Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-03-21
MEXICO. MISSOURI,
AND IT'S COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING
AND AGRIcULTURAL ADVANTAGES.

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AEEfHE CITY OF MEXICO is sit
AA uated at the intersection of the
rs3St. Louis. Kansas City &
f Northern Railway with the
Louisiana and Chicago, Alton and
St. Louis Railways ; one hundred and
eight miles northwest from st. Louis /;
fifty miles north of Jefferson City,
the capital of the State; fifty miles
southwest of Louisiana, on the Mis-
sissippi river; n hundred and fifty
miles east from Kansas City, and
three hundred and twenty-five miles
southwest from Chicago. The city
has a population of about 5000 peo-
pie; ten churches. many of them
large, beautiful and costly brick
structures. Three newspapers and
jo~b-printing establishments; three
banks in successful operation, with
good managing directors and trust
worthy officers. A well established
system of graded public schools.
Three first class hotels; a WOODEN
factory, Touring mills, saw mills,
wagoL and carriage manufactures and
superior pillow and agricultural manu-
factory. The public school building
is large, beautiful and commodious,
employing eleven teachers.
Hardin College, for the instruc-
ton of young ladies', is one of the
best institutions in the country, with
a faculty Of six professors. This
institution has been largely endowed
by the Hon Charles. H. Hardin, the
worthy Ex-Governor Of Missouri,
from whom the institution may APP
propriately claim its rfamIs Il
In the heart of the city stands an
elegant and comlnodious new Court
House, in the midst of a public park,
which i, handsomely decorated with
evergreen and ornamental trees, and
surrounded by an iron fence-all
erected at a cost of about $40, 600. 90,
and for which no Indebtedness now
exists against the county.
No inland city in the west has
more facilities for manufacturing than
has the city of Mexico. Abundance
of fuel, timber and water can be
obtained in and around the city coal
of good quality underlies large por-
tons Of the county and even the city
itself. Lands within the city limits,
for the location of manufactoris, can
be obtained at merely nominal values,
while all manufactured articles can
he made in the city cheaper. Togeth-
er with an unlimited home demand,
We have the advantage of all the
markets. east, west. north and south,
and cheaper freights, by the net
work of railroads that run through
our city.
The trade of the city, in all its
branches, is enormous, being larger
than that of any other point on the
railroad between st. Louis and
Kansas City. A large portion of the
surrounding counties is contributing
TO the trade OF the city, and its stock
trade is lsrger than any inlanding
city in the State.
Audrain county lies in about
80 1-2 degrees north latitude, en-
bracing about 700 square miles OF
territory, with a population of about
$4,000 souls; its climate is most
healthful, with short and mild winters,
the springs, summers and autumns
are most delightful.
The lands of the county comprise
rich, rolling prairies and timber lands,
beautifully densifiel, and well wa
Tered by running streams. All the
lands are of easy culture and large
" productive in all the ceral pro-
ducts. As a grass growing county
it stands unriyaled. even by the fam
Gus blue grass regions of central
Kentucky thus making this county
one of the best and most profitable
stock growing regions in the vest.
Audrian county is also inviting TO
the fruit grower. Apples, peaches,
pears, plumbs and the small fruits
being grown with certainty, quantity
and ofpeculiar delicacy of flavor.
While the population of the county
is rapidly increasing, there yet re-
mains large quantities of mimproved
lands, eligibly locaGed for new set
tlemonts, which can be purchased at
prices ranging from FIVE to ten dol
lars per acre, and improved farms at
correspondingly low figures. The
lands of this county now on the
market, offer larger inducements for
the investment of capital and selec-
ton of good cheap homes, than any
portion of the west.
The financial condition of the
county is far superior to any in the
State, having a very small bonded
debt, and greater number of miles of
railroad and other public improve
ments, for the amount of capital in
vested, than any other county In the
State. The rate of taxation, now
cor comparatively small, will continue to
decrease for the next two years, at
which time the entire county indebt-
edness will bc liquidated, securing to
her citizens miles SO of completed
and well equipped railroads, carrying
their products to competing markets
east, west, north and south.
The population of the city and
county r industrious, liberal, in
tclligent and progressive, great inter-
est being taken in our public schools,
the system of which is now equal to
Of older States, with an ample
school fund, are now in successful
operation throughout the county, in
tasty and comfortable school build
ing, from six to ten months In each
year.
Therefore all who are looking
westward for homes or investment
Of capital should visit Mexico and
look well to her advantages, and that
Of the county, before making their
final location. You will find in her
citizens q cordial welcome TO all the
,nioyme nts of good citizenshin