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Railroad men were surprised by the proposal, did not think the I. C. C. would ever grant permission. Two direct lines link Denver to Southern California at present, the 1,400-mi. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe route and the 1.409-1111. route covered by the Union Pacific. With existing roads doing poorly, the new company will have a hard time proving "necessity and convenience," will have to rely on better arguments than the fact that 860 mi. of new track would mean some $9.000,000 worth of orders for rails alone...
...throngs. He was taken to Kingsley Hall Settlement House, whose fluttering proprietress, a Miss Muriel Lester, had been eagerly awaiting him for weeks (TIME, July 13). Among the volunteer workers of the Settlement House eager to skim the Mahatma's goat's milk were the Misses Frances Perry of Topeka, Kan., Mildred Osterhaut of Vancouver, B. C. and Camille Solomon of No. 552 West 150th Street, New York...
...dismal tale last week when he testified before the Commission that: Railroads could no longer dispose of their bonds; their securities were no longer regarded as secondary reserve by the banks; only the bonds of three railroads in the country could be regarded as high grade (Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Union Pacific; Norfolk & Western...
...bristle-whiskered jaw of Henry Latham Doherty, eloquent master of far-flung Cities Service Co., clamped shut with satisfaction last week upon a decision in the Shawnee County Court at Topeka, Kan. It was the end of the third round in the great utility championship bout between Cities Service and the State of Kansas, and the round was Tycoon Doherty's. In the first round, Banking Commissioner Carl Newcomer had suddenly suspended sales of Cities Service stock (except first preferred) in the State. In round No. 2, Mr. Doherty's lawyers got a temporary injunction staying the Newcomer...
...court at Topeka, in ignoring Commissioner Newcomer's motives and attacking the banking law's amendment, left open an avenue for the next anti-Doherty move. Attorneys for the State said they would seek to get the whole securities act declared unconstitutional, thus putting Cities Service stock wholly at the mercy of the Banking Commission...