STATEMENT OF THE ST. PAUL & CHICAGO RAILWAY CO. RESPECTING THE ISSUES OF ITS FIRST MORTGAGE LAND GRANT SINKING FUND BONDS, AMOUNTING TO FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. PRINCIPAL DUE JULY 1, A.D. 1900, AND INTEREST, PENDING CONSTRUCTION, ASSUMED AND TO BE PAID BY THE FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST CO., OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. INTEREST 8 PER CENT. PER ANNUM, PAYABLE QUARTERLY. COUPONS PAYABLE JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, AND OCTOBER, OF EACH YEAR

Saint Paul: Ramaley & Hall, 1867. Original printed dark blue wrappers [clipped at upper corner of front wrap, some wear]. 15pp. Folding Map of the St. Paul & Chicago Railway Connecting the Railway System of Minnesota and the Hudson Bay Company's Territory with Chicago and the East. Very Good.

The Road offers bonds to finance the construction of the "railway from St. Paul to Winona, one hundred and one miles, where it will connect with the present system of railroads leading to Chicago and Milwaukee." The route will be through a number of towns "sustained by a very rich agricultural back country," and is "almost upon an air line from St. Paul to Winona, La Crosse, Madison and Chicago."
FIRST EDITION. 135 Eberstadt 532. Not in Modelski, Phillips Maps of America. (Inventory #: 9683)