Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-06
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT and AT Low PRICES.

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the enterpng and Industrious portion Of
the community directed the following statements and lib
eral inducements offered them By the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable hem BY proper eneT
y and Industry to provide comfortable snd per
homes for themselves and families With comparatively
Upeaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS
No STATE in the Valley the Mississippi Offers great
inducement to settler the State Illinois There is
soil so admirably combine produce those two great staples
ooRS and WHEAT, as the PrAiriesof Illinois
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich lean of the prairies cultivated such
deru facility that the farmers Of the Eastern and Middle States
are moving to Illinois numbers. The Of IrOs
1t will support twenty millions Of people,
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous railroad 200 miles in length,
which connects with other roads, and naygbe lakes and nv
es afOrng unbroken communication with the Eastern
and Southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capital have applied to developing the
s the rest resources State and iron almost
untouched The nvarbe rule that the mechanic arts flourish
best where food and fuel are cheapest will follow at an early
raj and necessities OF the warrant the belief that at
five hundred thousand people will engaged IN the State
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing empoynents
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over 100000 Of private capital have been expended on
CONS from several OF these works valuable public fund
in lands. 90 diminish the State Expenses, the TAKES ARR
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only % Ss T. 5 and I'd, within tn: Ia :
ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
The rapidly hrg up With PopulatoR $685. per
ton ,7I9 496-a ratio Of 102 per cent in 10 yearS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products Illinois greater than those
n other state The Products during the past
exceeded 100000 uns The wheat crop Of e6O approaches
IS bushels while the crop yields not less than
i4'''OO'OOO FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere can industrious farmer such immediate re
suits for his labor upon these prairie Soils they being com
roed OF deep, lOa the fertility Of which unsurpassed
! BY any on the globe
= Since 1854 the EoaPGsy ha0e sold 100000 Gors
1Ay SsA only 70 actaat r. % 9 5s I sIos
ed through these lands Of an eDpe1Se N S3OgOOOOOO
n $50 tie gS5 1d q ySs stes ,Giss 1883
Ad0e been added making The tOhoLe population Sl4,sSl-
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
evidence Of the thrift Of the people may Be stated ina
1900 OF freight including s6OOOO bushels 81 gram
and barrels Of -four we're forwarded over the hne s
year. -c,,,o,,
Mechanics and Workinemen will and the school sySteI
encouraged By the State endowed with large revenue 70
support Of schools Their can e in sgat Oh n
leading State in the Great Western Empire
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
ooIdinF te location quality &c Rstclsss farming land
sell SO SIa acre. and the relative expense
]
TO 10 in Of the former The terms OF ae Tor the ou
Of the lands will be
EYEAR's INTEREST IN ADVANCE
and six int crest notes At SIX per cen
psvsbe respectively in one two, three four ave. and
IRON date OF sale eur fer principal payable In ou
ave six and seven years date Of sse the contract sp
stng that tenth of the tract purchased shall be fenced Al
cultivated each year. Eve years from the date
sale SO the end Of five one half should Fenced Al
| under cultivation.
| TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation cash. except the should be at
dollars per acre. when the cash price will be NE doiars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands soil climate production
uTices and terms Of payment be had Hppeatonto
j. W. FOSTER, Land Commissioner
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois.
FOR the names OF the towns Villages snd Cities situated up
Illinois Central Railroad see pages lS ICY, lOI APP
toms Railway Guide.
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