Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 433, 15 April 1892 — SIX HONDRED MILLIONS. [ARTICLE]

SIX HONDRED MILLIONS.

The following from the Rail\v ]j Ajt (Chicago), Feb. 26, 1892, headed lm ßāil"*ay. C;ipitalization, M bring» tb view indwd, as it ealla ifcA u very womi«rf ji" state of thin£s: —

! l 'Very wonOerful bas tve:> the morease in tbe cap:i3lization, of single ra»hvay conipanies n few year». It is not so vory long since * 50,000,000 was cons'ulere(l an extraordinarv ainounl *.u 'oe represented in a rail;Wi!y property, aiul n'luni a low yc :irs a t £jo one of the gr<»ateat c:>n3olid:itc*l' its 'indctelness i:ito u bond i«?sue of all Ihe worKl won<leri>d. But now o»« j>!an ior r<»org,vnizing tlie Ric-iuioni v West Pv>int Ter:ninal C'jiit an of *• >0 ! )i 33• v.• matter of' current ta!k. This Midv.-u'y. however, is !iat c>nfined t > rn:lway onipaniea. but. eharact :rhcs ail fi-1 nanoinl imTiii? i- merely i tfie ti*y of law th;ngB.'" j

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