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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
149 
Office of FISK & HATCH, 
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, 
No. 5 NASSAU STREET, NewYokk. 
February loth, 1870. 
The remarkable success which attended our negotiation of the Loans of the Central Pacific Railroad Company 
and the Western Pacific Railroad Company, and the popularity and credit which these Loans have maintained in 
the markets, both in this country and Europe, have shown that the First Mortgage Bonds of wisely-located and honora¬ 
bly-managed Railroads are promptly recognized and readily taken as the most suitable, safe, and advantageous form of 
investment, yielding a more liberal income than can hereafter be derived from Government Bonds, and available to 
take their place. 
Assured that, in the selection and negotiation of superior Railroad Loans, we are meeting a great public want, and 
rendering a valuable service—both to the holders of Capital and to those great National works of internal improvement 
whose intrinsic merit and substantial character entitle them to the use of Capital and the eonildence of Investors—wc 
now offer with special confidence and satisfaction the 
FIRST MORTGAGE BOOTS 
OF THE 
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. 
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, connecting the Atlantic coast and the magnificent harbors of the Chesapeake Bay 
with the Ohio River at a point of reliable navigation, and thus, with the entire Railroad system and water transportation 
of the great West and South-west, forms the additional East and West Trunk Lane, so imperatively 
demanded for the accommodation of the immense and rapidly growing transportation between the Atlantic seaboard and 
Europe on the one hand, and the great producing regions of the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys on the other. 
The importance of this Road as a new outlet from the West to the sea magnifies it into one of 
national consequence, and insures to it an extensive through traffic from the day of its completion; while, in the develop¬ 
ment of the extensive agricultural and mineral resources of Virginia and West-Virginia, it possesses, along its own 
line, the elements of a large and profitable local business. 
Thus the great interests, botti general and local, which demand the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad 
to the Ohio River, afford the surest guarantee of its success and value, and render it the most important and 
substantial Railroad enterprise now in progress in this Country. 
Its superiority as an East and West route, and the promise of an immense .and profitable trade awaiting its completion, 
have drawn to it the attention and co-operation of prominent Capitalists and Railroad men of this City of sound Judgmont 
and known integrity, whose connection with it, together with that of eminent citizens and business men of Virginia 
and West-Virginia, insures an energetic, honorable, and snccessful management. 
The Road is completed and in operation from Richmond to the celebrated White Sulphur Springs of West-Virginia, 227 
miles, and there remain but 203 miles (now partially constructed) to be completed, to carry it to the proposed terminus on 
the Ohio River at, or near, the mouth of the Big Saudy River, 150 miles above Cincinnati, and 330 miles below Pittsburgh. 
Lines arc now projected or in progress through Ohio and Kentucky to this point, which will connect the Chesa¬ 
peake and Ohio with the entire Railroad systems of the West and South-west, and 
with the Pacific Railroad. 
Its valuable franchise and superior advantages will place the Chesapeake and Onto Railroad Company among the 
richest and most powerful and trustworthy corporations of the country and there exists a present value, in 
completed road and work done, equal to the cntii-c amount of the mortgage. 
The details of the Loan have been arranged witli special reference to tiie wants of all classes of investors, and combine 
the various features of convenience, safety, and protection against loss or fraud. 
Tiie Bonds are in denominations of 
$1,000 $500, and $ ! OO. 
They will be issued as Coupon Ronds, payable to Rearer, and maybe held in that form ; or 
The Bond maybe registered in tiie name of ttie owner, witli the coupons remaining payable to bearer attached, tiie 
principal being then transferable only on tiie books of the Company, unless reassigned to bearer; or 
The coupons may be detached and cancelled, the Bond made a permanent Registered Bond, transferable only on 
the hooks of the Company, and the interest made payable only to the registered owner or ills attorney. 
The three classes will be known respectively as: 
1st. “ Coupon Bonds payable to Bearer.” 
Kd. “Registered Bonds with Coupons attached.” 
3d. “Registered Bonds with Coupons detached,” and should be so designated by Correspondents in 
specifying the class of Bonds desired. 
They have thirty years to run from January 15, 1S70, with interest at six percent per annum from November 1, 
1803. Principal and interest payable in gold in the city of New York. 
The interest is payable in May and November, that it may take tiie place of that of the earlier issues of Five- 
Twenties, and suit the convenience of our friends who already hold Central and Western Pacific Bonds, with Interest 
payable in January and July, and who may desire, in making additional investments, to have their interest receivable 
at different seasons of the year. 
The Loan is secured by a mortgage upon the entire Line of Road from Richmond to the Ohio River, with tiie equip¬ 
ment and all other property and appurtenances connected therewith. 
A Sinking Fund of $100,000 per annum is provided for tiie redemption of the Bonds, to take effect 
ONE YEAR AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE ROAD. 
The mortgage is for $15,000,000, of which $2,000,000 will be reserved and held in trust for tiie redemption of outstanding 
Bonds of the Virginia Central Railroad Company, now merged in tiie Chesapeake and Ohio. 
