New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-21
DITTsBURGH, FORT WAYNE and CHI
il CAGO RAILROAD COMPANY.
$4,000. 900.
NUHTUATt bUNUS CONVERTIBLE
50 10, 0oO FOR CONSTRUCTION SG51s1 FOR RE-
DEMPTIoN OF FUNDED DEBT.

DEhPTION OF FUNDED DEBT
Ds.s, January l. 1857. Principal payable January Issr
AND nj ffIs Rff n
men the Pbursh For Wayne snd Ghaso Railroad q IS
he fdd ps Of Il. ONO s u va ss Ohio ji APP
and Fort Wsyn. aud Chcaso Railroad Companies respect
Juy s75 :se PlTTsBURGH FORT WAYNE AND cH ai
CAGo RAILROAD COMPANY into which those three Com
The se "' TTS rH0UsASD BosDs Of @A
80 COO each Known Construction Bonds
Of $500 zach known Redemption Bonds. and Of the
tenor above stated. .... .
TIN f gRS t .Sd T II Mhk II Rgs
York covering the Compsuy's Road IF ~ miles Pii
fsneh.s smbracns the Railroad Bridge over the Allegheny
y se @a PCT E ws5Se s of % dS IN Pitts
TIE MoI;sase provides for Sinking Fa1d
Trustees and be i.sued only from time to time, they b.
exchanged M required 70 BE- od 70 redeem the oaitand
lege Of such exchange is extended holders Of those
Bonds and their attention is especially invited % the sdvsn
that viii result Allie to the Consolidated Company and
Themselves by such Ichange
The Con,tfcton Bonds offered for sale provide
ballast it and equip and furnish with ful stock Of Rolling
. aHny i. Of Which are nes $1,000 &c. 'ns
The Capital Stock Of the Company i, fixed sts goo
The present cost OF The Road $1,000
The Funded Debt secured on the Road es5scO
The Earnings Of the Road mainly from local traffic since the
consolidation from the let Of August ie 10 the E Of May,
1887 eight months have been over $4,000 The ne;
nss for that time a. the rate of over per cent on the entire
cost the Road They the earnings Of unfinished and
but partially bsllssted and equipped road.
The earnings for 1857 are estiInsted al $4,000 400.
The Road operated for Ss5 miles. from Piti'suIsh 70 Ply,
mouth Indiana wHTs T. on, o 70 sHa from lineage
The 81 niles between Plymouth and Chicago are in progress
Of construction and fer advanced toward completion -Four
thousand TIM, Of American iron purchased - miles Of track
be laid this and the whole work completed 10 Chi
believed with the development Of the business of the Road,
to permanent income Of 5000 900 per annum
The Of this result believed 70 exist in these
The Road has immense resources for local traffic in p.s.en
and Chicago and passes through q coune. and Is county
1 ..sbIe purpe.e in s Exceeded oo ,he eoaDe.
embracing some of those the beet developed and most podue
important ceners trade between Pittsburgh aud Chicago
The Road has IS lateral railway CONNECTIONS bringing
in communication with the whole Western Railroad sysem
these connections comforting marked ADVANTAGES 70 the Road
to ES1 sSasnd ana and Ba snd FROM Pbapa to nd
snspois St Louis Cincinnati kc reference to will
The Road Ess line without branches, and the longest
CONTAGIOUS Rslroadn the United States sind for its whole
with the Penn.yivsha Railroad Of sls mile Phladepha
to Ghiess3 and Of e6 mile. from TO Chie,so via
Pennsy ana of 8s5 miles only from NewYok TO Chicago
from mile. via Allentown compared with the
routes through also the shortest route Of
alignment and grades the entire line from Chicago to Phade
and Philadelphia going east over % feet per mile Be
Pittsburgh Chicago no grade, occur exceeding a
feet mile aud for more than that distance the route pac'
tic straight line The Road Therefore must become one
Of American commerce, and s traffic wi" be limited
T. TIE Road will be completed low cost compared
with other leading through line and hes sdysnt
operation, and easy and cheap maintenance .,,
u Exhibit of the history condition and prospect, Of TINS
daton &C. has been prepared and will be furnished for the in
formation Of parties desiring to invest in the Bond.
The Company soCits full Investigation OF the merits OF ths
loan offered every respect worthy The attention
Of ard 5 d ,s nE' sS 10. .d
subscription for OOoccO OF the Construction Bonds CON