Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-06
pG;cc of FISK e. HATCH,
BAXEEaS AND DEALERS IN GOVERN
.MENT SECURITIES,

MENT SECURITIES,
80 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK,
February 10Th, 1870.
Tns remarkable success which attended our
negctiA:ion o! the Loans OF the CENTRAL "a
cIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY and the WESTERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, and the popu-
laritv and credit which these Loans have ualn-
tanned in the markets, both in this country and
Europe. have shown that the First Mortgage
BONDS Ct wiseiy.locstcd and honorably.msn-
aged Railroad: ara promptly recognized and
readily taken SIS the most suitable, safe and ad-
van.agcous 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 tho selection and negotiation
of superior Railroad Loan, we are meeting q
great public want. and rendering a valuable
seryice-bo:h to the holders of Capital and to
those great National works of internal i'm
| provcment whose intrinsic merit and substan-
tisl character, entitle them to the use of Cspltai
! and tho confidence Of investors--we now offer.
with special confidence and satisfaction. the
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
OF THE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, connect.
ing the Atlantic coast and the magnificent har-
bors OF tho Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio Riv-
CT ct p point Of reliable navigation. and thus,
with the entire Railroad system and water
transportation Of tbs great West and Southwest,
forms the additional East II West
~p--- ,n-,t;,11r law rIn for
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 tho Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Valleys on tho other.
The Importance OF this Road as u
new OutIe1 from the West to the sea
magnifcs it into one Of national consequence
and insurcs TO il en- extensive through tramc
from tho day OF is completion while, IN the
developemcnt Of the extensive agricultural ana
mineral resources Of Virginia and West VIZ
glnia, it possesses. along its own lire, the ele-
ments Of n large and profitable local business.
Thus the great interests, both general and To-
eel, which dema.d the completion of the CHHs-
APEAKE y OHIO RAILROAD to the ONO XIV
or, afford the eurest guarantee OF its success ana
value, and render il the important
and substantial Railroad enterprise
now in i'll this country.
It's superiority rs IN East and West route,
and the promise Of III immense and profitable
trade awaiting Is completion, have drawn to it
the attention and cooperation OF prominent
Capitalists AID Rail- oal mon Of this City, OF
sound Judgment md known integrity, Whose
connection with it, together with that OF .eml-
nent CITIZENS uni business men Of Virginia and
Yves: Virginia, itnSstreS a0
honorable and successful manage
Tho Road is completed and iii operation from
Richmond to tho celebrated White Sulphur
Springs Of West Virginia, 227 miles, and there
remain but 2u0 miNns (row PARTIALLY construct-
od) TO DO completed, 10 cnrry ~ to TN" rrop"nea
terminus on the Ohio river at, or near, Inc
mouth Of the Big Sandy River, $50 miles above
| Cincinnati, and $50 miles below Pittsburg.
Lines IRE row projected or in progress
| through Ohio and Kentucky to this poih''
which will conrcc. the Chesapeake and ONO
with the entire !:niI: oai systems OF inc "es'
and >;cu. hwasl. aid with the Pac tic Railroad.
Is vsusbl. franch SOS and supcrlor advan-
tsgcs will place the CHESAPEAkE AND OHIO
RAILROAD IOMPaNl mulong the richest ano
mast uower.ul aud trustworthy corporations OF
,b. country: and there exits II present value
in CONNECTED road anil work done, equal 10 the
ontire smount OF the mortgage
Tho details OF the l. an haro been arranged
with special !c.crcnc 20 the wants oil al! Glasses
Of investors; and combine the various features
Of convenience. s&!:ty and protection against
loss or fraud.