Word: byram
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Byram, keeping cheerful...
...Paul is overcompetition from the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, the Canadian transcontinental lines and shipping lines through the Panama Canal. The northwest territory is overbuilt with railroads in proportion to its traffic needs; and St. Paul, as the latest comer, has fared worst in competition. President Harry E. Byram naturally is preserving as cheerful a countenance concerning the approaching bond maturity date as he can; and even yet the bonds may be extended or exchanged in some way so as to avoid a receivership. But, since the immediate crisis is financial, the real future of the St. Paul...