Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-06
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT LOW PRICES.
nroHAY1os yGRxzRs AND WORKING MEN

! MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the erprsius and industrious portion
the community directed to the following statements and Lib
! srsl Inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable ths by proper snc
g perseverance and industry to provide comfortable and per
homes for themselves and families With comparatively
! speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State thu Valley Mississippi Offers SO great an
inducement to the settler the State Of Illinois There
portion of the world where all ofhs conditions Of climate
ooRN and WHEAT, as the Przireyof Illinois.
RIoH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDE.
The deep rich lean Of the prares is cultivated with such
are moving to illinois in great Duber The Of Illinois
about equal to hs Of England and the soil is 50 rich that
il will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands are contiguous to railroad 700 miles in length
which connects with other roads and navgabIe lakes and
thus aOdingan with the Kastsrn
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capita and labor have been applied to developing the
s gre I o. .S se @ n Gear ana lron Se ainoSs
best where food and fuel cheapest will follow early
raj laws and necessities OF the warrant the belief that
least hv hundred thousand people will be engaged tbs
Of Illinois in the various manufacturing employnents
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over $lOO Of private capital have been expended
TIE railroad system Of Illinois Inasnzch as part Of the in
lands 90 diminish the STATE Expenses the Taxes ARE
LIGHT, and must, Consequently. every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT
The State Debt only sl1O5ss8 a, and within the Ia
three years has been reduced So 9 may reason
sbly expect that in ten years will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
Ths state 9 TsPi5y hEg gP with popuiMStsR at so6 per
6oR I,7I9 496-a ratio Of l02 per cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products of Illinois greater than those
exceeded 100000 tzn The wheat crop Of 1850 spposchss
S bushels while tae yields Lot le8a than
FERTILITY OF SOIL
Nowhere the industrious fsmeT such mmedatrs
posed Of deep, the fertility which is unsurpassed
BY any On the globe.
TO ACTUAL CULTIVAFoRs
Since s54 tie i0npaay ha0e sold 100000 dc-ss.
1Aoy sell only 70 actual cuUGOrs Gd e1ery contract con-
cd tAroUgA these lands Of ese1ss nf $4,000 600.
IN 1850 the population Of JOTtgniSe counties tAT0uga
haOe been added, maxi fie GOOIe population sI4,s9I-
gain Of l43 per cent.
EyIDREcEsoF PROSPERITY
an evidence Of Of tie people, r.y be stated tha
500 TINS Of rsgh; including 56OO3 bushels Of grain
and 900 barrels foUr, forwarded over the line lass
EDUCATION.
Mechanics and Workngmen will fnd As free school system
encouraged By the state and endowed with large revenue for
the support Of schools Their children live sight of the
church and ohouses and grow with the prosperity ofhs
leading State IN the Great Western Empire.
PRIoEs AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
The prices Of these lands from So to S25 per acre,
sell for about $40 or 2 per acre. and reavs expense Oi
subd1ng prairie land compared with wood land ratio Of
favor OF the former The OF for the
Of the lands viii be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
six annUr and six int notes per cent
payable respectively in one, two, hree four hve and
from date Of sale and four for principal payable in four
hve SIX and years from date Of sae the spu
lang that tenth Of the tract purchased shall
cultivated each and year. for Eve years from the date Of
SALE that az the end OF ave years should be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER GENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
ron the yau2o2 Tor cash. except the same should be at six
dollars when the cash price will be dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands climate productions
prices, and terms OF payment be had cation
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, 1884, $50, Apple
toms Railway Guide.
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