The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-20
Farmers Loan & TRUST CO, Of N. Y,
Trustee.
These IsonsIs are payable, priuci-
pal ard interest Ina GOLD.

We Offer ~ limited amount Of thes
bonds, subject to sale mt par 9nd nc
| crued interest. ana with each ~l,oo
l bond $3.50 par value of stoeh.
| We do not hesitate to recommend th
] above bonds for Investment. and belicV
there is no other security in the markc
absolutely MS safe, that can be bong h
at any such price. which will pay TIN
, Investor 40 high IL rate of interest
They are not new security. rs the Thr
teenth Coupon was paid ut the Farmers
Loan and Trust Co., Trustee of the mort
cage, on the first day of January.
The Centralia Il Chester Railroad i
4 standardgaugc road extending from it
connection with the IIIinoi, Ccntra
Railroad at Ccntraia, H., to Evansville
Ill.,, with branch to RosbOrougb, ILL.,. anr
is in hrst.cInss financial and physical
condition, bonded for only $4,000
per mile of First Mortgage per cent.
bonds. which are Il first and only lien
ON the road.bed. equipment. dcpots,
terminal facilities. and any and all
property of the Company.
The Road passes through n thckly popu.
| lated and fertile agricultural district produc-
| ing enormous crops of cereals. The United
States Government statistics show that
there were produced in single year in the
five counties through which this Road
passes. 3.55i. 1871 bushels of wheat, D.
bushels of oats. iIi.993 tons Of hay.
iiI,93o bushels of potatoes. and 61.-
600 barrels of apples. The greater part
Of the products Of these Counties seek a mar
kGt over the Contrala a Chester Railroad,
il being the only direct outlet to Chicago.
via the Illinois Central Railroad. and
10 New Orleans aud tide water. via the
Mobile ~ OHIO Il. r.. and Mississippi
River.
The entire country through which
this road passes il undcrlaid with coal.
making the supply incNiiaustiblc, and
large mines are now open mt Contraiia.
Nashville. CoulteryilIc. Sparta. Rosbor-
ou.h and Schuline,.
The Randolph Coke Il Coal Co., an organ.
ilation with capitalization of 100000, is
now successfully operating several
very large coal mines and 1872 coke
ovens on the line OF this road in the vi
cinity of Sparta. The coke business is !
a new and very important industry in
this locality and is proving OF very
great value as u freight producer TO the
Centrnliu Il Chester Road.
10 st.tY. sh..s
few weeks at Salem with the OHIO 4 Mis- |
sissippi X. X. (Which is the Baltimore q
Ohio SYSTEM giving direct outlet to the !
East. At Salem, a connection will also be .
made with the Chicago. Paducah q Memphis
K. Il. which will give the Centraiia &
Chester L. r.. another direct outlet to
Chicago via the Chicago. Paducah " Mem
,hs and Wabash Railroads.
The short piece Of road between Evans
lille and Chester on the Mississippi River
viii be completed by October ist next.
THE RAILROAD COMPANY Is
JUST CLOSING THE OF
\ LARGE BLOCK OF LAND WITH
IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT
CHESTER, WHERE THE COM
'ANY PROPOSES TO PUT IN SIDE I
TRACKS AND BUILD DOCKS. RUN.
ING THE MAIN LINE INTO THE
,ITY OF CHESTER. The Company ,
viii put in a Side Track TO the Pcuitcn-
larry, which will also give the road large :
mount of business from their large output =
( manufactured goods. The docks as
yell as the land will be owned and j
OntrOlled by the Railroad Company 4
nd covered by the first mortgage I
ond> of the Railroad Company; the :
ocks will AFFORD an opportunity 70 the
argc lows going up the river to drop OFF i,
leir empty harges at the docks Of the Com !
any. to be filed with coal and taken down "
~ river again on their return trip from ST. h
0uis, thus saving about 200 miles of "A
owing from Chester 10 st. Louis and re-
lrn, and also saving charge OF 81 per car. .
largcd by The docks 1T East ST. Louis. where !.
,al Is loaded on the bargoS at that point.
18th this connection made with the llissis
ppi River, it viii give the coal miners a {,
lost direct outlet for their products to
lie Cairo. Memphis and New Orleans n
arketS. and give to the shippers Of a
rain for the foreign market Il cheaper
nd more direct connection with ocean
TO New Orleans than G,
n any other line. :
Since the agreement of the Railroad Com q
ny with the Randolph Coke and Coal Co., ii
give them this outlet. arrangement, have a,
EN- made 10y several independent parties To Z,
zen mp coal mines on the line pt the Cen
llia Il Chester H. H., which viii give 1t 1t a.
Ist five times the present coal traffic. oi
'ansvillc extension OF the Rosborough pl
anch IN operation, the Company earned
II only the intcrcs; on its mortgage. 90
cr and above operating expenses, -
,eS. etc.. but u snail surplus ON the an
lck, aud this al - time when the transpor- "
ion business of the entire country WIS De
lctically paraiN 2ed by the great railroad
1 coal strikes. With the addition 10 an
L property Of,he Huntsville extension
Il the Rpshoroush branch. both of a.,
iicb are now in operation. and the u,
proved financial ana industrial situ- ~
on throughout the country. the gross IN
d net earnings Ot the Company for lii
, fiscal wear ending JULY LIST. 1896. ~
|! far exceed anythin. in the history he
the road, and should show. in uddi- ,,J
II to all fixed charges and expenses, /
ircc surplus. and il II not unrcasOn-
C to expect that h. January next
Company will begin paying regular
idrnd~ on IFS stock.
rom the above fact, il mist be evident to
business man that there l. no risk or
whnicycr in buying the first ~
rtgagc bonds OF the Ccntraiia n "
ester Railroad. passing ~ Il does "
,u@h an old and wcll-pOpulatci country y
ich in agriculture and mineral resources.
bonded for only $4,000 per mile 4"
hr>t mortgage , per cent. bonds.
ich L. only about half the bonded in
'tedncss of any other Railroad in
[ part of the country
yer 100000 of these Bonds are
I, held for investment by many OF 4
largest Insurance Companies. Saw y
: Banks. aud some of the richest
most conservative investors in The 4,
nirr. ,dv
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