 This stock was then transferred to an investment trust, the Rental Trust Bonds of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway ("the 1872 rental trust").Recognizing the importance of the Niles & New Lisbon and the Vienna & Liberty shortlines to the C&M, McHenry now moved to ensure that neither line could be taken from him.He sold about $5.5 million ($ in dollars) in bonds to purchase the two roads, and then created a sinking fund for their revenues to repay the debt.