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Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sucker List | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...Atterbury of the Pennsylvania is the chess wizard. Three boards confront him. Behind one sits quiet-voiced Patrick Edward Crowley of the New York Central; behind the second sits energetic Daniel Willard of the B. & O.; behind the third sit the chubby brothers Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen. On each of the three Boards a different consolidation game is being played. Last week two bold moves were made on the Van Sweringen board. Master Atterbury made the first when he captured a valuable pawn, the Pittsburgh and West Virginia. His Pennroad Corp. bought for $50.000,000 from Frank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Railroad Week | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

Furthermore, out of his much juggling, Mr. Loree makes money for his D. & H.-the most notable instance being last year when, frustrated in his Mississippi-to-Atlantic "fifth trunk system," he suddenly and to the vexation of the New York Central, B. & 0. and Van Sweringen group sold the D. & H. interest in the Lehigh Valley and the Wabash to the Pennsylvania at a profit of some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Little Giant | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

...Brothers Giannini (Amadeo Peter and Attilio H.) bankers; the two Brothers Rentschler (Frederick B. and Gordon Sohn) in aviation and aviation financing; the three brothers Starrett (Paul, William Aiken, Ralph) and the two Brothers Chanin (Irwin S. and Henry I.), builders all; the two Brothers Van Sweringen (Mantis James and Oris Paxton). railroaders; the seven Brothers Fisher (Charles T., Fred J., Lawrence P., Edward P., William A., Albert J., Howard), whose bodies are famous; the three Brothers Warner (Harry, Albert, Jack?the fourth. Sam, died in 1927), cinemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Two Morrows | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

...York, New Haven & Hartford from 81½ to 123¾, or $66,382,313. 6) Northern Pacific from 109 to 108 5/8 or a decrease of $930,000. The seventh is not a railroad company strictly speaking, it is Alleghany Corp., a railroad investment company of the Van Sweringen brothers. It was not in existence at the beginning of the year, but stock was issued at 24, has risen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Twenty Climbers | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

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