Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-24
Garden State of the West.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL ROAD
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 MEN
The attention prng and industrious portion Of
the community is directed to the statements ana Id
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they pc cve, will enable them By proper ener-
~, and Industry to provide ana per
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
No State Valley of the Mississippi offers great
Inducement the settler as the state OF Illinois There DO
portion Of he world where all conditions Of climate and
soil admirably combine to produce those two great staples
Co.'s and WHEAT, as tie Prareso OF Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich prsres cultivated with such
deru facility that tie farmers Of the Eastern and Middle States
h equal that OF England, aud the sell ID rich that
! It will support twenty millions of people
EAsTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous railroad 100 miles In length,
which connects Win other roads, navigsbe and
hus Aardng unbroken with he Eastern
and Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
Thus far capita and labor have been aPprd to developing
so great of the State csA and iron are almost
untouched The inTarA rule that the mechanic arts flourish
best where food and feel cheapest will follow at an early
Illinois and the Of the next ten years the nau
least hundred thousand people will be engaged in the STATE
| Of Illinois in the various manufacturing emPOynenss
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over 900 of private capital have been expended
in sn5S 70 IA diminish the STATE ExpeEsss the TAXES ARE
LIGHT and must, cSnseq1e utly. every day decrease
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt is only slaIO52e3 A. and within the Ia
re~ years has been reduced So and We may reason
ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly aliEg up with PopuisOa sGO per
ton l,7i9 4sS-a ratio Of lO2 per cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS.
The Agricultural Products Illinois greater than those
Of any other state The Products out during he past yesr
IS bushels while the crop yields not less than
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere can the industrious farmer such mnedaters
suits for his labor these prairie Soils they being CON
TO ACTUAL cULTIvAToRs.
ssSacs 1854 tie iOmPaEy haze sold I,3OOsOCO acres
1keysH only 70 GeGl and e0ery contract CON
cd through these lands Of espeHss or tO,COO OJO.
n ls3 as g9r t,o 81 Lsyy5S: eGe srss %;
AdUe been added making hs SAots population SI4,S0I-
a gain Of i43 per cent.
EvIDENCEsoF PROSPERITY
As m evidence Of The thrift Of may
600 900 tuns freight including $500 90 bushels ef grain
and barrels Of -FOUR forwarded the line last
year.
Mechanics and vorkngnen will hud free school system
encouraged By endowed with large for
the support Of schools Their sight the
church and sshoOhouses and grow with he prosperity efhe
leading State in the Great Western Empire
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The price, of these lands vary SO SIS per sore,
cordng location quality &C FRS. class Armink lands
sell for SIC s9 and the relative expense Of
subdung prairie land compared with wood land ratio OF
OF former The Of sale Tor tbs bulk
Of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
percent per znnum aud notes At six cent
payable respectively two, three four ave. and sxyeas
from Of snd four notes s principal payable 10 FOUR
ave. AMI from date Of SALE the contract sou
aT tenth of the tract purchased shall 6e fenced and
cultivated each for i've from the date Of
sale the end Of I've SHOULD be feDce and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PEE CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash. except the should be at Ex
dOliErs when the cash rice will be dollars
Pamphlets scrptive Of the lands soil climate productions
prices Of payment, be had catonto
j. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Ilnois Central Railroad,
chicago, illinois.
the the towns, Villages and Cities situated upon
the Illinois Central Railroad 49, 1879, 49, Apple
tons Railway Guide.
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