Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-14
Garden State OF the West.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL ROAD
COMPANY
HAVE FOR SALE
100000 Acres
RICH FARMING LANDS.
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND an Low PRICES.
MECHANICS, FAEsIERs ANp woaKINe MEN.

| MECHANICS, FAEaERs AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the psng and Industrious portion
the community is directed to the following statements and lii
| eral Inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive, will enable eu BY proper snss
@ Perseyersnee and industry to provide comfortable and
nsnsnt homes for themselves and families With, cOmpar7sI
LANDS OF ILLINoIs.
No State in the Valley Of the Mississippi offers so great
ndueeaent to the settler the State Of Illinois There
soil SO admirably combine to produce those two great staples
ooRH and WHEAT, as the PrairiesO Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich lean prares is cultivated with such won
derul facility that the farmers Of the Eastern Middle State
are moving tC l1os in great O1nbers The Of nHnOi
1t viii support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands coutigusus railroad miles in length
which connects with other roads, and nsvbe lakes y
e thus afordng unbrOken communication with the Eassrr
and southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL,
Thus far capita and labor applied to developing The
untouched nvaabe rule that the mechanic arts
best where food and fuel cheapest will follow early
raj laws and necessities Of the the belief that
least Eve hundred thousand people vii be engaged in the State
RAILRoAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
over Of private capital have been expended on
from Of works. with valuable public fund
in lands 20 diminish the Expenses, TAXES ARE
u
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only a95 H. and within the Ia
three years has been reduced So and may
ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The state IS rspdiy alEg up with populstiORi
ton ,496-a ratio of lO2 per cent lOyeArs.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater than those
exceeded 900 uns The wheat crop Of 1850 approaches
3 q bushels while the yields not less thAn
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere the industrious farmer such immediate
sul Tor his labor these prairie Soils they being
posed Of d ic' losn the fertility Of which unsurpassed
By any on the globe.
TO ACTUAL oULTIVAToRs.
1AeyseA og 20 Gual cl:iUGto1s. and e0ey contract
IN 1850, tie popalqt0H Of Joftyniae counties arough
AGVs been added making soho6 population sI4,S9i-
gaia Of l43 per cent.
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
coo uns Of freight Including Bso060 bushels sf grain
and 25OO barrels Of Aour forwarded the line last
year.
Mechanics and Workngmen will ind tie free school EIem
encouraged by the State and endowed with large for
the support q schools Their can live in sight the
leading State in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices Of these lands from S. to S25 per acre.
sell for about $40 or 2 per acre. and the relative expense Of
Subdung prairie land compared With wood land Of
70 10 in favor Of the former The Of
Of the lsnds Will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
At SIX and six crest notes per cent
payable respectively in tWo three four five, and years
from date Of sale and feur principal payable four
ak and seven years from date of sals the contract spu
ang that tenth Of the tract purchased shall fenced
cultivated each and year years the date
sale thai at heend Of ave years should
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BIZ DEDUCTED
on the valuation for cash. except the should be at six
dollars per acre when the cash price will be hge dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands SOIL climate productions
prices and terms OF payment had licaonto
J. W. FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois
For the Of the towns Villages Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad pages l6. ls9 I9O Apple
toms Railway Guide
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