BURLINGTON & MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD Stocks (Lot of 2) 1870s. Nebraska. VF+++

Description

Lot of 2:
1)  Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company in Nebraska. Stock issued Novemer 9, 1878 at Boston, Massachusetts. Incorporated in the State of Nebraska.
Certificate
No. 140
was issued to Mrs. Mary W. Topliff for two shares of capital stock (0 per share). Hand signed by company president and treasurer. Certificate is about 8” x 10”. Black print with
brown
borders and underprint.
Vignette with a farmer on a horse-drawn plow.
2)  Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company in Nebraska. Stock issued January 13, 1872 at Boston, Massachusetts. Incorporated in the State of Nebraska.
Revenue stamp affixed lower center. Certificate No. 1080 was issued to John A. Easton for 10 shares of capital stock (0 per share). Hand signed by company president and treasurer. Certificate is about 7” x 10.5”. Black print with
light-brown
underprint.
Vignette with two trains on double tracks and riverboat beyond.
The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company in Nebraska was a sub-branch of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad that was incorporated under a Nebraska State Charter in 1869. The railroad began with rails first entering Nebraska in 1870 via Plattsmouth. That summer, the railroad reached Lincoln, the recently designated state capital. It later continued to lay rails westward and eventually joining with the Union Pacific Railroad on September 3, 1872 at Kearney; this had the effect of linking traffic from southern Nebraska to the rest of the continent. That same year it began advertising "millions of acres of cheap land" as an incentive to prospective settlers to Iowa and Nebraska. The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was acquired by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1872. At the time, it had begun laying tracks to Denver, Colorado; this line was finished by the CB&Q ten years later. Over the course of the next twenty years, the Burlington continued laying track in Nebraska so that, ultimately, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy operated about 2,870 miles of track in Nebraska, the most mileage of any carrier in the state. After being acquired by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad served as its subsidiary, operating several lines in the Black Hills, including those acquired when Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad took over the Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad in 1901.
Condition:  Very Fine+++
, very light folds, no creasing, no tears, very light signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
stamp and punch cancelled.
Printer:
American Bank Note Company, Philadelphia (1878 stock); Henry Seibert & Bros., New York (1871 stock).
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