Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-01
Office Of E'EsK & HATCH
H.ytEtS AND DEALERS IN GOVERN
L1EwT SECTPITiES.

Un.thEtS AND LEfso ~ wv HIsI'
MENT SECURITIES,
40. NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK,
February 18th, 1870.
Tn remarkable success which attended our
negotiation Of the Loans OF the CENTRAL IA
CIF1c RAILROAD COMPANY and the WESTERN
PACIFIC EAILRoAD COMPANY, and the popu-
'a"ity md credit which these Loans have main
tslEoc IN the markets, both in this country and
Europe, lave shown that the First Mortgage
Bonds q wiaciy-loca!cd and honorably. MAN
aged Railroad. are promptly recognized ana
roadil.g taken as the most suitable, safe and sd-
van,ageous form OF Investment, Welding q
moro liberal income than can hereafter be de.
riYed from Government Bonds, and available
to take their place.
Assured That, in the selection and negotiation
Of superior Railroad Loans, w are meeting o
g-oa. public want, and rendering q valuable
| scrvict-bo.h TO the holders of Capital and to
those great National works Of internal i'm
provencnt whose intrinsic merit and substan-
tisl character, enti.le them to the use OF Capital
and the confidence Of investors-we now cter,
with special confidence and satisfaction, tho
FaEsF MORTGAGE BONDS
CF THE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.
The Chesapeake anil Ohio Railroad, connect.
ing the Atlantic coast and the magnificent har-
bors 0! the Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio Riv-
CT ats point OF reliable navigation, and thus,
with the cntiro Railroad system and water
Transportation oftne great West and Southwest,
fornns eae additional East IL West
Trunk Line, so imperstively demanded for
the accommodation Of the immense and rapidly
growing transportation between the Atlantic
seuDcard and Europe on the one hand, and the
great producing regions Of the Chic and Mis-
sissippi Valleys on the other.
Tiaa Importance o: This Es0nd as n
new outlet arS5.l the EScsG TO the sea
msgnifcs it into ona Of national consequence,
and insurcs to i. s7 extensive through traffic
from the day of lis completion while. in the
devciopemcnt Of the extensive agricultural and
| mineral resources or Virginia ard West Vir-
ghl;a, it Possesses, along It's oWn line, the ele-
meats Of a large aud profitable local business.
Thus the great Interests, both general and lo-
ell. which Gemard the compilation Of the CHEs-
APEAKE AID OHIO RAILROAD TO the Ohio Riv-
CT, afford the su7cs: guarantee OF its SUCCESS and
value, and rcndcrit: E,e most important
and substantial EsaiiTomd enterprise
now in progress ava this country.
it, superiority IS an sas. snl West route.
and the promise o! an Immense and profitable
trade awaiting It's completion, have drawn to it
tho attention &ni Cooperation of prominent
Capitalists and EarlIoa. man Of this City, OF
sound Judgment and known integrity, whote
Connection with il, ~toGctE2r with that of emf
men. citizens snd business men Of Virginia and
Yves, Virginia, inaGireS an energetic,
honorable ansi successful manage
mTn
Tb& Rvai is completed Gni i'll operation from
Richmond 70 tha celebrated White Sulphur
Sprinrs OF Mc2t Virginia, 227 miles, and there
rs!l.in bu: 2GO miles (now partially construct
cd TO be completed. - Gerry it 10 tho proposed
terminus on tn: ohio river ~, or nenr' Tho
mouth q tao Big Sandy River, l3G miles above
Cincinnati, ard $50 miles below Pi:tsburg.
Lines ars nnw projected or IN progress
through Un;o and Kentucky to this point,
which will connect tho Chesapeake and Ohio
with tbs entire :{ailto*d systems Of the West
and Southwest, AID with the Pacific Railroad.
It's va uabla franchises and superior advsn-
tagos will place tho CHESAPEAKE AND OHlo
RAILROAD COMPANY among tho richest and
most nowe7ful and Trustworthy corporations Of
tic county; md there cXis&s q present value,
in eomnlctcd road anI work. done, equal TO the
oa;irc amount o. the mortgage
The dct.iIs Of the Loan hmTo been arranged
with sreri.l lc;nrenc to the wants of all classes
O! Investors; AID combine tho various features
OF convenience. s"icty and protection against
loss or fraud.