Litchfield enquirer., 1871-10-12
Chesapeake and OhiOs-Five-Twen-
 ties-Central Paciflcs.
BANKING OFFICE OF
 FISK G Fl A T CHI No. 5 Nassau Street. N. Y,

NO D Nassau street, N. N, September 25th, 1871 1 Of the Fifteen Million Chesapeake and Ohio Si
 per Gent. Loan, but about A, ,5OO,0O0 remain un
 sold, and this remainder will be taken up rapidly l The five years option having expired on all SC
 ries ot Five-Twenty Bonds, except 1667s and 1S66s they are liable to be called in for payment. Int | redemption of10O millions Five-twenties in coin | and the purchases by the Government during the ensuing four months, with the premium thereon
 will release about 150 millions of invested capital
 independently of dividend and interest payments ! the greater part of winch must seek reinvestment THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO SYKES
 have absolutely 30 years to run are especially de ! sirable for steady investments, and can now b' | bought
 IT PER CENT. LESS THAN TEN-FoRTIES, 20 PER CENT. LESS THAN FIvE-TwENTIEs, l 25 PER CENT. LESS THAN SYKES OF 1881, and are equally sure to be paid principal and in | terest in gold coin. Their amount is limited by
 the Trust Deed to $15, 5,OOO,00O Price Cat present.
 93 and accrued interest, that is, with coupon at
 SI ,OOO Chesapeake and Ohio Bond costs to-day l $954 16.
 $500 Chesapeake and Ohio Bond costs to-day 1 $447.08.
 SiOO Chesapeake and Ohio Bond costs to-day
 Only small amount of the latter denominations | remains, and no more can be made. Bonds are iI coupon or registered form, same as Five-twen | ties.
 This debt is created by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company in order more speedily and efFectually to extend and complete the mai1 line of their Road to the Ohio River. This work ! the important ternalimprovement now progress| ! ing in the country-is rapidly approaching coTn| pletion. It will establish another and superioI \ line of communication between the Ohio and Mial
 sissippi valleys and the eastern cities; bringin1 ten millions of people, mainly producers, neareI | to the centres of consumption in the Easter
 States, and nearer to the political and commerci capitals of their country. Such IS the command | ing importance ofthis Trunk Line that the large
 cities of the West are projecting feeders to cor
 meet with it, 80 as to avail themselves of it's uI equalled facilities as soon as it is completed Large tracts of valuable coal and iron lands alon it's route are passing Into the hands of practic
 miners and iron manufacturers; large city q springing up at the western terminus, the hea of reliable navigation on the Ohio, where 1t inte
 sects 12 900 miles of river transit, and will in connection with 5000 miles of railroad ca riage.
 The Central Pacific Six Per Cent. Bonds are safe for investment as Government bonds. The
 amount fixed by act of Congress at $25, 1885 900, I secured by property worth four times their valu
 they can only be bought in the open market, af I becoming scarcer in consequence of their gradu absorption by investors here and in Europe; thu
 have ready market in all the principal mOne centres, and have still twenty-four years to ru
 the earnings of the road are steadily increasinI and will probably reach SIG, ,0O0. 900 for the GU | rent year, afording handsome surplus after pal
 ment of expenses and interest Present prid 1013 to 102
 When the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad is COT pleted, in 1872, and the Bonds are dealt in at Stock Exchanges of the world, we have no dOu
 they will bo equally popular with the Central
 cidcs. Both principal and interest of the Cent Pacific and Chesapeake and Ohio Bonds. are spe ically payable in gold coin in New York; the terest on the former being paid January and Ju and of the latter, May and November, correspon ing with the two classes of fFive-twenties. We recommend either of them to our frieT and customers with the same confidence that did the Five-twenty bonds, when we were selli millions for the United States Government.
 We buy and sell Five-Twenties, Ten-Forti Eighty Ones, and Central or Western Pacifcs, receive them in payment for Chesapeake and Ol Bonds at their current market price.
 Orders for Chesapeake and Ohio Bonds, acco panied with Drafts or Checks, may be forward to us by mail. Bonds or money may be fOrwa ed by any responsible Express Company at our pense, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Bonds, exchange, will be sent by return Express, chart paid.
 P. P.S.-Accounts of Banks, Bankers, and othI received, on which we allow Four per Cent. Int est.
 Certificates of deposit issued and collectio made in all parts of the Union.
 HARVEY FISK.
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