
J. W. FOSTER. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois,
For the towns, Villages and Cities situated
ths Illinois Central Railroad pages 49, 1885, lyO, Apple
tons Railway Guide.
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