Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...afternoon both paddled separately down to the railroad bridge. The jayvees rowed over the full four-mile distance at a low stroke. The University crew at the same pace...
...Sweringen brothers. They were stationed, too, for the purpose of foiling, baffling and frustrating the interests of Cleveland's less famed but also potent Taplin brothers. For between the Van Sweringens and the Taplins exists a long-standing feud, which last week resulted in the phenomenon of a railroad with two presidents, two sets of directors, and two allegedly controlling factions...
...Taplin decided that the best thing a big coal company could do was to buy its own railroad. He didn't like (he said) the way the Pittsburgh & Virginia was run (it had gone through several receiverships), so be bought it. Later he acquired large holdings in Wheeling & Lake Erie and has since been attempting to put together the lake-to-sea system which George Gould had begun...
...Alleghany Corp. was formed in the present year (TIME, Feb. n) as holding company for Van Sweringen railroad stocks. Its initial offering ($35,000,000 in 5% convertible bonds) was marketed through J. P. Morgan & Co., National City Co., First National Bank, Guaranty Co., Alleghany Corp. Last month announced an issue of $25,000,000 in cumulative preferred, series A, with rights to purchase 1 1/2 shares of common at $30 a share for each share of preferred...
...released yesterday call for no work-out tomorrow evening but the shells have already been shipped to the Nutmeg State quarters and will be ready for service Monday morning. For the time being only two Harvard launches will be in use. The "Black Pup" goes down today over the railroad and the "Patricia" is now making the journey via the water route...