New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-27
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TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARD.
LONG CREDIT AND AT LOW PRICES
MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKINGMEN.
The attention enteprisDg and industrious portion Of the
community directed the following statements aud liberal In
ducements oHeredthem by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which as they will perceive will enable them by proper
~ and industry topsyde comfortable aud per.
nsnent homes for themselye families WITH comparatively
speaking very little capital;
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the Valley Of the Mississippi Offers 80 great an IN
% b S or S ali emste aud o 80
admirably combine produce those great staples corn and
wheat as the prsiries Of Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich losm Of the prae cultivated With 'uSh
wonderful facility that !he farmer. OF the Eastern and Iae @
nois about equal that Of England and the o 80 rca a
1t viii support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands are contiguous Railroad 700 miles IN length
which with other roads aud naybe lake. and ryer
thus sordng unbToken communication with the Eastern and
SoutheIn markets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
bu, capital and labor have been applied to
soil the grest Of the State In Coal and Iron
almost untouched the invsae rule that the mechanic
early day In ois and in the the
naur, aw' and Eeee,es o. The case warrant me oeei aA
gagged in the State Of Illinois In the various manufacturing en-
ployments
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over Of private capital have been eIpended
the railroads Of Illinois lnssmuch part Of the income
lands 20 70 diminish the State expenses Light aud
musi, consequently, every dsJ decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
Tho State Debt is only slolOss 800 a. and within the
lest three years has been reduced So and
reasonably expect that in ten VIII become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State I. 1py hng up with pop1on S C pe,:Gns .,;6
,1l9,4So-a ratio OF !O2 per cent In ten years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The agricultural product, Of Illinois greater than those Of
cesded $50 900 tuns The wheat crop Of approaches
IS 10000 bushe willie tho crop yields not less than
lac, ,ooo, 900 bushels.
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere the industrious farmer secure such immediate
results his labor upon these prairie soils they being COM
posed Of deep ch os the fertility OF which "a unsurpassed
by any the globe.
TO ACTUAL CULTIVATORS.
Since 1854 ne Company hGrs cold / 300, 900 aere'.
They only euird,O,, and svss contract
agreement earas road IA. been constructed through
as,sland. at e1pea"@ SS3o,oOO,OOO. h195O, the
population Of the Ortnias eOEHts through ~aie pd''es ra'
only 335, ,5oS Iincs Uhoh, 479 293 hGr: bee" added
making he Nhoe population 614 ,So1-a gain Of 43
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
Asa evidence Of the hn Of the people may be stated
that 60 coo of freight including s6oO bushels Of grain
and barrels Of ouT forwarded over tho line last
year. -
Mechanics and Working Men will find the Free School system
encourage State enow ed with for
the support schoo Their children live In sght OF the
the leading State In the great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices these lands vary from Sc to 25
cordg location quality &c tistclass farming lands sell
for about II and the relative expense OF sub
DUNG aud compared with wood land is IN the ratio Of
10 favor Of the former The terms Of sale for the bulk Of
these lands WILDE
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
per per annum and six interest notes at six cent
payable respectively two three four i've and six
from principal payable in four
ting that the purcha,ed shall be fenced and
cultivated each and year for i've from the ase OF
that the end Of oneha shall be fenced and
under cult, aiion.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
the valuation for cash except the should be sI dol
Lara Der acre when the cash price will be dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands soil climate productions
prices and Of payment be had application 10
J. w. FOSTER, LAND COMMISSIONER
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD,
Chicsyo, Illinois.
Fer tho names Of the Towns Villages and Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad pages lSs, lSs i Appeons
Railway Guide.