New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-23

tives of the ST. JOSEPH and
DENVER CITY RAILROAD
COMPANY, have the honor to
offer for sale the
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
OF THE
ST. JOSEPH AND DENVER
CITY RAILROAD COMPANY,
On their line of Railway which
connects st. Joseph with Fort
Kearney by rail, amounting to
81, 100000. All that can be issued.
These bonds are secured by a first
and only mortgage to the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company of New
York, as Trustee for the holders OF
these bonds, of the property OF the
Company, from st. Joseph, Mo-, to
Marysville, Kansas, including its
railroad, rights of way, franchises,
equipments, rOlling-stOck engines,
cars, coaches, &C., machine shops,
depots, lands, and all kinds Of
property belonging to the Company
in Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, and
Marshall Counties, in the State OF
Kansas, a distance of Ill miles,
which is mortgaged to secure the
bOndhOlders at the rate Of Sl3,5OS
per mile, on a completed RAIL
ROAD.
They have the further security
by the terms of the Trust Deed,
whereby the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, as Trustees, are
made the sole and absolute Gus
tOdians of the bonds before they
are issued, and are not permitted to
deliver them or their proceeds until
they have proper evidence that the
road is graded, tied, ironed, and
ready for the rolling stock, and then
only at the rate Of 81, 600 per mile
for so many miles as shall be thus
completed. This is arranged i'll sec
tons of five miles.
Bonds, to he valid, must be coun-
tcrsigned by the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company.
Parties purchasing any of these
bonds have safe and sure guaran-
tee that the money they have in
vested finds an equivalent in value
in a completed railroad, costing to
build and equip more than double
the amount they have invested, all
of which is pledged to pay the prin-
cipal and interest of the bonds they
have purchased.
The security is undoubted
The st. Joseph and Denver City
Railroad is mainly the extension of
the Hannibal and st. Joseph Rail
road, with all its extended cOnnec-
tiOns North and East, and the st.
Louis and st. Joseph Railroad, with
it's powerful connections South and
East, via. st. Louis, both lines con-
vcrging at st. Joseph and connect
ing Immediately with the st. Joseph
and Denver City Railroad, travcrs-
ing through Eastern Kansas to the
heart of Nebraska, and intersecting
the Union Pacific Railroad main
line at the City of Fort Kcarney,
THUS MAKING THE SHORT
! EST ROUTE KNOWN TO CALL
FORNIA AND THE "PACIFIC
STATES"
The line al miles west from st.
Joseph is in complete and success
full operation, and the line to Marys-
vile is being rapidly completed.
The line from Marysville to Fort
Kearney is also being rapidlypushed
forward.
A Branch Road is being built
from the st. Joseph and Denver
City Railroad at Severance to the
Kansas Pacific Railroad, giving at
once a direct route to Denver City.
The bonds are in denominations
of 81 900 and $500. They are COu-
pom bonds, but may be registered in
the owners name at the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company, anal by
the surrender Of the Coupons can
be converted into Registered bond,
with interest payable to the regis
tered owner.
The coupons, or the interest, is
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