The Portland daily press., 1870-08-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
indianapolis.
BLOOMINGTON
Western Railway.
Seven Per Cent. Gold Loan,

The bonds are ID denominations OF 81 900 each Sc.
cured ny nrst mortgage on 2O5 miles OF road, from
lndlanapoils, the largest city and most imnortont
railroad centre in the State Of Indiana TO he citv
OF Pekil in Illinois. '" INC Guy
Line are now IN FULL OPERATION. and eoni Il, ,eG
with New fIRsToCLAss Rolling Stock con sis M Of
70 Locomotives, 70 Passenger Coaches II BAGGAGE
and Express Cars; $50 Bcx. Stock and Coal
more will pc added as the wants OF the road reoi u
The earnings are already Greatly in Eacess Of the
Interest on the Whole issue of BONDs The bair e
twenty-five miles of the division in Indiana 10 a,
all graded with all the Iron on hand and viii bs
completed without delay. ~ VIII NC
There re thrty-six depots on the limo ,oo,ta =:
cities and fowns that contain, in the ao0re0ofe ~
population Of one ns hundred and m,hety Mo"sanS'
| radlus OF nan mile OF the track; and wub;n
tpenty miles of The track, there is DoDuiotton nI
| about sic hundred thousand. T1'" "
1t passes through the counties ot Marion IIor
| bricks, Montgomery, Fountain, Warren and Ver-
| million, In the State of Indiana, and VermilIon.
CHAMPAIGN. DeWitt' Patt, Mclean and Tazewe
state road which was ai out in the best portion Of
those States before the time of railroads, was then
me man line or western travel, and consequently
became more thickly settled than anv other sectons
OF the West, as the numerous cities large villages
ana products OF these counties demonstrate.
Besides the large agricultural productions of this
section the manufacturing interest is very extensive
in the large towns and is rapidly increasing.
The coal mines at Danv e on this line are extern
| svely and profta6lv worked, and FURNISH BUSI-
NESS FOR OVER THREE HUNDRED COAL
"a cM rs on ~ TVS Inc at present. and MORE THAN
|
to carry coal on completion of the remaining link
From the present earnings $50 miles is safe to
assume that the LOCAL BUSINESS Alone
| VIII BE AMPLE NOT ONLY TO Pay THE
| ON THE STOCK ~ 20
In addition to the population and wealth of the
country and all that is necessary to support first
| class 70 q and make it profitable investment
through local traffic. it forms grand central trunk
ne tor through business not surpassed ty any road
| of equal length in the West.
At Indianapolis 1t connec S by main lines with the
cities OF Columbus, Cleveland, Pitts6urg, Cincinnati
and with the Pennsylvania Central, Baltimore and
Ohio and other important railroad ines At Pekin,
| the western terminus, connections are made with
| Peoria, Quincy, Keokuk. Burlington an Omaha.
| At Bloomington, with the Illinois Central Road,
which runs northwest 600 miles to Fort Dodge Iowa
very large business will be done with this line
/ At anvile it connects by rail with Toledo on lake
| Erie. A map will show all these to he very impor-
tant connections in making through lines over this
route.
Tue loan placed beyond any contingency by the
present earnings from local raffc on one Hundred
and eighty miles, which must necessarily be doub ed
| when the trains run through.
1he Bonds are convertible at the option of the
| holder into stock at par at any time, which add
greatly to their value. They may be registered at
| the farmers Loan and Trust Company if desired