The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-01-13
BONDS.

BONDS.
SIX PER CENT.
GOLD BONDS,
Free from Government Tax.
Portland and 0gdensburg Railroad
First Mortgage Bonds.
Principal and Interest Payable
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The undersigned have auth orisy to offer
for sale the Bonds Of the Portland aud
Osdensburg Railroad Company nt
the very low price of 90 ac-
crucd interest in currency
THIS road is now completed to West Baldwin,
ana trains are running to that point SO miles from
Portland. Beyond West Baldwin the road Is graded
~ 81 iulItS HUN 1OTIdnu, anu lne rails
Will be laid to that point as early In the spring as
the weather will permit. From Fryeburg the road
Il under contract to Conway N. H., to which point
trains will run in July, 1871,
The road has thus far been built and equipped
from cash subscriptions to the Capital Stocks but to
complete it to Bartlett, N. H., and to provide add-
tional equipment for its increasing business, the
Company has issued bonds to the amount of $780,
600, secured by mortgage of lis entre property to
the following Trustees:
p WOODBURY. DAVIS,
SAMUEL E. SPRING,
WESTON F. MILLIKEN, s..
We now offer these Bonds for sale and confidently
recommend them as q safe and probable invest-s
ment for these reasons: srl-v -.s-.5
l. Low Price. At the present value of
US. Bonds. these Bonds pay one per cent.
more interest in gold on the investment.
2. Ample Security. The entire mort
gage upon the road when completed toi3art-
lett will be only $12,5Oo per mile smaller
incumbrance than upon any other railroad
to Maine, with single exception, and lees
than the value of its rails and equipment
8. Large and Probable Local
Traffic. The business upon the line al
ready completed more than meets the expec-
taions of its most sanguine friends and Sc
cures beyond doubt the interest on tits
Bonds The line is tie natural outlet Eof
some of the finest waterpower in the State,
on the Presumpscot and Saco rivers, bither-
to unimproved on account of the difficulty OF
reaching the sea-board. 1t taps the large in
terror navigation OF Lake Sebago and its trib-
utaries,ov 81 miles of inland waters, drains
very large agricultural district lying on the
shores of Lake Sebago and on the barks of
the Ossipee and Saco rivers, and penetrates
the heart of the White Mountains at Conway
and Bartlett, the most popular summer re-
sorts of the region.
4. Prospective connections, This
road is to form part OF trunk line from Lake
Champlain to the seabord. It's sister corpo.
ration in Vermont, is rapidly building the
Western division OF the road, fiom Swanton
to the Connecticut River, and the entire line
when completed, will be the shortest connec-
tion between Ogdensb1rg, the great dis
tributing point of the lakes and lido water
We ofor these Bonds tor the present In denomiua-
tions of $1,000 or $500, at scar
Ninety and 4cc3ased Interest
in Currency.
Any further Information will be gladly given by
the subscribers.
]. B. BROWN & SONS,
219 Commercial street, Portland.
FOR SALE ALSO BY
SWAN & BARRETT.
Corner Middle and Plum SITS.
HENRY P. WOOD, s
Corner Exchange and Fore SITS.
Dec 3O-dtf il
The strOnScst and best urcd, as well as
most profitable investment now
offered I'm the market.
e Per Cent. Gold
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