Of the remaining $13,000,000, a sufficient amount will be sold to complete the road to the Ohio river, perfect and im¬ 
prove the portion now in operation, and thoroughly equip the whole for a large and active traffic. 
Tiie present price is 90 and accrued interest. 
A Loan so amply secured, so carefully guarded, and so certain hereafter to command a prominent place among the 
favorite securities in the markets, botli of this Country and Europe, will be at once appreciated and qufckly absorbed. 
Very respectfully, 
FISK & HATCH, 
BSsmlitevs. 
P. S.—We have Issued pamphlets containing full particulars, statistical details, maps, etc., which will be furnished 
upon application. 
We buy and sell Government Bonds, and reoaive the accounts of Banks, Bankers, Cor¬ 
porations, and others, subject to check at sight, and allow interest on daily balances. 
ELGIN WATCHES 
MANUFACTURED BY 
The National Watch Company. 
All the Grades of the Elgin Watches 
INCLUDING THE 
“LA BIT LLC3-IM,” 
BEADY FOR 
SPRING TRADE. 
The Company also call the attention of Watch buyers to 
the fact that the Elgin Watches now offered have several 
peculiar improvements over all others and also a new 
PATENTDU/ST EXCLUDER, 
so constructed as to enclose the works, and form a protec¬ 
tion against dust, enabling the movement to remain in order 
witkout cleaning double the time that a watch will ordina¬ 
rily run without this protection. 
The Company feel confident, after having had their 
Watches three years in market, and selling many thousands 
of them in all parta of the country, that the 
Elgin Watches are the bast time keep¬ 
ers now offered to the American pub¬ 
lic, for either Ladies’ or Gentlemens’ 
use, Railway or other uses. 
Over Five Hundred Dealers 
in various parts of the land have unreservedly endorsed 
them. They are in use upon numerous lines of Railway, 
including the Union Pacific and Pennsylvania 
Central, and officers of these roads, with other promi¬ 
nent R. R. officials, endorse them as the best Watches for the 
use of R. R. employees and travelers, yet introduced. 
The following are presented ns specimens of these testi¬ 
monials : 
Union Pacific R. R., Office of Gen’l Sup’t, > 
Omaha, Dec. 10. 1809. j 
Hon. T. M. Avery, President National Watch Co., 
Chicago, Ill.: 
Dear Sir .•—During the month that I have carried one of 
your “ B. W. Raymond” Watches it lias not failed to keep 
the time with so much accuracy as to leave nothing to de¬ 
sire in this regard. For accuracy in time-keeping, beautv 
of movement and finish, your Watches challenge mv ad¬ 
miration, and arouse my pride as an American, and 1 am 
confident that in all respects they will compete successfully 
in the markets of the world, with similar manufacturers of 
older nations. They need only to lie known to be appre¬ 
ciated. Yours, most respectfully, 
C. G. HAMMOND, Gen'I Sup’t. 
Office of the Hudson River Railroad, > 
Gen’l Sup’t, New York, Jan. 17, 1S70. ) 
T. M. Avery, Esq., President National Watch Co. 
Dear Sir .-—The Watch made by your Company which I 
have carried the past two months, has kent excellent time. 
I have carried it frequently on engines, and have been on 
the road with it almost daily. During this time it lias run 
uniformly with our standard clock. 
Truly yours, 
J. M. TOUCEY, Gen’l Sup’t. 
The following dealers also, in various parts of the coun¬ 
try, have certified that they consider the Elgin Watches to 
be all that the Company have advertised them, as better 
finished, more correct and durable, than any in market of 
similar price, and that they have great confidence in rec¬ 
ommending them to the public on account of their general 
merit. 
Wheeler, Parsons & Co., N.Y. 
Warren, Spadone & Co 
Middleton & Bro., 
T. B. Bynner, 
Henry Ginnel, 
Geo. W. Pratt & Co., 
Scott,Barrett&Co..Pittsburgh. 
J. R. Reed & Co., 
Dahme & Co., Cincinnati. 
Jenkins & Hatch, “ 
C. Oskamp, “ 
C. Hellebush, Cincinnati. 
E. Jac.card & Co.. St. Louis. 
N.E.Crittendeu&Co,, Clevel’d. 
M. Burt, “ 
Morse, Reddin & Hamilton, 
Chicago. 
■J. H. Hcnse, Denver, Col. 
M. M. Baldwin & Co., San 
Francisco., Cal. 
Koch & Drvfus, New Orleans. 
And over ltd others. 
Various grades and pieces made to suit different tastes. 
No movements retailed by the Company. 
Call on your Jeweller and ask to sec the Elgin 
Watches. 
Business Office and Salesroom National Watcli Company, 
159 & 161 Bake St., Chicago, Ill. 
MINTON’S ENCAUSTIC TILES. 
For Vestibules, Halls, Hearths, Conservatories, &c. 
Garnkirk Chimney Tons, Plumbers’ Mate¬ 
rials, &e. MILLER ifc COATES, 
^79 Penrl St., New York. 
