New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
INTENDED ESPECIALLY FOR THE BUSY MAN.

from within the exchanges and common prudence
dictates that the should respect aroused
public opinion. Let change the topic. The sale
OF the Central OF Georgia Railroad 10 the Illinois
Central was announced E Fl. Hartman bought
100000 Of its stock in the pancky times Of 1907
for 100000 $50 a share
rs there any announcement Of the price at which
he sold it 10 the Illinois Central. which he
trols?" asked Busy Man.
Now. don't get jealous either" retorted Con-
slant Reader The Centrars vice president says
Hartman made no profit at all. The transfer may
be considered as a sign of brisk business. Another
indication Of the thing was the awarding OF
contracts by the Navy Department fer what is
destined to be the largest drydock in the world.
Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The masonry and cement
work alone will cost s1,760.oOc. and when complete
the dock viii be 620 feet long and 100 wide The
hotelkeepers Of New England are confident OF TAX
ing in s5.5OOo00 from summer visitors this
season. and travel 10 the Old World to be
falling OF a Bit so that over one hundred and nifty
million American dollars usually left In Europe
each summer may be spent in seeing America
first
1T was definitely announced that the United
States is to be permitted 10 participate with other
nations in the Chinese loan OF S275OO 900 which Is
10 be expended in the construction the proposed
Hankow-Sze Chuen Railroad, although Great
Britain has asked Uncle Sam not 10 press his
claims. Another big department store combination
was effected by the Incorporation OF the Siege
Stores Corporation include SegeI. COOPER &
Co. Of Chicago; the Simpson Crawford Company, of
New York, and the Fourteenth Street Store. also
OF this city, with q capital Of over $4,000, 900
Organization Of the Sen Sen Chiclet Company with
capital OF sG1O0,O00. to take the business OF
six Of the largest manufactures of chewing gum in
the United States and Canada, was also completed
The most comprehensive and costly subway
plan ever outlined for New York City was pre-
sented 10 tha Public Service Commission Fri
day by the Bradey-Gsffney- Steers Company 1t
includes the construction with private capital OF
the Broadway Lexington avenue from the
Battery TO The Bronx a two-track connecting
subway in Canal street, the Lafayette avenue
Broadway route in Brooklyn and two spurs Of the
broadway Lexington avenue route along Jerome
avenue and l3Sth street in The Bronx. The esti-
mated OF this work is $50 10000
1t was estimated by authority in the iron
trade that orders for fully sixty thousand new
steel cars would be placed by various
railroads and Charles ". Morse, the banker. was
released from the ToynDs under s125 600 bail his
bond being subscribed 10 by twenty business men
who had signed the petition for his release
THAT fellow certainly made long and a pluclsy
fight for it," exclaimed Busy Man by the way
or-w.3at was he In jail for?"
There you go" exclaimed Constant Reader "A
typical New Yorker-so engrossed in YOUR own
money making that you quickly lose track of the
diFagat!ons Of others, no matter how dangerous
they nay be to the community. Morse was convicted
last November OF misappication of the funds OF
1he National Bank OF North America of which he
WAS an officer of making false reports TO the Con-
troler OF the Currency faIsifying the books OF
the banl. He has now resumed business A Young
teer OF the Houston street branch of the jefferson
Bank was arrested on the same day Morse got out
ot jail charged with being between $4,000 and
$4,000 short in his accounts James 8 Gentry
an actor. formerly well known who murdered
MaoGe Yorke. an actress fourteen years ago for
which he was sent TO prison for life. was pardoned
by the state Board Of Pardons at Harrisburg Tenn
The government began inquiry into the methods