Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-03
THE IL LIMOS CENTRAL RAILROAD
COMPANY
HAVE FOR SALE
100000 Acres
RICH FARMING LANDS,
TRACTS OF FORTY ACKEs AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.
MEuHANIcs. FARMERs ANp HoRKINa sIE

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the Prsing and industrious portion
The community is directed to the following statements
| ersl Inducements offered them By the
| ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive, will enable e by proper sDes
g and industry to provide comfortable per
| speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State in the Valley Of the Mississippi offers 30 great
nducement the settler State Of illinois There y,
portion OF the world where All oftbe condr ~ cji -
SOIL SO admirably combine to produce those two great staples
CoRH and WHEAT, as tie Prairies of Illinois
RICH BOILING PRAIRIE LANDS.
derfu facility that tie farmers the Eastern Middle State
are moving to Illinois in great numbers The OF Illinois
is about equal to that Of England, and the SO rich that
it will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS..
These lands contiguous to rarosd zoo miles in length
which connects with other roads, and naYigabe Ty
es thus ahodng unbroken communication viii the Eastern
and Southern markets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capita and labor have been applied developing the
soil the great the in coal and iron are almost
untouched The nvsrable rule that mechanic arts ouTb
best where food and fuel are cheapest will follow t an %
raj laws and necessities OF the warrant belief that
least five hundred thousand people will engaged in s State
Of Illinois IN the various manufacturing employments.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over OOO0 coo Of private capital have been expended
in lands 90 ia 5iiDS S stt rs 81 sSi1SniS @ p195S i9nd
LIGHT, and must, Consequently, every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt is only slo5ss3 a. and within the las
ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
the state IS rapidly hLrg Up with population S5SG6 per
ton l,7ls,i5j-s ratio Of lO2 per cent in 10 years.
AGRloULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater than those
any other State The Products out during the past wear
exceeded 5OOUg tuns The wheat crop approaches
SOOO Of bushels while the crop yields less than
IA, 600 bushels
Nowhere can the industrious IA such immediate re
suits for his labor upon these prairie they being com
POSED Of deep rc7 Oa the fertility of which is unsurpassed
by any on the globe
TO ACTUAL oULTIYAToRs.
since ls5i tie loHIany haze sod 100000 GcTes
tGiRS agreement coGte The road has BEEN consfrct
ed through these taEds Of an espeDSe 0f 100000 600
IOIic6 passes 1Ods oalg S, ,Ss since ,c1jsH' I5929S
haze been Gdded making The t2hOLe population SI4,S9I-
a gain Of lab per cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As evidence OF the thrift Of the people may be Eaied hA
GOOOO uns Of freight including sGOJ0OJ bushels grain
and 25OOO barrels o; four forwarded the line
year.
Mechanics and Eorkinzea TIE free school system
BY the State and endowed large revenue for
the support Of schools Therchdren live ght Of the
leading State in the Great Western Empire
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
'ording to locaen quality, &c Rrsclass farming lands
M for about SO or ls per acre. ami the relative Of
10 in favor Of the The terms Of sale for the buIk
Il the lands viii be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
4 six percent per snno aaI notes at six per cent
Jaysoe respectively one, two three, four years
date Of sale and fsur principal payable four,
e six an seven years from date Of sale the contract stDu
sng that tenth Of the purchased shall
Utysed each and year. for Eve years from the Of
ale 50 a . the end Of ave years should b fenced snd
Eder cultivation.
TWENTY PEE CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
the valuation for cash except the sane should be at six
cllLrs when the cash price will dollars
Pamphlets scrpt7e Of the lands soil climate productions
rce5, and terms Of payment, be had application 70
J. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois
For the Of the towns, Villages Cities situated upon
be Illinois Central Railroad pages 49, 1884, I9O, Apple
on's Railway Guide.
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