The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16
urppINAv TOCONTROLB B. 60?
mir rms EoiD AND
BErU .n,yG IRE N MS HANDs.

- ,,.a,It, ~ NInnS IumOfs That
ne ".n,,n,cd Yesterday the FnCrmSus
t 49,. IN the CODimOn stocks OF
Do,h companies win q sH"rp "'o'
-,s, m the priccs OF Baltimore
IT, and Nrading common stocks on
ana IL Exchange Yesterday n the
sSe nj, mo ~ trading by which II
.cconpancd or accomplished starVeu
81 stree, guessing as To the reason uhoer-
NA ,ha ,no,omcr', and some Of the stories
Ene ad were almost as wild and sensa-
cnSU," - n. scenes around the Reading
tOna' ,he 1,or II the Stock Exchange.
pos .rorv uruker figured out some
Alm0 e.u,hiratjo of railroad lines without
me- .hlo 10 furnish any reason why suc
Oeuls s;n.,,,n ..muld bc effected, and new
vere described for which there
OuVs - about a. much justification as
~ an air line from Kalamazoo TO ureen-
hnd. wh;ch
"a ., 10 credited tn some conservative
81 generally vol informed quarters this
- that control of both roads had been
D.n'i,ad lev tho Hartman interests In
s,sheranco ot sonp PLANS not yet disclosed,
'a.Ir ,~ec,ntlv it was announced that
.snm share. Of Baltimore and Ohio, rep
,..sntins part of the holdings OF the fenn'
.r,,snis Railroad and it's allied companies,
IA haen sold ~ a syndicate oil bankers
- m. according 10 the current story.
-. formed the n, clous ~ accumulation by
Nv HARTMAN marty. until to-day the ac-
.,stion ~ %c,atroI l. practically complete.
r., two wears Reading stock has @
-r.d,ollv going olt Of Val Street, and
- i, has gone to ~ still a matter OF
,,rcsrtsinty ono thing is known pretty
AsSrrsly. however. and that is that Henry
Cl.v Frics has been a prominent member
!, the .o-called pool which constantly
h,,sht and never sold. except for manipula-
Eve sales designed TO hreak down, prices
y ,b,, more stock could b. acquired at
loser level About 40 per cent. OF the
BEADING storks j. . Wned by Baltimore and
,ONio and Lake Shore. and if the Hartman
s+o,, which Includes Mr.. Frick has OBJ
.stDed control Of Baltimore and Ohio Il is
evident that il it could secure The Lake
Sbores holdings Of Reading 1t would be in
.lmost complete possession Of the entire
.coritsl stock Of the latter company.
|, With this end in view, h ssaid, Mr.. Friok
4. negotiating with tho heads Of the Van
derblt property. Should the negotiations
! he successfully concluded, a merger Of
Baitimore and Ohio and Reading by lease
ar otherwise might soon be concluded.
The supposed association Of the Harri-
man interests with the alleged acquisition
Of control Of those properties has revived
NJ minors Of a tr~anscontinental line having
for ia Western eXtremities the Union and
NMItharn Pacific systems, whioh poach cal
the important points on the Pacific coal st,
middle connection in such a scheme
Il still wanting, unless Hartman and his
friends have already secured control oil
HE Chicago. Milwaukee n 81. Paul or the
illinois Central. But il il possible that the
SHnriman interests have gone into bati-
6nore and Ohio and Reading purely as an
investment, without any intention Of
mixing them TO their lines further West
ust as Hartman years 9 bought a good
beal d stock in Erie and Delaware anc
Hudson. which he still holds for invest
pent. The profits Of those interests IN
MON Pacific and Southern Pacific arising
bud Of the UNEXPECTEDLY large dividends
xb m these stocks and the advances cause
By the declarations, even IL still largely
u paper. mus, find investment some where
u kAd apparently the stocks Of two Eastern
uads have been selected asthe best medium
fth or without reference to some LARGE
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