The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-18

f : RAILROAD: BoNDs-A Reader, City,. Europe
does not hold all The fitst-mottgage bonds of
the Central and Western Pacific Railroad com
+ pan les. These include the bond S. ries A to 1
inclusive, issued In 1865, 1856. 1867 and SOS,
amounting in the aggregate to $50, 915, 600.
The first of these become due in July, 1895,
and the last in January, 1898. The others are
those issued by the Western Pacific Railroad
Company. These are series A and B. amount
ing IN the aggregate TO S2,735, 600. These.
like those of the Central Pacific, draw 6 per
cent interest, and they will be due in July,
1898. These bonds were placed upon the open
market and were purchased by whoever wanted
10 Invest in that class OF security. 1t is true
that some were purchased for Europeans but
they were not placed exclusively on the
other side of The Atlantic. These will
have to be paid before the United States
that The United States holds only second mort
gage The Government Of the United Stat s,
by an act Of. Congress approved July 1, 1862,
and other acts amendatory thereof, granted to
the Central Pacific and other railroad com.
panes subsidies of bonds and lands 10 aid in
the construction: OF railroad and telegraph
line from the Missouri River TO the Pacific
Ocean, and to- secure to the Government the
use OF the same for postal military and other
purposes. By The act OF July 2. 1864. the lien
ordinate TO the lien OF the company's first
mortgage bonds. The total amount issued to
The Central Pacific Railroad Company was
| S25,SS5, l20; TO the Western Railroad COM
pany, 1870. $50; total' to the consolidated
company S27, $50, $50, the annual Interest of
whlchis S1.67l. $40 80.
LITTLE Boy BLUE-F L. W., San Jose.
/ Santa Clara County, Cal. F. E. Lee of this city
has kindly furnished the words Of Little Boy
Blue" that were asked for by correspondent
! from San Jose. The poem is by Abby Sage
| Richardson and the words are as follows:
Un1er the haystack Little Boy Blue
Sleeps with his head under his arm,
While voices OF men and voices of maids
Are calling him oyer the farm.
Sheep in the meadows are running wild
Where poisonous heritage grows
Leaving white tufts of downy fleece
On the thorns of the sweet wild rose
Out in the fields where the siIken corn
Its plumed head mods and bows,
Where the golden pumpkins ripen below
Trample the white-faced cows.
But no loud blast on the shining horn
Calls back the straying sheep,
And the cows may wander in hay or corn
while their keeper lies asleep.
His roguish eyes are tightly shut,
His dImples are ali at rest
The chubby hand tucked under his head
by one rosy cheek is pressed.
waken him? No! Let down the bars
And gather the truant sheep.
Open the barnyard. drive in the cows
But let the little boy sleep.
FOR year after year can shear the fleece,
And corn can always be sown:
but the sleep that visits Little Boy Blue
VIII not come when the years have flown
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