Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-21
office Of FISK d. HATCH,
NsilCN OF EiSEk dH NIX = CIT
%rEsS AND DEALERS in GOVERN
MENT SECURITIES,
10. 5 NASSAU STREET, NEW GoRK,

MENT SECU HIIlES,
; No. NASSAU STREET, NEW IoRk,
! February 18th, 1870.
! The remarkable success which attended QUIZ
| negotiation o! the LosIs of the CENTRAL "a
! CTFIC RAILROAD COMPANY and the w ESTEEM
! PAC1F1C RAILROAD COMPANY, and the popu-
| arilg and credit which these Loans have main
| tanel in the ma. kets, both in this country and
Europe have shown that the First Mortgage
| Bonds Of wisey-locsted and honorably- man
aged Railroads are promptly recognized anc
readily taken AS the most suitable, safe and ad-
vsntageous form of investment yielding
moro liberal income than can hereafter be de-
rived from Government Bonds and available
to take their plsce.
Assured that in the selection and negotiation
of superior Railroad Loan, we are meeting a
Crost public want, and rendering valuable
servicc-bo.h to tho holders of Capital and to
those great National works of internal I'M
provement whose intrinsic merit and substsn-
tisl character, enttle them to the use Of Capital
and the confidence Of investors-we now oner,
with special confidence and satisfaction. the
FIRST MOEsTGA<iE BONDS
OF THE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.
Tie Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, connect
| ing the Atlantic coast and the magnificent her
| bors Of the Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio Xiv
| er at q point of reliable navigation, and thus,
with the entire Railroad system and water
trans portstion Of the great West and Southwest,
forms the additional East and West
Trunk Line, so imperstively demanded Tor
the accommodation of the immense and rapidly
growing transportation between the Atlantic
scaDoard 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 u
new outlet from the West TO the sea
magnGcs it into one Of national consequence.
and insures TO it an extensive through trafhc
from the day Of its completion while, IN the
development of the extensive agricultural and
mineral resources OF Virginia and West Vlr-
glnia it possesses, along It's own line, tho ele-
ments Of large and profitable local business.
Thus the gree. interests, both general and TO-
cal, which dema ID the completion OF tho CHEs-
ApEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD to the Ohio Xiv
er, afford the surcst guarantee OF It's success and
value, and render il the most important
and substantial Railroad enterprise
now in progress in This country.
Its superiority rs an East and West route,
and the promise Of IN immense and profitable
trade awaiting Is completion, have rawn to II
the attention ard CO cooperation CT prominent
Capitalists and Raj; Ga! men Of this City, OF
sound judgment and known integrity, whose
connection with it, together with that OF emil
men. citizens 8nd business men Of Virginia ana
Yves. Virginia. ialaureS au energetic,
honorable :.ns! Successful manage
mcns.
The Road is /omp,ctcd and in operation from
Richmond T. The celebrated White sulphur
Spring; Of West Virginia, 22I miles, and there
remain but 200 miles tnow partially construct
ci) to be com ololcd 10 carry il to the proposed
terminus on tho Ohio river Vt, or near, the
,nnu,,, 4 ,n" win ssnnhy r,v"r -" milo. .o"~"
Cincinnati. and 300 miles below ftt,e"nrR'
Lines urc now protected or III progress
| THROUGH Ohio and Kentucky - this point
which vii! conacct the Chesapeake and ONO
| with the entire hail!os systems OF the Wesl
| and Southwest: ard with the Pacific kailroad'
| It's valuable franchises and superior advan-
tsgcs will place the CEEsAP FAKE AND OHIO
| RAILROAD COMPANY among the nchest ana
most powerful and trustworthy corporations o.
the country; and there exists present value
! in completed road and work done, equal TO tho
entire amount Of the mortgage
The details OF tho Loan have been arranged
with special .cfercnca to tho wants OF all Classes
OF investors; and combine the various features
Of convenience safety and protection against
loss or fraud.