Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-09-06
THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC Il. X.

CENTRAL PACIFIC IL. II.
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
Great National Trunk Line Across the
Continent,
Being constructed with the AID AN aSopyFsNh5fST
SION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVEhNah,r W.
~ 6estined TO be one Of the MOST lsPokfAsI -
v.InspTE ExLRoAps II TIE WORLD, as US ne
sole link Of communication p se.mee md the
PRINCIPAL Portion Of the Nam stem Line
between the Two Oceans.
TIL. n,.s,n. western terminus Is at Sacramento,
on the uayigsble waters OF the facinc Dut ~.
uitiuately extend from San Francisco scioss t
rishes aud most populous parts OF oslnoIn ns,
Nevada and Utah, contiguous 10 al ro 49,
Mining Regions Of the Far west lie .s,'ySr9 nm
are authorized to continue their line eastMaru IN
III IL shall meet and connect with the roaos ho"
building east Of the Rocky Mountains ranges h.i,
Assuming that they will build and cohtrOI ~. IA
the entire distance between San Francisco and me
Missouri River, as now seems probable tne ~ 20
States will have invested in the compeVoS az 90
miles AZ, 5s2 900, or at the average rats OF $500
ner mile mot including an absolute grantol w.
900 OOO acres Of the Public Lands. BY peeomlns
Joint investor in the magnincent enter n P;.,
by waving its first lien IN favor OF tae FIt
Mortgage Bondholders, THE dsSsRAL uOf I sA ~,
MINT, IN EFFECT, INVITE fHs .I,o,dsd
PRIVATE CAPITALISTS, and has careiully susH i.a1
The Central Pacific Railroad enjoys all the
Acts OF Congress upon the other parts 81 n me u.
through line, and has, in addition, SEf h1 rsaI
SPECIAL, EXCLUSIVE ADFANIA"Ee APPi''A
BILE only 10 the Western Hail.
The Company has received from the state ana
chief cities Of California. ss'isgnee "a a. occ
cT,di, 1nd uaIuaBIe property. tcortA ousI tJ,OV,
geo in gold, in addition to the iuu peneH' "a Wv
Government subsidy.
IL ia. hardest and eosfIiss, port Of ats eoHs,ss,os
has sesH suoeessfaHy ousTeoae within tne iI - -
Ia miles In q few weeks the track Will pe
completed entirely across the Sierra NeVsaa,
after which progress to Salt Lake VIII DC easy
and rapid.
III. The local business alone Of this ROAD esesD
| fishes its complete financial success iheePen..
| IDENTIFY OF the vast through traffic which N m !
mass over IT, The gross earnings for the months
Of 1e and July, upon the ~ 9i niue men III
| for business, were upirsJd OF t<yafu' ~ 5O'-
| Of which Josr-ajiAs were net earnings
| ~ lean have no competition, but will carry,
beside lie own lucrative local traffic, the saol,,
| rohsm, Of through business when i snare 81
among its Eastern connections and theii
branches.
V. The road lies wholly in territory yielding the
precious mentsls. and ats reusHHei are eoA.e.,-
| !. COIN Its rates for transportation are very
advantageous, being more than three tL I.7
those OF roads lying east oil u anu INC ,4'.. -.
| Of operating eT1ssss' is Tess than . per cent. o.
fAs ssJnfsgs. -, a.,
VI In consequence Of the aid i receives IRON tns
General Government, from the State OF Cail'
fornia and from municipal corporations the
annual interest obligations. which the Con
pany are called upon 70 assume are very nsh y
| The net Earnings upon an average Of about Z,
miles in 1866, were nearly uuee times "a
| anouHf Of anH.al interest tGbihii,s 70 % az
| sumsd ~ building II, and lroe sS'5,eo NOR
tlar "a, a-uuai fnfsrssf on the sHfire Gnio-Hf o.
Frr,t Mortgage Bonds rtict fs Company el'
i,,1s uPOa ths $50 Hitst
The Company offer for sale, through US, their