The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-26

Tn. bond are in ien"inina ion al II 900 each
by II liz I mort gage IN 20, mile al road, lom In
,iianapuli., the largest city and Ino-t important
railroad centre in the State al Indiana, tn The city
Of pekin in Illinois.
une Hundred and Eighty mile, al The line are
now in Full Operation, and equipped with New,
First class rolling stock, consisting nj - lnconu-
tives, % Passenger Coaches, II baggage and Ex-
press ears; 80 Box, Stock and Coal cars, and
mere will he added ~ the want, 81 the road re-
Quire. The earning are already Greatly in eX-
ce,- of the Interest on the whole issue OF Bonds.
The balance. twenty-five miles of the division in
Indiana, is nearly all graded, with all the ir"i, IN
hand, and will Ice completed without delay.
There are Thirty-siN depots IN the line, located
in elite and town that contain in the aggregate,
a population "i one hundred and ninety thousand,
averaging over 92O Ia each square mile, within
Il radius Of half a mile OF the track and within
twenty miles Of the track, there Is a population oi
about six hundred thousand.
Ii passes through the cnuntit- oi Marion, llent.
nick, Montgomery, Fountain, Warren and Nermi-
lion, in the state of Indiana, and NeImillion,
Champaign, DE Witt, Plat, Mclean and Tazeweii
t"uutirs. IN Illinois, on the line of the old emf
grant State rad which VA laid cut in the best
portion " llius. states before the time Of railroads,
wa then the main line Of Western trayel, and
consequently hecaIne more ihicklN settled than
other sections of the West, u The numerous cities
1870
demonstrate.
Besides the large agricultural productions Of
this section the manufacturing interest is very ey-
tensi,r in the larSe towns and j. rapidly increas-
ing.
The cnal mine At Dan, III, on this line are ex-
tensiNely worked, and furnish husinrss i"r nveI
three hundred coal ear nn thi, line AT present and
more than Twice thar number will he required IL
carry c"al an the completion "t tae remaining
link.
From The present earning On lsu miles il is saie
Ia assume thar The local hu.ines. alone will be
ample not only Ia pay the banded ,irht, hut large
Dividend nn the stuck.
In addition t" the population amt wealth Of Tia,
country aud all that i necessary t" support a first
class road and make IL n profitable Investment
through local iralie. II ferns = grand centra
trunk line for through bushes not surpassed h,
any road al equal length in the west.
At lndianapnlis il conntrt> by main linz, viii
The cities of Columbus, Cleaveilnd, Pittsburgh
Cincinnati, and with The Pennsylvania Central
baltimore and Ohio, and other Important railroa,
lines II Pekin, the western terminus, connec
ti"n> are made with Peoria Quincy, keokuk, Bur
linginn and Omaha. At Bloomington with tn,
Illinois Central Road, which runs northwest I.
Fort Dodge, Iowa. 4 very large b iness will h
done with ihis line At nanylilc il connects b,
rail with Toledo on lake Erie. mann win sl,oy
all these /" he very important cnlnrciious 10 max
ing through line over This route.
The Loan i placed beyond any contingency hl
che present earnings from Local rralic IN On,
Hundred and Eighty miles, which must neceSsari
~ he doubled when the trains run through.
The Bonds are convertible at the option Of tn
holder into stock at par at any time, which add
at The f%qrm.fs' loqp and Trust Company if de
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