Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Walter F. Dillingham's father built the narrow-gauge railroad that loops around Oahu, connecting its sugar plantations. As the head of the Oahu Railway & Land Co.. and multifarious other interests, son Dillingham is No. 1 Tycoon of the Islands...
Many a U. S. railroad last week reported on its first five months of 1929. Roads in general showed incomes considerably increased over the corresponding period in 1928. Largest increase in net operating income was enjoyed by Norfolk & Western, largest net operating income by Southern Pacific. One of the few roads reporting decrease in net operating income was Northern Net Pacific, Figures on large roads reporting were...
Holders of Erie Railroad first and second preferred stock were last week cheered by the decision of Erie directors to pay a $2 semi-annual dividend. It was the first time that Erie preferred had paid a dividend since 1907. The common has never paid a dividend, but common dividends may soon be declared if Erie's present earnings continue...
Frank Jay Gould of Nice, France, son of the late famed U. S. Railroad Pioneer Jay Gould, was gloomy last week. He read statistics showing that his Casino de la Mediterranee, gambling establishment for which he paid more than $5,000,000, had lost $800,000 in the past five months...
...nationwide in scope. Fleischmann's yeast is delivered fresh every day to more than 30,000 bakeries and to 250,000 groceries, delicatessens, hotels and other retail outlets. No jobbers are used?delivery is direct from 900 Fleischmann agencies. Fleischmann's operates a transportation subsidiary which has 200 railroad cars, 2,000 trucks, 5,000 employes. Every Fleischmann retailer knows that his scheduled quota of yeast will arrive as certainly as his morning paper, his morning milk, his day's mail...