Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-21
HOMES FG5i TaiG iNDUSIR;0lS
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GAEsGET sE'AE's GE' T1ss: .i':;sT'.
TIE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

TIE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
HAVE FOB SALE
100000 ACRES
or RICH FARMING LAHbs Is TRACTS OF FORTY
ACRES And UPWARD on Long CREDITS
AND LOW PRICES.
TT1nE attention of The .n,-rp:islug End industrious por
4 ton cf III. community Is directed 10 :hr following
stLteg: rnts and l!beraI iudcceaenl, offered them hy tine
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COW.
PANY.
which, IL, tnry will perceive, will enable them, By rroPe:
energy, perseverance, AID Industry, {, provide comfort she
homes for thernselvc. aud families, ~!rh. comparatively
speaking. very little capital
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State Ia the Valley uc tie Mississippi oTeys % great
al inducetaen; 10 the settlers - the State II i!i!ne,s. There
u no portion Of The world where all % The conditions OF
climate and soi so admirably combine to rroicc= those
two great staples, Cc'a AID Wheat, as the pra::es o: IL
linus.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
Thee lauis are contiguous 10 = r.ilruai I&i miles IL
length, which connects with Other roads Az! aIr:yi5i-
lakes aaa rivers, thus efoIl:as al %unhroken Communists
ton With theAaSAra and Southern markets.
RAILROAD SYSTEM N ILLINOIS.
Over 800, Op0, O1U Of private capital have been cxp-nG.
cd on the railroad system OF Illinois. Irasmuch rs part Of
the Income from several OF th.se works, with 4 valuablc
public fund In lands, 70 to diminish the State expenses,
the TAXES AAE LIunr, ADD suGs: cons=que'tiy cTery day
decrease.
TIE STATE DEBT.
7se'state deb: Is only sl0, l06,s9, II, and within the las;
three year, has been reduced g. 9J9, I+6 50, ard We may
reasonably expect that In ten years il; vii! become extinct.
D0pIfI ALTON
The sta,s Ia rapidly filing up with population; s6s, o2G
persons having been added since lSsl, making the presen.
population 1.Il9,+9o; a ratio OF lnt per ceIt. In ten years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Tie Agricultural Products OF Illinois are e.el,er than
those OF the other State. The products sent w. drriEs the
| past year exceeded 500, wv tons. The wheat crop eflseD
approaches s., 0O0, 100 bushels, while the corn crop yields No,
less than lao, oVo, 900 bushels.
FERTILITY OF TIE SOIL.
Nowhere can the indus,riou, farmer secure such imme-
dlate results for his labor as upon these prairie coils, trey
being composed o. a deep rich loan, the fertility Of which
is unsurpassed by any on the globe.
THE ACTUAL CULTIVATORS.
Since 1854 the Company have sold 500, 900 scrs5. they
sell only TO actus! ccltiysLers, ind every contract contain.
AN agreement 70 cultivate. The roI. been constructed
tLIU uSn ic5 " O y q ~ SAi'Sh9 u . u SS'''fe' 80 .S~S
the population OF - counties throue, ,hich It passed Tai
only sp5 sos, since which 479. o93 hay, zen aided; making
the whole population sl4,s9l, a ga.no 20 per oeuL
EVIDENCES OF Pro oEkITY.
a, an evidence Of The .t-iis c! he people, 1t my be
stated tina. 6GO, 600 TONS c! .:=isat, !schudlrg s,111yGp
bu,bela OF grain aaJ 2So,0 coo tGr=l. Of g9ur. 'Sers for.
varied over the Line last year.
PRICES AND TERMS or PAYMENT.
9rr price, OF these lands vary ..3c, SC 10 se5 pc. sc.e,
according 70 location, qualify, &c. F!.st-cia-s farming
lands sell for about $40 10 Sl2 pes a::e aid The relative
expense Of ~subaains prairie land &c compared Si,t wood
land, 10 In the ratio o! | 20 10 in f. IT Of tire hprtn=r. The
terra, Of sale for the bulk OF these i.ajs =!;i be
ONE YEARS INTEREST X ADVANCE,
at sI per cent. per anaurc, and six ia:erss; no;es Gt sI
per cent, payable respectively In one, ~ o three, sou5, hvr,
and SIX year. from dale CT sale aui four ro:=I for p-!n-
cipel, payable in four, Eve, stx, and ssvra years from Gste
CT sale the con.rac: s;!p1!s:tng that ~cneter;h ct The tract.
purchased ihaii be fenced and cultivated. each ED every
year, for Eve Year, from the date Of sale, 80 TINT a: IN. end
OF Ave yeasI cnshalf shall be fenced upc ruder cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
ron :he Tc!ua,!on 70: ez.h, except the i=0- should ts a:
sI dollars par acre, shen tie cs,h price viz be Ere
dollars.
Pamphlet. descriptive uf ;Le isnd., soil. climate, p, -ivc.
;!on., prices, aud te.ia1 o. Gyn-ut, csn 10 had 90 s;pli.
caNor TO J. ". FOSTER,
Land comaI,sione1, Ill.aoIr Csrua! Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois.
For the naars o. the Towns, Villages, snd Cite: situated
upon the 1llnoi, Central RAILROAD, Zee page lss, Is3, l9o,
Apple:on's Railway Guide. Jan a hcdwsHn