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...from Jacksonville to Miami. Consequently $45,000,000 of bonds were marketed through J. P. Morgan & Co. Peak year for the 812-mile "Flagler System" was 1926, when gross revenues were $29,400,000, of which $2,700,000 were retained as clear profit. Next year revenues started to toboggan, reaching a low of $6,600,000 in 1933. Deficits piled up year after year until in 1931 Florida East Coast plunked into receivership. Interest was defaulted not only on the bonds floated by the House of Morgan but on equipment trust certificates as well. Last week a bondholders...
...injuries were caused by a heavy landing on a pile of rocks, where Hall was found completely helpless by his companions a few minutes later. Splints improvised from skis were carefully strapped to his hips and arm, and in this condition he was dragged for five miles on a toboggan of skis until the nearest automobile could be reached. First aid treatment was immediately administered, and the injured man was then sent to the hospital. Mrs. Hall arrived later last night to be at her son's bedside...
According to the students who have visited Quebec, the fine triple-track toboggan slide which extends from the shoulder of the old Citadel and runs past the Chatean Frontenac affords the thrill of a lifetime. However less violent sports of skating on the lake or rink and tramping over snow-bound plains on snowshoes also attract a large share of the visitors. Curling likewise is available for those who enjoy...
...triumphs in the Arlington Classic and Travers Stakes last year, Mrs. Sloane's horses have won 19 important stakes, six of this year's big races: Florida Derby with Time Clock, Chesapeake Stakes and Kentucky Derby with Cavalcade, Wood Memorial and Preakness with High Quest, Toboggan with Okapi. Winnings for 1933-34: $232,605. This more than covers Mrs. Sloane's racing expenses, since she maintains no breeding farm, winters her horses in public quarters at Columbia...
...After a three-week toboggan the stockmarket pulled up short last week, rose moderately. Volume of transactions, however, continued to slide down to new low records. In a short Saturday session only 249,300 shares changed hands-lowest figure since July 1932. Even the Toronto market was more active. Having nothing better to do, a Wall Street statistician sharpened his pencil, calculated the shrinkage in value of 100 listed issues. He found that the $4,136,000,000 paper loss since the Stock Exchange Control Bill was introduced last February would have: 1) bought all last year's wheat...