CINCINNATI, PORTSMOUTH & VIRGINIA RAILROAD Stock 1893 Idlewild - Sciotoville, OH

Description

The Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad Company. Stock issued July 3, 1893 at Cincinnati, Ohio. Incorporated in the State of Ohio.
Embossed company seal lower left.
Certificate No. 55
was issued to
The Investment Company of Philadelphia
for 100 shares of Preferred capital stock (0 per share). Company capital was
,160,000
. Hand signed by company president and secretary. Certificate is about 9" x 11". Black print with orange borders.
Vignette with the state seal of Ohio between two workers.
The Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Railroad was incorporated June 24, 1891. This company was formerly the Ohio and Northwestern Railroad Company, organized February 12, 1886. The line of this road extended from Idlewild (west-central Ohio), to Sciotoville (southern Ohio on the Ohio River), a distance of 108 miles. On November 14, 1899, the Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad leased the track of the Cincinnati Connecting Belt Railroad for 99 years, renewable forever, guaranteeing the payment of the 0,000 first mortgage 5 per cent gold bonds of the Cincinnati Connecting Belt Railroad, dated July 1, 1899, due July 1, 1929. The line was sold to the Norfolk & Western Railway in 1901.
Condition:  Very Fine+
, light folds, very minor creasing, no tears, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
pen and punch cancelled.
Printer:
Ohio Valley Press, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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