, 1875-12-10

got orders. The rab,o period of his cotnmercinl
activity waB. marked by thrcn more uu-
IN ,1s75 ho acquired tho Mohlthour-Wcida
Hallway frnln ,tH otikinatnrs. engaging tn
complete the ue for 1.7u}.th tt,alcr,s wottl. of
nh.rcs. Bit the ahared proved de4'g III tlle
gradually welt down from 81 10 O.. There ,rors
about 350 00o tlaIcrs Hote rctairad to ooinnlnta
tho limo; but. AZ tho cnnrcrn NAB AoItngolher
shaky, II wonll be useiena tn gn on with IL. In.
deed, tho Special Co.unnlHsasy had thought 1t
his dnty TO niApeni traffic. Roon aftor tho
conciuaon OF tht4 unpro1taho buatneaa tho
tlohtor undertook tho coust1Acton Of tho Waag
Valley HALLWAY. in Hungary. fur tlso sum uf
0.4so 600 iloFins. Ifo Ind ncartr completed thia
railway, although tile ~ per cent tiel,entures
with which he was paid re,nsIn excluded from
tho tnoncy.marAet. Ills nI1ortH 10 ott AIN their
admission to tho Wonna Exchange somehow or
other did not succesd. Tho spcciAl Canulaaary
had s;inpended Tho works. which, however,
completed wore aure 10 run up tho value Of tho
detcntu1cs to high figure. 1Ir. StrO1sberg'a
last corloessiou was. for = limo from Paris TO
Sarbonne. 550 miles long. For this limo tho gen
plnnH and maps for tho distance, nonrgos-
l:eanne.la-Ilolnndo being already in tic hanla
OF tho French M.nistor Of Public WorkA. Before
tho works. could DO begun the cau!iol-Eban"y de-
lay the e1ponsc Of surveys, otc., tho debtor llal
received from tho company 3,75p.Dt0f In
shares, which ho mortgagol 10 tho a1os~
COW Commercial Ban'i eliortly hefGo big
failure, tho. debtor. as las. attempt to
ta,o himself, projected tho ostab'i'h,ne,!s Of
joint ttock company. to which no tandel over
Ills German and Dohomfsn mines at1l Iron
work.. The capt.l Of tie Company ~as fsod
at 37,0oo,ooo marks. 8o.o0l. Gao ot Which Heto
@ 4.ooo, 600 In lnortsages sc1 to ; the Gonr.ny.
Tho trnusactton WAY accompanied bJ tho co,lclu-
Zion Of contract between the Company a,Al Mr.
btrousbcrg, nni1at which tho debtor the mtmont
he partcd With his works. rcacqnitcd his lo!d upon
them by renting all from tho Company. LIT he
was not only tho 1'crmicr- -uonera! OF tho Com.
pany-ho waa iikewtsc, Tho only shareholder and
the only controlling Director oft. The PRINCIPAL
difficulty OF the liquidation wRsln tue 1nternatiou
nj character OF tho bankruptcy, and TUG different
ieRslstuns Of tho countries involved. Some
hdvAAtaRe, however, creditors might hnpo to
derive from tho Austro-pruhsati Convention
OF 1871, under which German crcJitora niaht
according ~ they thought fit Ths Iluaaian
and English aspect Of the case was different.
Contrnry to what lai boon Btnted, nn real r1u,p-
erty hal becu handed over by tho debtor to hie
wife. excepting tho ElbinG l,aalwav Carriage nsan
ufactory. Msa. Ssrousbcr. had ut once doclarod
her Willingness to yield up this mauutactory to
ler husbantla cratlitora. Int l.s value In bank
rnptcy case wua doubtful. Tho debtor
owncd. in Germany tho :, landed eatn:os
Sroba e. NadAT; ari ssn MemTfno ss;,D Wd1na,
Diopensse- wa!tsrrdert. AMI Mohoaz.
In addition to llcas lo owned n louso at
Ncitlenbnrg and msnHon and rllla: With
good deal Of building laud at Ncrlln. Tho vaue
estimated at lG.3l6,1a1 marks; but as tue
mortgages amounted to 13,sls,s90 tnarks, tho
utmost tho creditors could hope 10 rca!izc by
Eata vas about 3,0uo,000 Marks lie
Xnvcrlah an we'll as divers iron mines in tho
Aicgerland and Hhrz md tho Marin Iron Works
at Dantslc, had boen sold by tho dabtor to tho
recently established company, OF Which no was
tho only shareholder but their actual extradt-
ton to the Company lad not yet been inEtlc. The
pereonai estato of the dobtor il. Germany, 80 far
rs could be Rocll, confisted ol tho following
itenB: I. Cash, n, 900 marks. 4. a Share IN tho
Geological Garden Company Of 7a0 mArkA- 1
library estiu'atod At 60. Gao lnsrks. 4. Fus1ll-
Objects OF art in The Berlin mansion, 840M)
marks. &. Cooking apparetus, etc., 10000
marks. Adding 10 this solne minor amounts,
thoy got total Of 2ls, 5N5 niarkH, against sytiy-
roacning to 122. .000 luarkB. From ali tltis, they
conk1 not but arrive ut tho corcluslon that tho
liquidation OF tho creo would occupy. como four
or iivo years, 1t tho ond OF which creditors might
mauda. It might be different we're tho debts
free, aud in Il position to cn-opcrote with
them fof the reconBtrslctiou Of the shattered
fabt.c before tl,om. Their special com1nisssry
had thought II hta primary dnty 70 do al! in bis
power to obtain Mr. btrousbcrg's foiease from a
debtors prison in Nussia."
After this report tho meeaing proceeded p
| nominate Auycn gonslcn,on from nnong t'loeo
present 10 act ~ Ass,ttantn OF the e,ee,ht CON-
missary. Tie formal election Of these yentle-
men WAS put of sire die.
OF the Irasue meeting Of creditors Il may be
montionod that the Duko OF ltattbor and Count
Lnhndorf, o-conceHsoDualros Of the R0ulnanian
railways, declared thsir intention to proceed to
Moscow and exert themselves for tho release OF
| the debtor, wl,oso rreaeuce was so impcratlvely
| necessary. A numbsr OF bohemian merchants,
creditors, and workmnn aigned petition TO the
kuatrian Board Of TrAde hxewiso requesting
| diplomatic Intervention for Mr. HtrousberRa re-
l0aae.
Meanwhile Dir. strousberg, as tho Moscow
6dxttIt sets ,s, ID located in what IL called the
| Nobility Quarter Of tho Moscow debtors' pribon.
| Whom askod by tho Judge what woro tho mo-
tivoa prompting bis last journey to 1lussia. Mr.
| 6trouHborE stated that II tho Moscow Consrner-
| clAl Bank had advanced him a.UUD, 200 rpublea
| moro. he. rs vol Az the bank, would lavo been
| spared the present catastrophe.