Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-31

ASSureu thal, III Tie seIecIlon anu neRoLlauon
Of superior Railroad L.oana, We arc meeting q
great public want, ard rendering a valuable
service-both to tn holders of Capital and to
those great National works Of internal i'm
provement whose intrinsic merit and substan-
tial character, ~cntitle them to the use of Capital
and the confidence Of investors-we now offer,
with special confidence and satisfaction, the
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
or THE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, connect
ing the Atlantic COST and the magnificent har-
bors Of tho Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio Riv-
er at a point Of reliable navigation, and thus,
with tho cntiro Railroad system and water
TRANSPORTATION oCthe grea: West and Southwest,
forms the additional East and West
Trunk Zine, so i'm pcratively 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 rs II
new OHf.et from the West TO n sea
msgniics Il into one Of national consequence,
| and insurns 10 i. M extensive through traffic
| from the day Of It's completion while. in tho
developcmcnL Of the extensive agricultural and
mineral resources OF Virginia and West Viz.
elnia, il Possesses, s.long liz OWE lino, the ele-
ments Of II large and profitable local business.
Thus The great interests, both general and To-
I cal, which demand the completion of the CHEs-
OHIO RAILROAD to tho Ohio Riv-
er, afford the Surest guarantee of its success and
value. and ~pri slle smostImpOrtanf
aIgS2 substantial! Railroad enterprise
now iR progress in his country.
It: superiority ~ Nn East and West route.
and the promise OF 81 Immense and profitable
trade awaiting IL completion, naye drawn to 1t
the H~ttrn!ipn aAi corporation OF prominent
CapitnliS.s and I&!t"li III II Of this City, OF
sound Judgment End known integrity, whose
connection with i, together with that OF ieml-
nent citizens and business men of Virginia and
Hcs1 Virginia. i.iSstres am energetic,
:enss ss:ccessftI manage
Ei,ens.
The Roul IS completed and i in operation from
Richmond 10 tho celebrated White Sulphur
Springs Of West Virginia. 22l miles, and there
remain but 2oO mi!oa [now partially construct
cN 10 be completed. TO carry it TO the proposed
torn,inus ON the UEio river at, or near, tho
month of the Big Sandy River, LOU miles above
Cincinnati, and $50 miles below Pittsburg.
Lines arc now projected or in progress
| through Ohio snd kentucky to this point,
which will connect tho Chesapeake and ONO
| with tho en,iro Haiiloa& systems Of the West
and Southwest, I'D with the Pacific kallroad.
It's valuable franchises ard superior auVan-
.N,N nnT0
tsSes VIII pI"cc III nH -;aLe.. and
RAILROAD COMPANY among the 1'cnes' anu
most powerful ana trustworthy 'oipo NnI,o
tn" country; and taeto cxis's@ pF'sen, A
in completed roao Sill WORK oo"'' s4""' ~ -
entire amount oi tf'' i'orIs's"'
Iho details o' Inc i''"h N"'' "oon
with special Io:crcnc" TO The wants OF oil Glasses
o!iEvcs:ors; aHd combine tao various features
OF conTGhicnce. Snirty and !'roteclioh against
loss or fraud.
The Bonds are IN denominations Of
$1,000. $500 and sl00.
rbov will Ec Issued as toupon Bonds, payable
:, Dco1.c.. o,d rsv he hello in that form or
RI, H,,i may bo ,,g;stcrcL in tho name Of
"a. or,rcr with Inc COUPONS remaining payable
- Observation-Disclosures thn g,jucjDal being then
tr.rstcr,Llc oniv on tho books o. tho Company,
,a,o., -oo.s;rrod to hccr,r or
Tho COMMON: may 90 detached and cancelled,
tina Bono made - permanent Registered h'na'
transferable on,y on the books IF the Company,
- 49, :,,a.s, ,ooaa r.,ohio only to tho re-
"'" -" '!'''' '"'
~gis.c:cl o"n": o" hi attorney
| The thru classes Will 80 known respectively
az.
Ii. "CCUpNN BONDS PAYABLE ~
BEAKER."
u "2EGIsIENED BONDS WITH COU-
poNs ArrAcnEn:n rr, ron
81. "EEG1srERED BONDS WIN 49,
roNs DITAcnE9," and should noo;tl! be s., ,5a d e'as,
mated by Correspondents i" specifying Inc CLASS
Of r. Bonds de ! Tnierv YEARS +, run from
'hfS ~" d-n ..;,h interest at six per cent
n n4n "n1y1 No. lr ,S,"' S S'[" 'H'@'i !, 1863. rHrsor,
per ""nu" I.rr ~ p.YAnLE ~ GOLD in tho
c;ty rf Ncr York.