New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-02
First Mortgage, Convertible,
7 PER CENT GOLD BONDS
PEORIA ANDROCK ISLAND RAILWAY
OF ILLINOIS.
First Mortgage Bonds =. 81, SOC, 900
Capital Stock ......... .2,ooo, 900

E'1rSL p1OTtBSbo 0ouuS DA'OoVsVvV
Capital stock. .......... .2,oOO, 600
. completed road 81 mile, IN length connecting important
Cities Of Peoria the Illinois River and Rock Island Moline and
Davenport on Mississippi Davenport, the opposite bank Of the
ver connected BY railway bridge The last rail Of this road was
,d July 1871 the line opeson snd in order 10 place
spou II III. large equipment for the business offered and to
construct requisite number dpo and engine houses machine
shop. L tbs COnpsny offer through The unegned 81 100000
Convertible First Mortgage Gold Bonds being less than Sl7 per
mis scared by the entire property Of the Company.
Prese price, 90, and accrued interest In Currency
Pdpa payable coin at New York London free Of
tar.
This ro.d opened for the hOash r,e
offered will prove the profitable in the West ravns "
doe. section of country unsurpassed fertility Of soil and agricultural
resources already tcky populated and high state Of cultivation
This the fact that section Of the road
through cultivated se and aou'hins towns and villages with
large c and n,vgbe river at each end Thus certain that the
local bu,pe sady more enough to sustain the roadWhle the
through tnc unlimited It's connections arc nu1nerOu which can
be seen by glance Of the map
The CITY Of Peo. contains population OF about co and the City
Of Rock The City Of Moline containing popu'
ton 8oO sjoins the City OF Rock Island and The Cy OF
Davenport Iowa containing population Of about 10000 emily sep
ated Island by the Mississippi River so that Tor all pnc
purposes they may be esd city, with ton poponu0n o
70 Heretofore railroads the West have been constructed manly
through an unsettled uncu,ted region Of country and e0n
qunty have little local sc depend upon for several jean
constructions bat the country which the line Of Inc fe0
and Rock Island Railway already thcky settle and bmh
unsurpassed anywhere for Its agricultural uodu~ Anu '
coal from four feet in thickness await mat oefeope0
which be produced BY railroad heilies -
The Road from Coal Valley to Rock Island W
me mortgage Of $4,000 has been purchased
and the mortgage assumed BY this Company
section there transported during the years 1908 ana "
more than one hundred sixty Of coal which found
ready Rock Island and along the line OF the Chicago hoek
Island Railroad As manufacturing and shipping point the
City W being NEXT de) not surpassed By any other point
10 the State outside Of Chicago.
advantages the Peore
Railway its lateral connections through the State Of
Illinois commanding positn forming important
link through The Atlantic aud Pacific Coasts via the
Pacific roads and that the distance from Ne"forf
PHILADELPHIA Baltimore and Norfolk Rock Island much less than oJ
any other route
The its connections ard Rock Island with other
railroads taken in connection Mississippi ,nd Illinois Rivers
are Peoria the Peoria and Rock Island Railway
Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad the Pona Pen
and Jacksonville Railroads. Toledo Peoria and Warsaw Railway Also
with the indianapolis. Bloomington Western Railway Through cars
snamed road Cincinnati Columbus Pittsburgh and
all points the Atlantic Seaboa:d.
At Rock Island Davenport with the Davenport and st.
Pau Railway miles Of which completed and 50 miles more will be
opened within DAYS whole line l miles TO St Paul during
the nIt year Davenport and Paul Peoria and Rock Island
and the indianapolis Bloomington and Western Railways make trunk
line SIS miles Indianapolis St. Paul The Peoria and Rock
also Rock IlaLd with the Chicago ROCK
Island which direct outlet secured to Omaha
Being wealth and OF the country along the
line OF this Of firm having made careful eI'
animation Of the road and m property We can With the utmost conn
deuce Bonds prime secur-rehabe and e
every particular
All marketable securities exchange at full rates and Bonds
delivered to all parts Of the country express charges
Maps circulars &C., with full particulars relating to the Road FUR
nd application the undersigned Financial Agents Of the Com
pany
TURNER BROTHERS,
Bankers, NO. IA Nassau.st., N. z.