CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD CO. Stock 1886. Chicago to Thebes, IL. VF+

Description

Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
. Stock issued June 9,
1886 at Chicago, Illinois
. Incorporated in the State of Illinois. Certificate No. 2592 was issued to Ebenezer Stone for 10 shares of capital stock (0 per share). Hand signed by company
president H. H. Stevens
and secretary H. A. Rubridge. Certificate is about 7” x 10.5”. Green print.
Vignette with people watching passing train in the country.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad was organized in 1877 as a consolidation of three others: the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad (Chicago-Danville, November 1871), the Evansville, Terre Haute and Chicago Railroad (Danville-Terre Haute, October 1871), and the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad (Terre Haute-Evansville, November 1854). Intended to merge or purchase railroads that had built lines between the southern suburbs of Chicago and Terre Haute, Indiana through Danville, Illinois, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois constructed a new line from Chicago to a Mississippi River connection in extreme southern Illinois at Thebes.
Condition:  Very Fine+
, light folds, minor creasing, no tears, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos), stamp cancelled.
Printer:
American Bank Note Company, New York.
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