New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
HARTMAN NATIONAL BANK
Fifth Avenue & Forty-fourth ST.
New York
BANKING HOURS FROM s A. N. TO 8P.M.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS ga. N. TO MIDNIGHT
Norfolk & Western Railway Co,
Onice OF the Secretary and Assistant
Treasurer,


Commercial Trust Building
rro ,,r,, fhIiadeiphia. November 81, 1918
~ IHE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE NOR
FOLk WESTERN RAILWAY COM
In. IN order to make financial provision for
siHpe,'ultures tidna made and to be made for Addi-
IONS ana Betterments to your Company's
Road and Equipment, your Board Of Di
rectors, with the approval of the United
Sea,es cues haiiroad Administration. offers to the
noIuers or Common and Adjustment Pre-
lerred Stock the privilege Of subscribing At
pai On OF pefore January %. 1919 for an
man9uht rn19 OF Convertible 1o-year six per cent
eoIu ponds, equal to twelve and one-half per
cent. or their respective holdings Of the Com
pahy stock as registered at the close of
ba BUSINESS tos December 1S. 1918. The bonds will
oe dated September /. 1919. will mature Sep
tember l. 1929. and will be convertible into
common Stock at par during their life
warrants Will be Issued December 81 1913
specifying the amount Of bonds in respetr of
which the stockholder Is entitled to a sub
scription privilege. Subscription Warrants"
for amounts Of 500 or multiple thereof and
fractional Warrants" for fractions of 500
fractional Warrants will not entitle the
holder TO subscribe, but will be exchangeable
In amounts aggregating at least 800 on or
Warrants.
Warrants for stockholders who have filed
permanent dividend orders will be mailed to
them at the addresses named In such orders
warrants Tor stockholders whose dividends
are collected by representatives named In
powers OF attorney other written authority
VIII be mailed to such representatives for ~
livery unless other Instructions are received
Warrants for other stockholders may be-
obtained at this office not later than January
25, 1919
The subscription price, s1Oo for each 500
subscribed, is payable in three instaIments
the first instalment of $40 on or before Janu-
airy 20, 1919, the second instalment Of $40
between May l and May 7. 1919, and the
final instalment OF $50 between September /
and September 9th, inclusive, but full pay
ment may be made at the time Of subscribing
Subscription Receipts showing payment OF
first instalment or In full will be dated Janu-
ary 25. 1919, and will bear interest from that
date to September l, 1919, the date of the
bonds. at the rate OF per cent. per annum
Payment Of second instalment will be noted
upon the Subscription Receipt and will bear
interest from May 7. 1919, TO September i,
1919 at the rate of per cent per annum.
Subscriptions and payments must be made
either at the office Of the Company. CONNER
cial Trust Building. Philadelphia. at Office
of Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
140 Broadway. New York City
Bonds for subscriptions In amounts Of
$1,000 OF multiples, and Common Stock for
subscriptions in amounts less than $1,000,
will be deliverable on or after September 2.
1919, with check for interest on amounts rep
resented by Subscription Receipts.
Circulars containing full details of the
above offer being mailed to all registered
shareholders of the Company and may be OBJ
tained upon application to the undersigned.
BY order Of the Board Of Directors
S. H ALDEN,
Secretary and Assistant Treasurer.