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...Next day steamship and factory whistles blew, crowds lined the streets for a parade-but not to celebrate the news from Washington. Ignoring that, most Manil-ans were honoring Jose Rizal y Mercado, patriot executed by Spaniards...
...volition last week Central of Georgia Railway went into receivership. It operates 1,900 mi. of track and a steamship service between Savannah, Boston and Manhattan. The first section of the road was finished in 1833. It ran between Savannah and Macon (191 mi.) and was the longest railway in the U. S. Outstanding against it are $58,000,000 worth of bonds. At Birmingham its lines connect with those of Illinois Central which owns all of its common stock. These holdings have been pledged with the R. F. C. as collateral on a loan to Illinois Central. President Lawrence...
...Shanghai a Russo-Chinese steamship company was organized, announced that its ships wall ply between Shanghai and Vladivostok. Just how important the new Russo-Chinese rapprochement seems in Chinese eyes appeared when the Nanking Government appointed its Minister to the U. S., Dr. W. W. Yen, to be Ambassador to Russia. Dr. Yen, who has been fighting China's losing League battle in Geneva, prepared last week to follow Comrade Litvinov straight to Moscow...
...Provision for loss in realization of advances made to president of company and interest thereon-$705, 284.32."† Elected in Mr. Miller's place was Henry E. Treide, executive vice president of the company for a year, a director of Baltimore Trust Co. and of Baltimore Mail Steamship Co., which he helped form...
...Transatlantic Passenger Conference keeps fares equalized for all, the fight for traffic is hot, the profits nil. Only big British shipping concern to escape the woes of the North Atlantic dogfight is the late great Lord Inchcape's mighty Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. World's largest steamship company, P. & O. operates almost two million tons of shipping, chiefly over the Empire route to India, the Far East and Australasia...