Litchfield enquirer., 1870-04-28
0mce. of FISK & HATCH, BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOVERN.
 MBN1 SECURITIES,

No. NASSAU STREET. NEW YORK.
 February, 18th. lS7G
 The remarkable success which attended our nSg0tiatisn 0: the Central Pacific Rail .oad Company and the Western Pacific RaiIroa Company. and the popularity and credit which these Loans have main taiued in the aarkets. both in this country and Europe. have shown that the First Mortgage of wise ly-lOcated and honorably managed k.i lroads are promptly recognized and readily taken as the most suits 3le. safe. and advantageous form Of investment, ye4ding more liberal income than can hereafter be derived from Government Bonds, and available to take their place.
 Assured that, in the selection and uegotia- tiOa of superior Railroad Loans. We are meet ing great public want, and rendering val zable seEvice-both to the holders Of Ca pital and t., those great National works of internal improvement whose intrinsic merit and sub- stzztiaI character entitle them to the use of Capital and the confidence of investors nov offer with special confidence and satisfac- tioa the
 FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company.
 Phe Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad connects the Atlantic coast and the magnificent harbOrs Of the Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio River at point of reliable navigation, and thus. with the entire Railroad system and wa tsr transportation of the great west and south wsss, forms the additional east and west trunk line. % impegstively demanded for the accom- uoeAtion Of the immense and rapidly gr owing t1anspovtAGion between the Atlantic seaboard and EarOPe on the one hand, and the great producsnx regions Of the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys on the other.
 Ths importance of this road as a new outlet iron the West to the sea magniGes it into one of national consequence, and insures to it an extensive through traffic from the day of its cD@pletiO0: while in the development of the extensive &gEicultural and mineral resources ofvIxinia and West Virginia, it possesses, aAoag its own line. the elements of a large and pEo6EabIe local business.
 Ihus the great interests. both general and local. which demand the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to the Ohio River, afford the surost Eunv~ntss of its success and value.- aud render H tAe most important and substantial Rail- rad enterprise nov In progress in this Coan- try
 Its superiority as an East and West route. and the prouise of an immense and profitable trade azaiting its completion, have drawn to It the attention and cooperation of prominent Capitalists ard Railroad men of this city of sound judgment and known integrity, whose co1nectiOn with it, together with that of emi- nent citizens .nd business men of Vir- giaIA and West Virginia, insures an en- sEEetic, honorable, and successful management
 The Road is completed and in operation frsm Richmond to the ceIebr ated White Sul- phur Springs of West Virginia, 227 miles, and there remain but 200 miles (now partially c0astructedl to be completed, to carry it to Shs proposed terminus on the Ohio river at, or near, the mouth of the Big Sandy River, l5O miles above Cincinnati, and $50 miles below PiEtsburg
 Lines are now projected or in progress through Ohio and Kentucky to this point, which will connect the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad systems of the West and Southwest. with the Pacific Railroad.
 Its valuable franchises and superior advan- cags will place the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company among the richest and most powerful and trustworthy corporations Ot the country; aud there exists present val ue, in completed road and work done, equal to the sntirs amount of the mortgage.
 The detailsOf the Loan have bsen arranged wish special reference to the wants ofall class. ss Of investors, and combine the various fea- taFes cf convenience, safety, and protection against loss or fraud. @
 The Bonds are In denominations of 5000. $500. and SlO0.
 They will be issued as Coupon Bonds, paya- bae to Bearer, and may be held in that form; O1s
 The Bond may be registered in the name of the Owuer with the coupons remaining paya- bse Co bearer attached. the principal being shea transferable only on the Company books, Cnsess Te assigned to bearer; or
 The Coupons may be detached and cancelled, the b0Ed may be a permanent registered bond, transferable only on the books of the Company, and the inteEest made payable only to the reg tssered owner or his attorney.
 The three classes will be known respectively 2E
 lst- Coupon Bonds payable to Bearer.''
 d. ''Registered Bonds with Coupons attach $a"
 Sd. Registered Bonds with Coupons de- tachea,'' and should be So designated by Cor respondents in specifying the class of Bonds desired.
 They have thirty years to run from January l6. 1870, with interest at six per cent per an- na@ from Nov. I. 1869. Principal and interest Eayable in gold in the city of New York.
 The interest is payable in May and Novem- Ier. that it may take the place of that of the earlier issues Ot Five-twenties, aud suit the cOavensence of our friends who already hold Central and Western Pacific Bonds, with tn-