Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-14
Office of FISH e. HATCH.
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOVERN
MENT SECURITIES,

February 10Th, 1870.
The remarkable success which attended our
negotiation Of the Loans of the CENTRAL Pa
cEFIC RAILROAD COMPANY and the WEsTERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, and the popu-
grity md credit which these Loans hsve main
tanei in the markets, both in this country and
Europe have shown that the First Mortgage
Bonds Of wisely. located and acknowledgement
sgaI Hai!ro3a: 40 promptly recognized and
readily taken rs the most suitable, safe and ad-
van:ascous form Of investment, yielding a
moro liberal income than can hereafter be do
rived from Government Bonds, and available
tolaEG their place.
Assured That, in the selection and negotiation
of superior Railroad Loan', VIC are meeting
great public want, and rendering valuable
scrvicc--bo.h to tic holders Of Capital and to
those great National works Of internal inl-
proremert whose intrinsic merit and substan-
ti&l character, cntLio them TO the use Of Capital
ard tho confidence Of iavestors-we now o1ter
with special confidence and satisfaction. the
EEEsT MORTGAGE BONDS
OF THE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.
Tie Chesapeake ond Ohio Railroad, connect
ing tho Atlantic coast and the magnificent har-
bors Of the Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio Riv-
or 8: g r0in. Of rciablo navigation, and thus,
with the entire Railroad system and water
TRANSPORTATION ofthe great West ard Southwest,
forms tG.e additional East and West
frank line, SO imperstively demanded tor
the accommodate of the immense and rapidly
growing transportation between the Atlantic
scaDoard and Europe on the one hand, and tho
great producing regions of the Ohio and MIS-
sissippi Valleys on the other.
Tl,e Importance OF this Road as a
new outlet from, the West 10 the sea
megn;4Cs il into cne Of national consequence,
and insurns 70 i m extensive through traffic
from the day Of its completion while, in the
developcment Of the extensive agricultural and
mineral resources Of Virginia and West Vir-
clnia, it possesses, along It's own lire, tho ele-
mcnts Of large and prof; lbe LEGAL business.
Thus the great Interests, bo.h general and To-
Ca! which dcma d the completion OF the CHEs-
ArEAKm AND OHIO RAILROAD to the Ohio Xiv
cr afford the surcsl guarantee OF Its success and
value, and render it the most important
ana substantial Railroad enterprise
now in progress 81 t7a;s country.
It's superiority ~ en- East and West route,
and the promise Of ,:n Immense and profitable
trade awaiting is completion, have drawn to it
the attention @M. co.oror4tion OF prominent
Capitalists and Rail- oAl mea Of this City, OF
sound Judgment and known integrity whose
conn ection with it, together with that OF emil
nent citizens 9nd business men of Virginia aud
Yves Virgins, ENSURES an energetic,
honorable :,.,ta successful manage.
menf
The Road is completed and in operation from
Richmond TO the celebrated White Sulphur
Springs Of West Virginia. -; miles. and there
cd) TO be complc.cd TO carry it 10 tho proponoa
tcrminu: on the Ohio river ut, or near, the
mouth of the Big SANDY River, l30 miles above
Cincinnati and $50 miles below Pittsburg.
Lines are COW projected or in progress
through Ohio and Kentucky to this point
which will connect Tho Chesapeake and Ohio
with the entire hail!o& systems OF the west
end Southwest: ard with the Pacific Railroad.
Its valuable franchises and superior advan-
taccs will place tho CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
RAILROAD COMPANY among the richest ana
most powerful and trustworthy corporations OF
the country; and thcro exists A present value,
in COMPLETED road and w1ri: done, equal 10 inc
entire amount Of tho mortgage.
Tho details o. thc J. an have been arranged
with syc@iu' !cfcrcac 60 IL" wants OF ali classes
of investors; ari combine the various features
Of conyenicnco. safety and protection against
loss or fraud.
Tho Ronis ara in demon n atiOns Of