Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-01-15

HOMGS FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS
~ TIE
GARDEN STATE GE' g'EfE: sSEsT.
THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

TIE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
HAVE FOR SALE
100000 ACRES
~ rIcu FARMING IL TRACTS OF FORT
ACRES AND UPWARD on LONG CREDITS
AND LOW PRICES.
TJliIE attention Of Ike enterprIsins and Iu,lus,iou. ,o
y lion nf She community Is directed 10 the :,linsia,
s:l:raents ant: liberal Inducements offered them by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD coz
PANY.
which, III they viii perceive. will eaabi- thea. BIZ 3.orc,
.n.r.s, perseverance and Industry, to provide c2Ef r.ahi
homes Tor themselves and families, wiki, comparatively
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No state In the Valley OF the Mississippi Offer, % gre,
al indictment 10 the settlers as The State Of Illinois. There
/, no portion Of the world where all VI the conditions q
cl!mat. and soil so admirably combine 20 produc. those
iwn srca. staples. ccrn and Wheat, a. tn. pra!rIss Of I:
lno!:.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS
These lands are contiguous to 4 railroad 100 mics +,
Length, which connects with other road. and na-' ;r.I -
lakes and rivers, thus afjrdlng 1T rnhro.en comr,ur;a,.
zion With The Eastern and Southern markets.
RAILROAD SYSTEM IN ILLINOIS,
Over sion. rVO, 900 OF private capital have bee, cYpend.
ell on n. railroad systcn o. llil:ols. ln4smuch A. mar, n,
the Income f;om several Of these works, Siih 4 valuable
public fund IN lands, so TO diminish rhn State expsuse,.
the TA1is All LIGHT, and rus: Subsequently, every G.y
DECREASE.
THE STATE DEBT.
The Stale deb, is cn!y go. !oG. 3ss II. and within the las,
three years has bcea reduced S2,e3? ,IIG So, and We rlay
reasonably expect tha. In ten years 1t Ill! Lscorae ex,Inc,.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State Is rapidly tihag up with population; Sos ,0ac
persons having bern added since lS30, lna.ing the present
population Liz, 400; a ra:!u Of lGa per cent. ia ten years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Tho Agricultural Products Of Illinois are greater ,hau
pas, year exceeded l,SVo. 00J :oas. The wheat crop O.: $3.50
approaches IS OU0. UoD bushels, while the com crop Yields 70,
!-s$ than iiV,o QUO bushels.
FERTILITY or THE SOIL.
Nowhere esn the Industrious farmer secure ruch ,mme.
dia,r Fesul's fer his labor as upon these prairie soils, they
being composed OF Il deep rich loan, the fertility OF watch
is unsurpassed hy any OIL the globe.
THE ACTUAL CULTIVATORS.
Since ls3A the Company have sold 800, oG0 acres. They
cell only TO actual cultira,-r,, aud every coatrac. contain:
AN a:rrrrnept TO cultivate. The road has been CONSTRUCTED
through these lands at HI expense Of 800, oos, GG0. In 1854
the population Of 80 counties through which i: passes wa:
only 3Sj, o9S, .ince which I39. os have been added; naling
the whole population sI4 SOL, L gain Of li3 per cent.
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
As an evidence OF the thrift. Of the people, l.. nay Ice
slated that 6U. U0 tons OF freight, including S,uOG. uJI
bushels OF grain and 25u, 900 barrels OF -four, were kf.
warded over tie line las, year.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices Of ;trse lads wary fron SC 20 I9o per acre,
according 10 location, quality, &C. Eirst-ciass farming
lands sell for about ~ 20 al2 per acre and the relative
expense VI ~suodulrg prairie land al compared with wood
land, Is IN the ratio OF TO 10 Ia favor Of The former. The
terms u sale for The bulk Of these lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE.
at six per cent. per anuu,n, and six interes. notes at six
per Cent, payable respectively in one, two, three, four, I've,
and six years from date OF sale and four notes for prin.
cipal, payable Ia four, 1--WE, six, and seven years from date
o! sale the contract STIMULATING that onetenth Of the tract
purchased shat be fenced and cultivated, each and crusy
year, for i've years from The date VI sale, so that a; the rhd
OF Az: years oae.half shalSe frrced and under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENTWILL BE DEDUCTED
rom the valuation for cash, except the same >luuld be al
six dol!urs per acre, when the cash price will DC five
dollars.
Pamphlets descriptive o! the Lands, soil, climate, prsdrc-
tions. prices, and terms OF payment, can be had on appli.
cation 10 }. ". FOSTER,
Land Commissioner, Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois.
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