Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-07
Office OF FISK & T
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOVERN.
MENT ~.
No. 5 NASSAU STsEET, NEW YORK,

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No. NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK,
February 10th, 1870.
The remarkable success which attended Our
negotiation Of the Loans of the CENTRAL PA
CIFIC RAILROAD company and the WESTERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, and the ,popu-
larity and credit whichthese Loans have ualn-
tairel in tho markets, both in this country and
Europe, have shown that the First Mortgage
Bonds Of wiseiy-locsted and honorably-man-
aged Railroads are promptly recognized and
readily taken AS the most suitable, safe and ad-
vantageous 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 the selection and negotiation
of superior Railroad Loan, we are meeting 8
great public want, and rendering a valuable
service-bo.h to tho holders of Capital and 10
those great National works Of internal I'M
| proyement whose intrinsic merit and substan-
tial character, %entitln them to the use of Cspltal
and the confidence Of investors-Wo now otter,
with special confidence and satisfaction, the
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
OF THE
sEbCSseafcssHc HI Su1O W..
Tic Chesapeake anA Ohio Railroad, connect
ing the Atlantic coast and the magnificent har-
bors Of the Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio Riv-
er at n point Of reliable navigation, and thus,
with tho entire Railroad system and wator
transportation ofthe great West and Southwest,
forms the additional East and West
Trunk Line, 20 imporstively demanded for
tho accommodation of the immense and rapidly
growing transportation between the Atlantic
| sespoard and Europe on the ono hand, and the
great producing regions of the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Valleys on the other.
The importance of this Road as n
new outiet from the West TO the sea
magnifcs il into one Of national consequence,
| and insurrs TO it m extensive through tratlc
from the day Of lis completion while. in tn"
devclopemcnL OF the extensive agricultural and
| mineral resources OF Virgins and West Vlr-
glnia, it possesses, along its own line, the ele-
| ments Of u large and profitable local business.
Thus the great interests, both general and To-
cal, which demaad the completion of the Giles
ApEAKE AND ONO RAILROAD to the Ohio XIV
or, afford the surcst guarantee or Its success ana
value, and renierittilc most important
and substantial Railroad enterprise
now in progress in This country.
Its superiority as IN East and West route,
and the promise OF en- Immense and profitable
trsdo awaiting its completion, have drawn to it
the s~ttention and co.opcr4tion Of prominent
Capitalists and R.ill Dad men Of this City, OF
sound Judgment and known integrity, whore
connection with it, together with that OF .emi-
nent citizens snd business men OF Virginia ana
West Virginia, Ensures au energetic,
honorable and successful
mcnt.
The Road is completed and in operation lto"
Richmond 10 the celebrated "hlIo 0u'Phui
Springs of West Virgins. 81 miles, ana lnero
remain but 200 milo" >n"w pars'sllS cons,loSs,
tormin,,s on tho Ohio river NJ, or NEAR 'ho
| mouth Of the Big Sandy River, l30 miles aoo'0
Cincinnati, and $50 miles below Pl'tsourg'
Lines ERE now projected or IN progress
| through Ohio s,nd Kentucky TO this point
which will conuert tho Chesapeake ana Oh'o
with .hc ontirc EuiI,oai systems of the west
,nJ ,.,u,bu.-. and with the Pacific Railroad.
L: va' uablo franchises and superior adVsn-
tsces will placo the CHESAPEAKE AND ohlo
| RAILROAD COMPANY among the richest anu
most powerful AMI trustworthy corporations o.
| the country ana there exists q present Va'ue'
| in completed road and work done, cqua! 10 TIC
| entire amount oe the mortgage.
Tho details OF the Loan have been arrange"
with special 1e!erenc" to the wants OF al classes
OF investors; ard combine the various features
| of convenience. safety and protection against
loss or fraud. .-r t. Hts..
Tho Bonds era III denominations Of
$1,000. $500 and 500. .f..
They will be Issued as C""pon h'nas' pagan"
to Bearer, and may be held IN that iorm or
The Bond may be- registered in tho name o.