Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-20
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KEoHAEIos,; FARMERS AND WORKING MEN. 49,
the community directed the follOEng stSeneR and lib
srsl Inducements offered them BY the --..---,
-s ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they viii peIceTe, will enable them, By proper
, PerseVaIlns and Industry 70 provide co0iorabls and
homes for themselves and families, with, comparatively
LANDS OF ILLINOIS. s-., .ea
State IN the Valley OF the Mississippi offers great
inducement the settler Illinois There
s 3 admirably combine to produce those two great p!e
oORN End WHEAT, as the Prairies Of Illinois
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich lean OF prairies cultivated with such won.
dru facility that farmers Of the Eastern Middle States
moving to Illinois in great DunbeTs The Of Illinois
equal that Of England the rich
1t win support twenty millions Of people
EASFERS AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands are contiguous rread 100 miles in Lengths
which connects with other roads and nsvgabie lakes aud TV
thus arcTdng unbroken vi he Eastern
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capita and labor have been applied to developing @
untonced The nyaTiabe rule that The mechanic arts flourish
where food and fuel cheapest, viii follow at early
raj laws and necessities OF the warrant the belief that
eve hundred thousand people viii be engaged in tbs sas
Illinois in the various manufacturing employnents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over $lO0OOOOO Of private capital have been expended on
from several Of these works, with valuable public aAd
in lads ts diminish the State Expenses the TAxEs ARE
THE STATE DEBT.
Ths State Debt is only y as 5,e Il as and vGn the Ia
ably sxlea that in ten years It will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION f F.
The State y rapidly h!Eg up With population 8 0as per
having been added since 1885, making the present pOpGia
don ,7l9, 46-s ratio Of lOs per cent in 10 years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois are greater THAI those
Of any other The Products out during The past year
exceeded lOOOOo uns The wheat crop Of 1860 approaches
$500 900 q bushels while the corn crop yields not le than
'''''> FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere the Industrious farmer secure such mmedistsrs
labor upon these prsTs soils, they being
posed Of deep rich loau the fertility Of which rnsurPasAed
no ACTUAL oULr1vAroRs.
6sace 1854 he iOznpGay AdCe sosd 100000 acres.
7bsy ssg Only 10 Gass e1GtOrs and eDerY cOztrGs con-
cd through these IGs Of expense Of S30,0OQy0 600.
In 1850, the Population Of Zogfynine c0rtSes ttsoagA
1aOs been Gddsd making fAs soAOSs population S14ss91-
gain Of I43 Per cent.
evidence Of the thrift Of the people be stated sha
600 freight including 5000 600 bushels Of grain
barrels Of Hour were forwarded ever the line last
year 1900, sr -..- Es
Mechanics and WorEngen will ind the free school system
encouraged By endowed with large fer
The ppot Of schools live in sight Of the
church and and with the prosperity ofthe
leading STATE in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS or PAYMENT.
ne prices q these Lands vary from % 70 SO Per are 20
sell shout SIC and the relative expense Of
nubauing prairie land compared with wood lane Is IN ratio OF
favor OF the former TIE terms Of sale for the bulk
OF the lands viii BE- ." --. .. ..
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
sx percent per annuu aud per cent,
payable respectively tEo three four, Ave, and
from date Of sae and four notes fer principal payable in four
from date of sale; the contract spn
Gng that tenth Of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated each and year, for ave from the date Of
sale that at eend Of i've half should be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER GENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cs except the should be at six
dollars per when the csspTiee will be ave dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands soil, oducone
preeI, and terms Of payment had pplicsonto
J. ". FOSTER. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago, Illinois.
Tor the Of the towns, Villages and Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad pages Is6. s9, 100, Apple
toms Railway Guide. "a. .-..-
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