The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-23
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Go NJ mmnifated.
NORTHERN EMIGRATION
TO TIE STATE OF DELAWARE.
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new settlements, such as carpenters, masons,
blacksmiths, shoomakers, saddle and harness
makers, &C., &c.; and the ordinary trades
men, such as store and shop keepers.
And many mechanics and merchants in our
cities, who for various reasons may prefer
country village to the city, will here find
good opening. Both in village and country
many new houses and outhouses are expected
TO be built furnishing employment to num-
Der of mechanics. And the expense of living
can be greatly diminished by cultiyating
truck patch. So that mechanics who are
Strengthened in the city, will be able to make
an easy and comfortable subsistence in the
country.
IA. What is The price of property, and schat
the prospect Of appreciation The price of
the land in market varies from 10 to 40 dol
lars per acre. Farms with houses and out
houses, and fruit trees within three or four
miles of rail road station, of fair quality, and
In fair condition of fencing and cultivation,
may be obtained for from twenty to thirty
dollars per acre. Considerable land inferior
in quality or advantages can be bought for
from ten to twenty dollars per acre, Sales
will be made on accommodating terms of paw
mont, and in quantities to suit purchasers.
though it is desired that the laad be sold in
small farms, Thus, persons with limited
means, who cannot buy farms at the high
prices of the north can here purchase cheap
farms, and by improving them make them
selves valuable homcsteads,
In villages already established along the
Delaware Railroad, there are lots for sale at
various prices. In new village sites prices
will vary, bnt will all be very low, And it is
expected that several new villages will be laid
out along the railroad, as new centres of farm
lands that will bring those now five miles
from station within one or two miles. Com
panles OF emigrapts will have the pleasure of
aiding in laying ont and giving names to
these new villages. 1t is expected that thew
will be laid out with ample avenues, boule-
yards and parks, and with the reservation of
lots for churches school house. and acade-
mies' 1T is expected that these VILLAGES will
grow with great rapidity, and persons will
DO well to invest in them as soon as ready for
SALE Lots will be sold, at very moderate
prices, and IN sizes to suit purchasers, from
% ana 4o0 feet by 100 and $50 feet to ], 2. 3.
t. and acres. Lots of the larger size will
DC good for truckers, being convenient to the
station 1t will be well for those who obtain
farms. to purehase also one or more town lots :.
ior the property will be sure to appreciate
rapidly IN value, as the positive condition of
sale is the erection of a building of some kind
within three years. SO that within that time
improperly will be surrounded with a THRIVING
village, and not an isolated improvement.
10, Where is The land located? In Kent
ana Sussex, or the central and southern coun-
.ies, Delaware and Caroline county, Mary
iand' The most of the twenty thousand acres
secured for sale by the Agent of the Delaware
ASSOCIATION is located, in large parcels, be-
tween Camden-three miles below Dover
ana Milford. along the line of the railroad,
ana generally within three or four miles of
present stations. with promise of new stations
rs soon as there is a sufficient number of new
settlers to warrant them. The lands in Sus-
sex are located mostly along the railroad be-
tween Greenwood and Seaford, and along the
nnished grade of the contemplated railroad
from Milford to Georgetown. Upwards of a
Thousand acres lie in Maryland, along the fin
ished grade of the contemplated railroad from
Smyrna, Del, to Greensboro. Md. which is
eventually to be extended to Oxford, on the
chesapeake. The Delaware Railroad, which
is already completed and in operation to Sal
isbury, Nd, is expected to extend to some
place on the Chesapeake. in the southern part
OF the eastern shore, or the Peninsula, which
will be in communication with Norfolk and
the farther south, so that Delaware is seen to
be prospectiyely a. grand thoroughfare ofrail-
road travel along the Atlantic coast, and lands
thus located must rapidly appreciate in value.
10. WhGt are the marketing and Travelling
.JGeattiesf They are remarkably good
Prominent among the advantages of settle
ment in Delaware, is nearness to market and
to former homes of emigrants. None but
those who have lived in the far West can fully
appreciate this advantage. There large crops
may be raised, but the market is so distant
that their home value is small, and as the re
suit, there is much grain, but little money tc
buy the needed eastern commodities, that BIZ
transportation become exorbitant in price
and there is littleor no hope of visiting former
friends ia the East, since it would cost per
haps the slender walls of one years crops Il
make the journey. But here, there is neal
and ready market, at the highest price, fo
every article, even the least, and what in tn
West would be neglected or thrown away a
worthless Philadelphia itself furnishes
ready and large market, to which there
daily access by passenger, market and freigf
trains; and what cannot be sold there can
conveniently shipped to New York and 30
ton. And when the junction and Breal
water Railroad is completed from the Del
ware Railroad to Lewestown, it will open
Kent and Sussex counties short and ches
route to Philadelphia, New York and Bostc
by steamers. By these facilities, present an
prospective, the settler can have good ma
ket, and space will be well nigh annihiIat,