Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-28

Assured that, in the selection and negotiation
Of superior Railroad Loan, we are meeting 8
great public want. and rendering a valuable
service-bo!h to tn holders of Capital and to
those CREST National works of internal i'm
provcmout whose intrinsic merit and substan-
tisl character, entitlo them to the use of Capital
and tho confidence Of investors-we now offer,
with special confidence and satisfaction, the
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
OF TIE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.
The Chesapeake anil Ohio Railroad, connect
| ing the Atlantic coast and the magnificent har-
bors OF the Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio Xiv
CT at a point Of reliable navigation, and thus,
with the entire Railroad system and water
transportation 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
seaboard 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 a
new outlet from the West to the sea
lnaGQlECS IL luLO OuC VI liz SSASStoOA>Sf
and insures TO it a. extensive through traffic
from tho day of its compilation while, IN the
deyclopcment Of the extensive agricultural and
mineral resources OF Virginia and West Vlr'
glnia, it possesses, along its W lire, tho elo-
| ments Of q large and profitable local business.
Thus the great interests, both general and To-
cal, which demand tho completion of the CHEs-
APEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD to the Ohio XIV
or, afford the surest guarantee Of its success and
| value, and renacritthe most important
and substantial Railroad enterprise
now ia progress in This country.
It's superiority rs an East and West route,
and the promise u! IN immense and profitable
trade awaiting it, completion, have drawn to 1t
the attention mni Corporation of prominent
Capitalists and Rn;ll oAi men Of this City, OF
sound Judgment and known integrity, whose
connection with it, ~tpge.hcr with that Of ieml-
ncnt citizens ant business men Of Virginia and
Wcs. Virginia, insures au energetic,
honorable :sHa Surccsstu7 MANAGE
meut.
The Romd is completed and in operation from
Richmond To the celebrated White sulphur
Springs OF Nest NirRinin, 227 mios, and thero
| remain but 200 miles (now partially construct.
tll ~ NC CpiiIi lSsSNti >" $50
| terminus on tho Ohio river At, or near, tho
| mouth d the Big Sandy River, $50 miles above
Cincinnati, and $50 miles below Pittsburg.
Lines are now projected or in progress
| through Ohio and kentucky TO this point,
| which will connect tho Chesapeake and OHIO
| with the entire Rail Dad systems Of tho West
and Southwest, and with the Pacific Railroad.
It's yaIuablo franchises ~nd superior advan-
tagcs will place the CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
RAILHoAp COMPANY among tho richest and
most powerful aud trustworthy corporations Of
The country; and thero exists p present value,
in completed road and work done, equal to the
ontiro amount Of the mortgage.
Tho details Of the Lean have been arranged
With special Ic!crcncct TO the wants OF ali classes
OF investors; ard combine tho various features
OF convenience, safety and protection against
loss or fraud.
TEc Bonds are in denominations Of
$1,000, $3.50 end 500.
They will be issued Eg Coupon Bonus, payabh
to Bcarcr, and may be held in that form or
The Bon! may be registered in the name OF
tho owner, with the coupons remaining payable
to benrer attacbed, the principal being Then
transferable only on tho book ot the Company,
unless reassigned to hcarori or
rio co,nonc msv he detached and cancelled,
the Bond made - permanent Registered 0
transferable nn'v on the books Of the Company,
..I 49, :n.,.a ,rodo uorshIo only to tho re.
II L : ',
g'slcfci owner OF HIS s."'"11 ~
Tho three classes viii be known respectively
os--
nnrnc p,v,p1V no
BEARER."
a, Q BONDS WITH co.,
gu
PoNs ATTACHED:"
81. "EEGlsTERED BONDS WITH Cou-
PONS DETACHED," and should be so desig
mated by Correspondent: III Specifying
Of Bonds de-lred: from
They have Tu1hTf YEARS J., to r" m, I sen@
-" ,-.n, Noy,mh her / 1869. PR1scl-
per "NHuh iI"" :. H.,