The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

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1eaas constructed with the AID and sUFERvls.
ION VI THE UNITED STATES GOV ERNMENT,
destined to be ons OF the most important lines Of
eenamhhcataon IN the world % it 70 the sole link
os1"esa me taeinc Coast and the. Great Interior
1asin over waich the immense overland travel must
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EFancipai poftscn Of the Main Stem Line
'gs@ ssAAs between the Two Oceans. p =
Its line extends from Sacramento IN thu tidal
waters OF the Pacific eastward ACROSS the richest and
most popuous parts of California Nevada and Utah,
contiguous to all the great Mining Regions of the Far
west, and viii meet and connect with the roads now
building east Of the Rocky Mountains. About 100
miles are now built equipped and in running opera
ton to the summit Of the Sierra Nevada. Within
few ys35 miles, now graded, will be added, and
the track carried entirely across the mountains to
point in the Great Salt Lake Valley whence further
progress viii be easy and rapid Iron materials and
equipment are ready at hand for 800 miles Of road
and 10, 900 men are employed in the construction
The local business upon the com pletsd portion sur
passes all previous estimate. The figures for the
quarter ending August 81 are as follows in GOLD.
Gross r. operat,no saf M,
Earnings, Erpenses, Earnings,
s4ss 'SsoS4 ss6, JAS ~ s4Ol,031 ~
:. .,s az :, Two nnlens per anhum' Oh when
."' "ie ne. p'on' U" iess thah ioo
IN. ~, ,ns - upon ,he actual 'egitlmate
'Ho .oau' WIN us 'of i'nus III Inc MOUNTAINS
my .ns ia'io OF government Trans
.Sa % 'ne na'er'as carried ior
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period were less than $125.oOo RtF ~
Add to this an eyer-exnandino tbrouob tram, aud
the proportions of the future business became I'M
mense. i, H., to, YAH
The Company are authorized to continue their Inns
/ eastward until 1t shall meet and connect with the
roads now building east of the Rocky Mountain ran.
ges Assuming that thew will build and control hall
Che entire distance between San Francisco and the
| Missouri River as now seems probable the limited
o'a'es VIII nave invested In the completion OF
inlles @1S ,0SS,OOO, or at the average rate o.
S3J. 900 per milc-pot incud;uo an absolute gran,
| of 10, 900 900 acres of the Public Lands. By be-
| coming n ;c;nt ;nvestor 4, ,to
coming "Jc'no investor IN tne magnincent enterprise
ana oy waving It's nrst hen in favor of First Mort
gage Bondholders the General Government, in effect
inrites the cooperation of private capitalists and
libas nor.fn,,n $1,000 I, y y. Auu
d,n,ry .on,;noa,o;o, - - e- '''' W
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l. Inc Company offer for sale, through US, their f
7 FirSf Mnrfooua T,h;r+x, vaow c;v
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| per Cent. Coupon Bonds. a
Principal and Iuterest pavahIe in S,eld
| Coiu. in New York ci,v Tbor ri 's,-ns - .,
| " ~" AolA CITY. Ahey Hein sums Oh -,
80 o' r,sn 'ein.annuai soio coupons attaened
an" "e senihg ZOE tne present at "a per cent. ane
which rate tba,v yiald no..r,v-
"'S '.'y S4eiu "eai's -
I Nine per Cent. upon she Iuvestmeut.
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