The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-06
MISCELLANEOUS,
MISCELIANFUU n
INDIANAPOLIS.
BLOOMINGTON
Western Railway.
Seven Per Cent. Gold Loan,

The bonds are in denominations of 81 nm e,cb CO
cured by hrst mortgage on 205 miles OF road from
Indianapolis, the largest city and most important
raroad GENRE in the Stale Of indiana 10 ibe cit \,
OF Pekin in Illinois. " 'No '"S
, on ONE HUNDkED AND EIGHTY MILES of the
Line are now IN FULL OPERATION. and eoninnnJ
with New, fIRsT-CLAss Rolling Stock consistipq Of
70 Locomotives, 20 Passenger Coaches; II BAGGAGE
and Express Cars; 750 3 x Stock and Coal Co'ss @
more will De added as the wants of the road re anu
Inc earnings arc already Greatly in Ercess of the
on me whote issue Of BONDS The balance
all graded. with all the Iron on hand ami " IN ha
completed without delay. "'' VII NC
There re ihirty:six depots on the line. located in
citses and to,cns that contain, in the aqgreonie n
popadtton Of one handrtd and Ntaefy fbous1nG
averaging over 500 to each square mile within a
fauus t,rarts or hai mile OF the track; and ,rithin
spDeMtg m,tes or me track there is a population OF
ABOUT SIG hundred thousand
~ passes through the counties of Marion, Hen
million, in The state of Indiana. and yermilI,on
Champaign. Dewitt Piatt, Mclean and Tazewel
counties in Illinois, on the line of the old emigrant
stare road which was ait out in the best portion of
those States before the time of railroads was then
the main line Of Western travel and consequently
became more tckly settled than any other Sections
OF the West as the numerous cities large VILLAGES
and products OF these counties demonstrate
besldes tue large agricultural productions of this
secton the manufacturing interest is very extensive
IN ne large towns and is rapidly increasing.
The coal mines at Danyfle on this line are extern
NESS FOR OVER Three HUNDRED Coal
"a cr rs SO on this line at present, and MORE THAN
IWlCE THAT NUMBER WILL BE REQUIRED
to carry coal ON completion of the remaining link
From the present earnings $50 miles il is safe to
assume that the LOCAL BUSINESS ILONE
WILL BE AMPLE NOT ONLY TO PAY THE
6UNDED 6N XIX e!1ne, e!D1nReBT, BUT LARGE D!VIDENDS
In addition to the population and wealth of the
country and all that is necessary to support a first
class 70 and make it profitable investment
throngh local traffic. it forms grand central trunk
ne for through business not 81, passed ty any road
OF equal length in the West.
At Indianapolis 1t connec by main lines with th,
ctes OF Columbus, Cleveland Pittshurg, Cincinnati
anu anu WIN the Pennsylvania Central, Baltimore and
unlo } ana other important railroad nes At Pekin,
Tue western terminus, connections are made it'll
feorIa, Quincy, Keokuk. Burlington an ON Aha
Az Bloomington, with the Illinois Central Road.
wnlcn runs northwest 600 miles to Fort Dodge Iowa,
very large business will be done with this line.
At anvil-e it connects by rail with Toledo on lake
Erie. map will show all these to he yerv i'm noro
route ~ WV 'his
Tue loan Is placed beyond any contingency by the
present earnings from local traffic on one hundred
and eighty miles, which must arily be doub ed
when the trains run through " ~
me Bonds are convertible at the option Of the
aot aolder INTO stock at par at any time, which add
greatiy to their value. They may be registered at
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company If desired