Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-02
Office of FISK e. HATCH.
BANEIhS AND DEALERS IN GOVERN
MENT SECURITIES,

: IA
MENT SECURITIES,
no. 5 NASSAU STREET, NEW YoRK,
February 18th, 1870.
Tha remarkable SUCCESS which attended our
| negotiation Of the Loans Of the CENTRAL "a
cIF1c RAILROAD CoMrAST and the WESTERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, and the popu-
larity md credit which these Loans have msin-
tanned in the mark cts, both in this country and
| Europe. have shown that the First Mortgage
Bonds Of wisely -Iocated and honorably-msn-
aged Railroads are promptly recognized and
readily tax en- IS the most suitable, safe and ad-
van.ageous form Of Investment, yielding q
more liberal income than can hereafter be de-
rived from Government Bonds, and available
to take their place.
Assured That, in the selection and negotiation
of superior Railroad Loan, we are meeting a
eroat public want, and rendering a valuable
servicc-bo.h TO the holders of Capital and to
those great National works Of internal I'M
provemcnt whose intrinsic merit and sdbstan-
tial character, %enlitlo them to the use of Capital
and the confidence Of investors-wo now otter,
with special confidence and satisfaction, the
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
OF THE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, connect
ing the Atlantic coast and the magnificent har-
bors Of the Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio Xiv
or at q point OF reliable navigation, and thus,
with the entire Railroad system and water
transportation oftho great West and Southwest,
forms the additional East and West
rr....n- -n1 - =, po-,I;,o1r 1oro dor FIR
the accommodation Of the immense and rapidly
growing transportation between the Atlantic
seebcard and Europe on the one hand, and the
great producing regions of the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Valleys on the other.
The importance Of this Road as q
new outlet from the West to tho sea
magniEcs it into one Of national consequence,
and insurns TO it an extensive through traffic
from the day Of is completion whilo, in the
deyclopement Of The extensive agricultural anu
mineral resources Of Virginia and West Vir-
elnia, II possesses, along its own lire, the ele-
ments Of n large and profitable local business.
Thus the great interests, both general and To-
cal, which demand tho completion Of the CHEs-
ArEAxE AyD Ou1o RAILROAD to the Ohio Riv-
er. afford the surest guarantee Of its success and
value, anu fGEieaSE IL ssaS
and substantial; Emisr0Md enterprise
ROW ia progressi ia tiais country.
It's superiority rs an Eas: AMI West route
and tho promise OF IN immense and profitable
trade awaiting It's complexion, nave drawn to II
the attention and co-oprcati0n of prominent
Capitalists and Bali nlj m2n OF this City, OF
sound Judgment and known integrity, whose
connection with i. together with that OF emil
nent citizens snl business men OF Virgins ana
IVES Virginia, iT.Sur"si %n
honorable .s;ii successful
Inent.
The Road Is completed anu in operation from
Nichnond 70 the celebrated White Sulphur
SPRINGS OF West Virginia, 227 miles, and there
remain bu. 100 miles (now partially construct
ODD to We com sh.:,"A. - carry IL 10 ~" proporsa
terminus on the Ohio river ~, OF near, IN"
| mouth Of tho Big Sandy River, 80 miles above
Cincinnati, ald $50 miles below Phtsburg.
Lines arc now pTcjccte! Or in progress
throuaE Ohio and Kentucky 10 this point,
which will conncc. the Chesapeake and ONO
with the entire !iail! oal systems Of the west
and Southwest. nd with the Pacific haiirosd.
is valuable franchises ard superior advan-
| tages will mace the CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
Ra1rrohD CcMpANT among tho richest ana
| most powerful and trustworthy corporations OF
H.. country; md tharo exists " present value,
| in camrfctsd road and wor!; 60no, equal 10 the
entire smourt Of The mortgage
Tho details 0: tie J. en- hayo boon arranged
with special reference 20 The wants OF oil classes
of investors; and combine tho various features
OF con-enirnco s!.fcty and protection against
loss or fraud.