Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-16
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low Prices.
MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the entprsng and industrious portion o
the community is directed to the following statements and lib
ersl inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable hem by proper
perseverance and industry to provide comfortable and
homes for themselves sld families with, comparatively
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State IN the Valley the Mississippi offers so great an
inducement to the settler as the State Of Illinois There
portion Of the world where all ofhe conditions Of climate ana
soil so admirably combine to produce those two great staples,
CoRE and WHEAT as the Prsirieso Of Illinois.
RToH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep I9am praes is cultivated with such won
derfu facility that the farmers Of the Eastern Middle States
is about equal that of England, the rich that
it viii support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS
These lands contiguous to railroad 200 miles length,
thus afordngan communication with the Eastern
and Southern markets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus capital and labor have been applied to developing the
so the great of the State almost
untouched The nvabe rule that the mechanic
day Illinois, the Of the years the natI-
raj laws and necessities OF the warrant the belief that
least ye thousand people will be engaged in the State
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing employEents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
the ns aagi as SS part o s n
from several OF these works. With valuable public fund
lands go diminish Expenses TAXES ARE
LIGHT, and must consequently, every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
state De Dee us is only !; 5 81, a. G and nd WITHIN the
sbiy expect that in ten years it will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
having been sdded since 85O making the present poppis
tiOn l9,496-a ratio Of lO2 per cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Agricultural Products Illinois greater than those
any other State The Products during the year
-nS "neA CIOP VI low aPpIOaCAss
Of bushels while the corn crop yields not less than
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere can the Industrious farmer secure such immedstere
uts for his labor these prairie sols they being
by any OF the globe.
TO ACTUAL oULTIVAToRs.
g Since 1854 the iompGay hare sold 100000 acres.
qis an Ggrsee to cieats lie road has BEN construct
9tlroagh these lands Of espenSe 0f $4,000 600.
tAic6 Il passes 1cGS o7g ,gS since s01is6, 47929S
Aa1s been added making 3Ee soh0s population s14,S0I-
a gain Of i43 per cont
BvIDENcEsoF PROSPERITY.
Goa an evidence o. the thrift 81 the H d tay Be stated na
and 600 barrels q four we're forwarded over the line
EDUCATION
Mechanics and Wongmen will find the free school system
encouraged by the State and endowed with large for
church and grow up with the prosperity the
leading State in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES ANDTERhs OF PAYMENT.
The prices these lands vary Sc s25 per acre.
S M about sI9 p acre and the relative ex5snse Of
~ ~ sir,s IeS "a oT,srea With ITooS Isrd iS IN o ~
to 10 in favor The Of the
Of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
per gnnu and crest notes per cent
payable respectively one wo three four, fVe and
sale and eur principal payable four,
years from date Of sa the contract spu
stng tenth Of the purchased shall be fenced and
each and every year, for Eve years from the date Of
sse that the end c. yea should be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PER GENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash. except the should be at sx
dollars per acre when the cash price viii be Ave dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands, soil climate productions
prices and terms Of payment, be had applicatontO
J. W. FOSTER. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois
the OF the towns, Villages Cities situated upon
tie Illinois Central Railroad pages 1873. s9, $50, Apple
ton Railway Guide.
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