Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-22
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.
MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN
the community is directed 10 the following and S
| eral inducements offered them by the
1 ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable them, by proper ener
g, and industry provide comfortable and per
manent homes for themselves and families with, Comparatively
| speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINoIs
No State in the Valley Of the Mississippi Offers 50 great an
nducenent to the settler as the State Of Illinois There
IN ~ Se All u tae eSnaltlons OF climate ana
OoRH and WHEAT, as the Pr2ries Of Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich leam Of the prares cultivated such won.
are moving 70 Illinois in great Dgnbss The area Of Illinois
about equa e that Of England and the soil is SC rich that
it viii support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous ralread 700 miles in length
which connects Eh other roads, and nsvigshe
er aGordinga unbroken Communication with tie Esser
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capita and labor have been ped developing the
soil the great resources Of the state in cea and iron almost
untouched The nyariable rule that the mechanic
best where food and fuel are cheapest will follow at early
raj laws and necessities OF the warrant the belief
least five hundred thousand people will be engaged the State
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing eDploynents
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
the rsroad system Of Illinois Tnasmuch as part Of the IN.
lands, 90 diminish the state Expenses the TAXES ARE
LIGHT and must, e9nsequent nty, every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only slOO5395 H. and within the Ia
three has been reduced 81 So and may reason
sbly expect that in ten years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
,o. Is S2t .1 @ a5d aEg & Ep with PTPn1On M per
ton l. ,496-s ratio Of lO2 per cent IN 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
The Agricultural Illinois greater than those
exceeded 100000 tunS The wheat crop Of 1850 spproseSes
3 81 bushels while the crop yields not Iess than
FERTILITY OF SOIL, ..
Nowhere The industrious farmer such inmedatsre
posed Of ep rich lOaa the fertility of which unsurpassed
By any on the globe.
TO ACTUAL oULTTVAFoRs.
Since 1854 tie iOaapGRy hGSe sold 100000 acres
They sell only TO actual cai0dtoTs and eoerg contract
cd through these lands Of an espease of S3OyOO0sO0O
IN 1850 the Qopetdtton Of JOTsyaEae COUNTIES through
hdSs Been added, making 11e t0hOis population SI4ss9I
gaia Of I43 per cent.
EVIDENCES OF PRosPERITY.
As evidence Of the thrift Of the people, msy be stated tina
freight including bushels grain
and O barrels Of four forwarded the line last
EDUCATION.
Mechanics and Worngmen will find TIE free school system
encouraged by the State and endowed with large for
the support Of schools rerchdren can live in sight Of the
church Rnd seoo houses and grow with the prosperity ofhe
leading State in the Great Western Empire.
PRICEsA AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices Of these lands from Sc to S25 per acre,
sell for about $40 er 2 per acre and the relative expense Of
ubdung prairie land compared with wood land in ratio Of
to 10 favor OF the former. The Of for the
Of the lands viii be
ONE YEARS INTEREST In ADVANCE
six percent per and SIX int notes six per cent
payable respectively in two, three four hYe and years
date Of sse and feuF notes fer principal payable in four
hye and years from date Of sale; the stipu
ang that tenth Of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated each and year. for ave years from the date Of
sale that at tie end Of Ave years should be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER GENT WILL BIZ DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash. except the same should be at x
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands soil climate productions,
pTices and terms Of payment be had app csiono
J. W. FOSTER. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, illinois,
For the Of the towns, Villages and Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad pages 49, Is 100, Apple
tons Railway Guide.
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