The Oregon Improvement Company bond, 1889, Homer Lee BNCo

$60.00

1889 bond – possible Homer Lee Specimen bond – mining and ship at dock vignettes, Consolidated Mortgage, vertical format, 5%, 50-yr, 1889, due 1939. Beautiful vignettes, crisp condition. Bound along top edge. Two full sheets coupons.


Financier Henry Villard launched the Oregon Improvement Company in 1880 as a central component in his attempt to dominate the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. Villard wanted to link rail, river and ocean transport, and he was interested in developing coal both as fuel and as payload. The company had financial problems from the beginning. Elijah Smith replaced Villard in 1884, and was himself replaced by William Starbuck in 1891. The Pacific Coast Company purchased and absorbed OIC in 1896.

Additional information

Condition

VF, crisp, typical folds

Size

10" x 15"

Date

1890

Signed

Cancel

uncanceled

Printer

Homer Lee Bank Note Co., NY