Peoria and Eastern Railway Co. - Stock Certificate

Stock not fully issued. Nicely engraved by Franklin Bank Note. Hole and stamp cancelled. A great stock from the “Golden Era” of American Engraving. Excellent Condition. From the Syracuse University Collection. The Peoria and Eastern Railway was incorporated on February 21, 1890, for the purpose of constructing or acquiring a railway between Pekin, Illinois, and Indianapolis, Indiana. The following day, the company acquired such a railroad from Charles H. Coster and Samuel Spencer, who had purchased the railroad in a foreclosure sale of the Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway, which had become insolvent the previous year. On the same day, the company entered into an agreement with the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, surrendering operation and control of the railroad to that company, also known as the "Big Four".