This is an article about the Erie Railroad's acquisition of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. Click on the links below to see a PDF image of the original article. The article begins:
"SECURING CONTROL OF THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. THE TRUSTEES OF THAT ROAD OFFER TO LEASE IT FOR NINETY-NINE YEARS FOR A GUARANTEE OF INTEREST ON $5,000,000--THE OFFER TO BE ACCEPTED--DETAILS OF THE PLAN.
A private cable dispatch to Kierman's Financial News Agency last week, gave the information that the Atlantic and Great western Railroad Trustees had resolved to lease that road to the New-York, Lake Erie and Western Company on exceedingly favourable terms, but the story was so flatly denied by President Jewett, Secretary McCullough, and other officers and Directors of the latter company"