The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-02 00:00:00

of the
LLINOIS AND ST. LOUIS BRIDGE COMPANY.

Messrs. J. S. MORGAN and Co. OFFER for PUBLIC
SUBSCRIPTION the above BONDS at the price of £lBO
per Bond of £2OO, payable by Inbtaltnents as under:
£5 per cent. on Application. •
£l5 „ „ Allotment.
£2O „ „ 1C th May.
£25 „ ~ 10th Juno.
£25 „ „ 11th July.

£9O per cent.
Allottees may pay the full amount in advance upon Allot-
ment, or on either of the above dates, and upon such pay-
ments discount at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be

allowed.
The Bonds will be to bearer for .£2(10 sterling or 1,000
dollars each, with interest Coupons attached. Both princi-
pal and interest will be payable, at the option of the holders,
in gold in New York, or in sterling in London, free from
all Federal or State Taxes.
The Bonds will carry interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per
annum, from the Ist of April, 1870; half yearly on Ist oe,
tober and Ist April in each year, payable at the option of
the holders, as under :--
In New Y ork, 35 dollars in gold, at the National Bank of

Commerce ;
In London, £7 ss. sterling, at the Counting-house o.
Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co.
A Sinking Fund of 55,000 dollars in gold, or £ll,OOO
(being 11 per cent.), will be applied, together with the inte-
rest on the Bonds redeemed, to the reimbursement of this
loan at par within 30 years, by annual drawings, in the
month of November iu each year, the first drawing to take
place in November, 1873. The Bonds drawn will be paid
on Ist April next following each drawing, either in gold in
New York, or in sterling in Lendon, at the optiotrof the
holder.
The Bonds now offered are issued by the Illinois and St.
Louis Bridge Company, incorporated by Acts of the States
of Missouri and Illinois, and consolidated by an Act of the
Congress of the United States, 20th July, 1868. They are a
first charge, under a Mortgage duly registered, upon the
entire property, franchises, and charter privileges of the
Company.
By the special Act of the Congress of the United States,
the Bridge and its approaches are declared to be a national
post road, thus placing. the affairs of the Company directly
under the control and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of
the nation. The same Act makes the principal and interest of
these Bonds payable in gold coin legal and imperative, this
being the only instance in which Congress has provided for
the payment in gold of Bonds issued by a private corporation.
The object of the
.company is the connexion, by means of
a permanent Bridge, of the railway system of the south-
west of the United States, which centres in the city of St.
Louis, on the west side of the Mississippi River, with the
important lines on the east side of that river. By this means
the present uncertain and unsatisfactory transfer of passen-
gers and traffic by means of a Ferry (now frequently inter-
fered with, and at times totally. suspended for several
days) will be avoided, and an uninterrupted communica-
tion between the railroads on the east and west sides of the
river secured.
The Bridge Company have the exclusive right to bridge
the river at St. Louis for 25 years, during which period no
other Bridge can be erected within a river line of eight
miles.
The construction of the Bridge, which is designed also to
accommodate ordinary road traffic, is being actively pro-
ceeded with; the piers of solid masonry, founded on the
rock, have been successfully built ; and a contract has been
entered into with the Keystone Bridge Company at Pitts-
burgh (the Company by whom most of the large Railway
Bridges in the United States have been built) for the
superstructure, which will consist of steel and wrought
iron throughout, resting upon the piers of solid masonry
before mentioned.
The Contractors assume all risk of manufacture and erec-
tion, and are under agreement to complete the Bridge ready
for traffic by the Ist December, 1871.
Six Railway Companies having their termini at St. Louis
(including the two lines owned or controlled by the Penn-
sylvania Railroad, forming part of its system for through
traffic between the Atlantic and Pacific seaboard) have
already ratified contracts binding themselves to pass their
entire traffic over the Bridge at fixed rates of tolls in per-
petuity.
At the time the construction of the Bridge was determined
on in 1868, data were obtained from the books of the three
Railway Companies whose lines at that time reached East
St. Louis, and it then appeared that in the year 1867 the
tonnage to and from East St. Louis, .based upon the Lolls
which the Bridge Company is authorised io levy, and which
it may be mentioned are very consPerably in reduction of
the Ferry charges, would have yielded to the Bridge a re-
venue of 768,683 dollars.
Since then, such has been the rapid development of the
country tributary to St. Louis, that it has been necessary to
construct the additional lines eastward ; while ou the west
side the railway mileage has more than doubled, It is safe
to estimate that the revenue of the Bridge from the lines
which have already contracted to u4e it cannot be loss than
1,000,000 dollars per annum, which must increase at a
rapid rate.
The requirement of the Bonded Debt
will be 5335,000
Interest 5280,000
Sinking Fund 55,000

$335,000
The amount already paid up upon the Share Capital, in
addition to the proceeds of the sale of the above Bonds, will
be amply sufficient for completing the Bridge and its ap-
proaches; but, as an additional guarantee, there is an uncalled
Capital of 1,800,000 dollars, and a reserve of Shares amount-
ing to 1,000,000 dollars.
.Upon the unpaid Capital a call has been made of 600,000
dollars to provide for the payment of interest during con-
struction.
Applications for Allotments must be made in the annexed
form, but no application will be entertained unless accom-
panied by a deposit of £5 per cent. on the nominal amount of
the Bonds applied for.
In case default is made in payment on allotment, or of any
of the instalments on the days named, the allotment will be
liable to be cancelled, and the amounts then already paid
forfeited. In cases in which no allotment is made the amount
deposited will be returned to the applicant, without deduc-
tion. Upon payment of the allotment money, Scrip Certi-
ficates to bearer will be issued to the Subscribers, which
will be exchanged for the definitive Bonds as soon as pos
sible after payment of the whole amount of the sub-
scription.
22, Old Broad-street, Ist April, 1870.

No
FIRST MORTGAGE SEVEN PER CENT. BONDS OF
THE ILLINOIS AND ST. LOUIS BRIDGE COM-
PANY.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co.

Gentlemen,—Having paid to you the sum of £
I hereby request that you will allot me .£20(1
(1,000 dolt.) Bonds of the above-named Company, and I
hereby agree to accept such Bonds, or any smaller num-
ber that may be allotted to me, and to pay the further
sums due thereon according to the terms of the Prospectus
issued by you.

I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
Signature
Address in full
Date .....1870

A.D. 1720.

11 0Y AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty. George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART H'DGSON, Esq Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

DIREOTORS.

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John (}arratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Drucs, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Gosehen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell;
Beg

Francis Alex. Hamilton, I
Esq.
Robert Amadena Heath, E.
Medical Referee, Sam

William Tetlow Hibbort,
E
Wilmosq. t Holland, Esq.
EgArton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
LorEd sq.
Joscellne Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, ,Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
mel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of
FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady-day will expire on
the 9th of April.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
FIRE DUTY, This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
FARMING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine:.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
This Corporation affords to the AsFured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of a CENTURY AIM A HALL
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.
ROYAL Femme; LONDON.