The Portland daily press., 1870-01-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS
y Per Cent. Interest
EN GOLD
Payable May and November in New
York md London.
Free Of Government Ta1.
First Mortgage
Convertible Sinking Fund Bonds
AT %,
ISSUED BY THE
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota Railroad Go.

Minnesota Railroad Go.
Yielding about ten per cent currency; principal 90
road branches, dep,t gr, unds roiug stock ,qulp-
lnent and franchises o. the company.
These bonds are only Issued upon each section oil
The tast as the same is completed anu 10 sue
| cessiul operation. Two and hall millions OF dol
| lars have been expended on this road. Eghty-three
| miles are nearly completed and equipped, and al
reany show large e'rnng. and the remainder OF Inc
| line is progressing IN c0u -iructon
| This Loan has been selected by our firm after a
| we have no hesitation in recommending IL 70 our
friends as pert ly safe profitable aud fiji class
lown strong Letter from the experienced and emf
nenty successful manager If the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company:
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.
PRESIDENTS FEICE,
PbIladel h,a, May lIth, 1868.
Messrs Henry Cetcs & Co.. No. 80 Val Street.
GENTLEMEN:-ln ans wer to your +. quest Of the
7th ul,., lor opinion as to the coudi ion and PRO-
spects of the Edrlngt IN, Cedar Rapids and Min
nesota Railway The cnaracter M the try through
which it Iasses and the pobable success !. The
trust imposed upon us by tie First Mortgage Bonds
Of tnis Company, We had Iully sai fed ouiseve, as
to the practicabilty of the enterprise.
! The road arts at one OF the most fourishng
cities on the Northern Mississippi River, aud
anoithwesterly direction up the treat rich Cedar
Valley, connecting at prominent points alo G 'he
line with six different rairoav s, now in active nper
Ion, nearly all OF which must be- or more less trib-
utary or eetefs to thiI road.
1his enterprise is destined to become In connec-
tlon with others how IN operation or being
strnctel, Que OF the great trons lines from Lake
superior via ST. Paul, Cedar Rapids aud BuIlin ton
to ST. LOUIS and to the East, the Toiedo Peoria
and Warsaw AMI the Pennsylvania Railroads
But aside from this. the poprlous condition of the
coun ry along the lille OF thi, roa, great pr ,dac-
tiveness aod wealth, give sufficient guaran,y OF
good local business, Which any Ioad Is the best
reliance tor success.
A good index OF the prosperity and wealth OF the
cocnry through which his rosd passes may be
round in the act that the Cocp pany reports over
million and q .er dollars subscribed and ex
pended by lnuivduaIs resi1iug along The line 10
pushing 0aa hundred and sky mIes of rhe wort ,
and Is also stroug proof The 10, a! popularity
and necessity for The roai.
Yours resi- ectfuil3.
j. tU0 Az HUMPSON,
Pres't of the PENNSYLVANIA Il. r. r,...
CHAkLES l.. FkOSr, I Afas.ees
Pres't Toledo. Peoiia d Warsaw r. z. Coz
AS evidence of the resources and increase tr &c
OF the s-cl'on ct ontry throush which th roai
of The Surplus Agrculi ura rrod ucts sh pped IT. m
the State OF Iowa by the dffeienL ailroaus ihereu
during the y ar ending APRIL 80, 1859 just issued by
| the secretary OF State:--
Mum ner Of b rses. es....................... 1928
NumDer OF cattle. Observation-Disclosures. Sp,tSI
NumIer OF hogs. Observation-Disclosures. 512,3T
NumD"r ot sbeep p......................... b2,73Z
Dress gu uoss. '1l6
Lard and pIrk lbs. Observation-Disclosures. ,5S2, $50
W0o, 'ps. Se66 IVY
Wheat bushels. Observation-Disclosures. 9.i96 6i3
SOro, busneiS. 2,ZI0 3U5
Other grains bls.. "a
the Uhsr gsams, bushels d s"s ~
Flor add other lcultu al products, lbs 324, ,703
Animal products not ohwise specific bsl0 9S3 10t
II e preceding Off ;ial statement is made up al
most exciusiveIv OF the shpmen's Eastward, and
does Eot include the amouat OF produce shipped
Eastward from Dubuque or McGreg.r. which would
swell the totals materially. II the shipments West.
WAY vpptn
Immensely this iprising exhibit If surplus pro-
ducts.
RICH AND GROWING STATE OF Nj M'NNESO, A.
Reference to the map OF the Unued States will show
that sh's road passes through she most
EUterPs ising and Growing portion Of
the West, and forms one of the Gsreat
Trunk Li.es in Direct commu oicatiOa n
wnh New York, Chicago and ~. ; ouis,
tg to the ter city, 80 miles nearer from North
ern Iowa and all por,ioos OF the State Minnesota
than by any otaer road now built projected, and
also the nearest route from Central and SOuthe IN
Iowa.
Th ro1d is required by the wants of that sectiou
where large and ncre lsing traffic Is w4iing tor
1t, ant needs railroad comu uncatien. The buyer
OF these bonds Is, therefore, guaranteed by gre
business ale dy in existence, and has not TO run
tho asanns "a the roads into new and unsettled
We otter these bonds for the present at e5 and
accruen interest. We rec mmecd them to Inves-
tors and officers of Financial Institutions, who
sire to change their high iced Investments for
security which presents every element OF safety.
and at the same time yields much higher rate OF
Pamphlets and full particulars furnished by
HENRY CLEWS g. CO.,
No. 50 Walt Street,
Financial Agent OF the Company, or orders for The
above Bonds, either TO purchase or exchange for
other securities received by
". III. WOOD 6 SON,
81 Exchange street, Portland.