Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-10
Garden State Of the West.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
COMPANY
HAVE FOR SALE
100000 Acres
RICH FARMING LANDS,
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MKN
the community is directed to the following m
| ersl Inducements offered them By the
lLLIEoIs CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which they will perceive enable them By proper sneY
gy and industry provide comfortable and per
msnen homes for themselves and families with comparatively
Ipesking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No STATE in the Valley the Mssssppl oFsrs no great 81
inducemen to the settler as the State Of Illinois There
PoIoh Of ne W"Td Ehere all conditions Of climate
soil 80 admirably combine produce those two great staples
Coax and WHEAT, as the Prairies of Illinois
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
deep rh lean of the praries cultivated with such won
are moving to Illinois great Dunbers The Ino
It will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These contiguous railroad 700 miles In length
which connects with other roads, and navgAbe lakes
ers thus sHOrding unbrOken with the
and Southern markets
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far csPa and labor have been applied developing the
soi tie great Of the Staten esal and
untouched The nysrable rule that the mechanic
best where food and fuel cheapest Wfoow at an early
da illinois, and in the Of the years the
raj laws and necessities OF the warrant the belief that
least Eve hundred thousand people will engaged State
OI Illinois in the various manufacturing empioynents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over slOaOOOO OF private capital have been expended on
the railroad system of Illinois. Inssmuch part Of the in
in lands, 60 diminish Expenses the TAXES ARE
LIGHT, and must, Consequently, every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only a. and WITHIN the Ia IF
tes years has been reduced 46 SO and we nav reason
ably eNec. that in ten years it will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
Ihe STATE Is rspidy hrg up with population; sC5 5O26
sons having been added since 1850 making the present POpulA
ton /, ,7I9,4S-a ratio Of lO2 per cent in IL years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois greater than those
ether State The Products sert out during the past year
exceeded OOOte tuns The wheat crop OF 1850 approaches
0 sf bushels while the yields not ss than
i4OOcSOoO bushels vvpr,, ,-v ov so,,
Nowhere the industrious faImer such immediate
suits for his labor these prsre soils, they being
POSED Of deep rich loSm the fertility Of which unsurpassed
BY any on the globe.
TO ACTUAL oULTIVAToRs
Since IS54 he iOzap0Ry haze sold 100000 aoreS.
7Asyse only actual cs!1ators and eoery CONTRACT con-
Iis agreement TO cuUdte Tie road has construct
cd through these laN9s OF an expense nf $4,000 600
IN 1850. tie Dopu5ati0n Of JoTfyaiae c0EtiSs through
thih passes toGs only 1893, SHOe tOAis, 4T929S
haze been added, making f6e ss1o6 population SI4,S9I-
a gain Of I43 per cent.
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
an evidence OF he thrift Of the people stated thA
600 tuns OF freight including 660O 900 bushels grain
and aTes OF -four we're Forwarded over the line last
year.
Mechanics and Worhngmen will ind tie free school system
encouraged BY the State and endowed with large for
the support Of schools Their children live in sight Of the
church and and grow with he prosperity efths
leading State in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
eording to locsen quality &c Estcsss farming lands
relative OF
subdung prairie land compared with ratio Of
10 in favor Of the former The terms OF for the bulk
Of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
six annum and six int notes st per cent
payable respectively in two hree four, hve and years
date Of sale and fsur notes fer prncip2 payable In four
iye and years from date OF the
sng that tenth of the tract purchased shall he fenced and
cultivated each and five years from the Of
ale that st the eRd CT Eve should and
lnder cultivation
TWENTY PER GENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
rom the valuation for cash, the should he at
iollLrs when the cash price will be dollars
Pamphlets scTptive Of the lands soil, productions
1rices and terms Of payment had olicaonto
J. W. FOSTER. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, IIiuois.
For the Of the towns Villages Cities situated upon
he Illinois Central Railroad pages l69. sg, l9O, Apple
On's Railway Guide
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