Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-28
Garden State Of the West.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
COMPANY
HAVE FOR SALE
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AZ Low PRICES.
MEOHAN1Cg. rARYgRs AND wopK1ya urN

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention of the enterpsng and industrious portion Of
The community directed the following statements and lib
ersl inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive, will enable them by proper ener
g and industry TO provide comfortable per
msnent homes for themselves and families WITH comparatively
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the Valley of the Mississippi offers so great an
nducement to the settler the State Illinois There no
soil 50 admirably combine to produce those great staples
CORN and WHEAT, as the Prairies Of Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS
The deep rich loan the praes cultivated with such won
derfu facility that the farmers Of and Middle states
about equal to that of England, and the soil rich
1t will support twenty millions of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS
These lands contiguous railroad 200 in length
which connects with other roads, and navgabe lakes and NV
and Southern markets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
Thus capita labor have been applied to deyeIoin the
so the great resources OF the STATE In cssJ and Iron @ Ist
untouched The nVaabe rule that mechanic arts flourish
day Illinois, the Of the next ten wears the pa
least Ave hundred thousand people will he 5gad in t st
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing empoynents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over 100000 of private capital have expended on
come from several Of these works. With valuable public fund
in lands, go ts diminish the State Expenses the TAXES
LldHt, ana must, Consequently every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The Debt only sO,IO5395 a. and within the la
three years has reduced s. So and we may reason
ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State is rapidly filing up with populations s6s6 per
having been added since 1850, making the present popaa
ton ,i9S-a ratio of lO2 per cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
The Agricultural Products of Illinois greater those
Of other state The Products sert out during the
exceeded jC0OO The wheat crop 1850 approaches
Of bushels, while the yields not less than
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere can Industrious armer secure such immediate re
suits for his labor as upon these prairie Soils they being
POSED OF dp c1 loan, the fertility Of which unsurpassed
By any On the GLOBE
TO ACTUAL CULTIVAToRs.
Since S54 the ionpdEy haze sold 100000 acres
7hey6e0 only to actual ct1atOrs and eUery contract
agreement cVltiJHts. ZherOCd has been construct
cd through these lands Of an expense of 100000 0OO
ohtch passes olg 335,59S, since S0Aish 479,29S
ha1e been added raaIHy he S50ls population SI4,s0I0
a gain Of lab per cent.
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As evidence of the thrift the people, itmsy be stated tina
100000 tuns OF freight including s600OO bushels Of grain
and $50 O0 barrels OF -four forwarded the line last
year.
Mechanics and worknsmen will ind the free school system
encouraged BY State endowed large revenue for
the support Of schools live in sight Of The
church and sehoo houses and grow with epopey othe
leading Staten the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices OF these lands vary from S. s5 per acre.
cording location, quality, &c Fstclass farming lands
sell for about SO s3 per and the relative expense OF
subdung prairie land compared with wood land is ratio OF
to 10 Of the former The Of sale for the bulk
Of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
at percent per snnu and notes six per cent
payable respectively three four, five, and years
from date Of sale and four for principal payable four
ave. and years from date Of sale; the
lsg that tenth Of the tract purchased shall
cultivated each and year years from the Of
sale that at the end Of five should be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PEP CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash. except the should be at six
dollars per when the cash price viii be dollars.
Pamphlets scrptive Of the lands soil, climate prod
prices and Of payment be had applicaontO
}. W. FOSTER. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois,
For the Of the towns Villages Cities situated upon
thu Illinois Central Railroad pages 1885, la9, $780, Apple
tons Railway Guide.
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