Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11
Office OF EEsA q HATCH.
KaNEENS AND DEALERS IN GOVERN
uENT SECUR1TIES

! Ban l. ILEO AND
MENT SECURITIES,
No.. NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK,
February 18th, 1870.
The remarkable sue es which attended our
negotiation OF the Loans of the CENTRAL "a
CIFIc RAILROAD COMPANY and the WESTERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, and the popu-
lurity md crelit which these Loans have main
tanned in the markets, both in this country and
Europe. have shown that the First Mortgage
Bonds Of wisc!y-located and honorably-man-
aged Railroads arc promptly recognized and
readily taken as the most suitable, safe and ad-
vsntageous form Of Investment, yielding q
moro 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 q
great public want, and rendering a valuable
| service-bo.h to the holders Of Capital and TO
those great National works Of internal I'M
| proyement whose intrinsic merit and substan-
tial character, cntitlc.thcm to the use OF Capital
and tho confidence Of invcstors-wc now offer,
with special confidence md satisfaction, the
FIRST MoRTaAGE BONDS
OF THE
Chesapeake and OIiio Railroad co.
Tie Chesapeake anil Ohio Railroad, connect
ing tho Atlantic coast and the magnificent har-
bors of tho Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio Riv-
CT at a point Of relisblc navigation, and thus,
with the entire Railroad system and water
transportation Of the great West and Southwest,
forms the additional East and West
Trunk Zine, so imperstively demanded for
the accommodation Of the immense and rapidly
growing transportation between the Atlantic
sea6oard and Europe Oh tho one hand, and the
great producing regions OF the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Valleys on the other.
The Importance OF tE,isi Road as IL
new outlet from the West 10 t3;e sea-
magniGcs it into ono Of national consequence,
and insurns TO i. M extensive through traffic
from the day Of lis completion; while. in the
devclopoment Of the extensive agricultural and
mineral resources of Virginia and West Vir-
glnia, it possesses, aions It's own lire, the cie-
mcnts Of Il large and profitable local businoss.
Thus the great interests, both general and To-
cal, which dcma. II tho completion OF the CUEs-
ArEAKE AND Ono RAILROAD to the Ohio Riv-
CIR, afford the surcst guarantee OF it success and
value, and render il the most impOrtanL
and substantial Railroad enterprise
now III progress in ai,is country.
Its superiority rs an East AMI Wet rout',
and the promise y! IN immense and profitable
trade awaiting Is completion, lnyo drawn to L
tho attention and corporation Of prominent
Capitalists and Rail- ai mon Of this City, "f
sound Judgment std known integrity, whose
connection with il. together With that Of emf
ncnt citizens and business men cf Virginia and
Yves. Tireinia. iiH;:rcs aa energetic,
honorable um.: successful Gnam:a%c-
mcnt.
The Road IS ootnrl".ed and in cncr",i"" rr",r
i;ich,n"nH - ~" ""t"nrth"N "nt" ",'',""F
Springs Of Wes. NirginiA, ~. lAiics, and there
remain but 200 niles (now partially construct.
eI) to be completed 10 carry j. 10 tn" prop"se'.
| terminus on the Ohio river ~. az ueAr, thu
mouth Of the Zig Sandy River. ijG miles anovi
Cincinnati, anL $50 miles below Pi:isburG.
Lines are now projected or in progress
through Ohio and Kentucky - LHis point,
which will cnnHrrt tho Chesapeake and OH"
with The cn;irn t:i.iII ond system: OF the We.
and Southwest, ard with The Pacific Railroad.
Its va liable fTunlhs" and superior ndvsn~
tagcs will place tEr CHESAPEAKE hHD OH"
RAILROAD COMPANY among tho richest An!
most powerful and trustworthy corporations o.
the country and thr;r exists Il present ve'H".
in completed road and work h"u", equal ID the
entire smoIn. Of the mortgage.
Tho details u! the y al have been arranged
With special :c.,1cEc" 10 the wants OF nj cl.sscs
Of inves:ur:; I'D c]"m(,iuD tho various features
of convenience. saf,tr and protection against
loss or fraud.
MI d. 60. =. -, ~