The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-04
MISCELLA NEOUS.
INDIANAPOLIS.
BLOOMINGTON
Western Railway.
Seven Per Gent. Gold loan.

The bonds are in denominations OF 81. 900 earh So
cured By first mortgage on 2o5 miles OF road from
IpdianaI oils, the largest ciIy ard most Important
railroad re in tie Stale Ct lBdanG, to the city
OF Pekil in linOis.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MILES of tbe
Line now IN FULL OPERATE On, and eouipped
with New tIRsT-CLAss Rolling Stock con ting of
% Locomotives, 70 PASSENGER Coaches; II Baggage
and Express Cars; $50 3 X. Stocs ard Coal Cars and
more i'll ne addeJ as The wants OF the road reonir,
The earning. arc READY Greatly in Ercpss Of The
Interest on the Whole Issue Of BONDS The bal,pre
twenty-five miles OF The division in Indiana is nearly
all graded. with all the Iron on hand ami viii Iva
completed without DELAY.
There re thlltysix derots on the line located IA,
cities and torns that contain, in the ac0re0ofs n
population Of one handr'd and nsncfS MonsGnd
averaging ever $50 to each square mic. within a
radius Of half mile OF the trek; and u;fbip
taoenty mills Of the track there is yoDuIotfon of
about sirhundred thousand. "
Il pas e through the counties Of Marion, Hen
bricks, M ntSomery, Fountain, Warren and Yer
million, i'll The st tte CT Indiana, and Vermilhon
Cbampaign Dewitt, Piatt, Mclean and Tazeweli
state road which lai out in the best portion I
those States before the time of railroads. was then
the main line Of Western travel, and consequently
became more thicky settled than anv other sections
OF the West, the hume Qua cities large VILLAGES
and products OF these counties demonstrate
BESIDES tue large agricultural productions of this
s'cton the manufacturing interest very exten siye
IN The large towns and is rapidly increasing
Inc coal mines at Danvi lie on this line are extern
s,ysy and prohta6ly worked, and FURNISH BUsl-
NESS FOR OVER THREE HUNDRED lOAL
CAkS on TINS line at present, and MORE THAN
TWICE THAT NUMBER WILL BE REQUIRED
to carry coal on completion of the remaining link
From the present earnings $50 ules il is safe to
assume as, that TIE LOCAL BUSINESS Hone
WiLL BE AMPLE NOT ONLY no PAY THE
ON THE STOCK.
In addition to the population end wealth of the
country ana all that is necessary to support first
class eI;, II 70 and make it profitable investmcnt
tnlongn LEGAL traffic. it forms grand central trunk
ne for through business not Surpassed Nv apy road
of equal length in the West
AT indianapolis 1t COnneC l,y main with
ctles OF Columbus, Cleveland Ptts5ure, Cine innati,
and with the Pennsrlvania Central, Baltimore and
Ohio and other important railroad lines. At Ptkin,
the western terminus, connections are made with
Peoria, Quincy, KeOkuk. Burlington an ON Aha
At Bloomington, with the Illinois Central Road.
which runs northwest 600 miles to Fort Dodge Iowa
A very large business will be done with this line
At awhile it connects by rail with Toledo on lake
Erie. map will show all these to he very impor-
tant connections in making through lines over this
route.
The loan is placed beyond any contingency by the
present earnings rom local traffic on one Iunt1 ed
aud eighty miles, which must sarilv be doub ed
when the trains run through.
The Bonds are convertible at The cntion ot tbe
noder INTO o stock at par at any time, which add
greatly to their value. They may be registered at
the farmers Loan and Trust COMPANY If desired