The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
lh FINANCIAL CIRCLES


 New York. May 12.-Missourf Pacific has thirteen directors. and nine of these ars understood to be firmly of the belief that the elimination of the Goulds is the only salvation of the road. These nine members of the hoard. it is pointed out are dn a po- mstfon to determine officially whether George Gould has disposeds ox his asfocl<, and in case that fact sw ere ess- eahIished he would no longer be ezra- powered to name group or the oi- rectors or even to- sit on ehe poaru 1,ir-as.zlf "a s.-airstz the wishes Of the i--f[,c5<i,olfaers. One Of the features of the recent proposition made by Kuhn. Tt,eb k. co. was said to involve the placing od e majority of the stock ia d voting trust. which would mean the practical elimination of the Gouius 5roua the rnanag e1nent Little doubt is Jeff f1, wal street that if deposit of stock were solicited, it would be an easy matter to obtain a ma5oeaty or represenfatfon Of the stockholders III favor of a new manageznent-
 me main hope that the plan w1A 0e worked out by Boston & Maine bank sr-, to take care of the $a7 ,0o0. GOO notes maturing June 3, and thus pn- -wsate reeeirers1ip, stil1sEhes 1r1stneS ruxnraratzrnly sTonE treas 9ry spDss1S-s e-s Hdo1a of the road By the sale in -aHIak 1T of it's 7zairie Central stock E ~ M sarsar,ssef 10 receive s coo. .00o aadl- .t1ostsi cash and $1z:50esoQo securities sDu EHrssh s1 there Yfa.s some $s' 'ven:uvs ', r,tztcf lziryh class securities. nd $z.- Ses.c0o cash in treasuzs vzl3zc sq P W-ti, ll, the proceeas of the Maine e7entEal e7enal-4 3o'f.s,< z -s 7srocsedss Of the Maine Cen trs,l sale. with 600 current aE- ---<,- which B g. M reports as or ,zf-zh 3i. rerlesenn amount less ts1s q. .noo. ooo saorl of the $sa, ,0sls soVV rrurFent Hatzlitizs on hat date ;s,,sfs3e.-ri Pacific s55 soeo. .ooo Der cent .r.s,r3zasrtdl31es not taken by steckhold- CTS has zn been sold by, the undeEly- anss syndicate heaaed by Kuhn Aoe5, A& E0 zhe time for sslpseriT'tionI l pl 4fF,a fsosaas by stoczzhodderE ezpned
 ' as sersziurnz1,.=rlt m of s1 ooo.ooo gold the nr4rst outward znoveFnent from here, will. if Is und erstDods be tran sh1ppeos nt fBeriin for Russia Ezanf7e ana R1aEsi& hasSe been actively co'npe1ans H,dr epld in London. and have now r-5rried their znpe4dtfon into tnls r,srRet- It is saad that more gold will -S,. zpss,f fozwaxd from here to Eussaa, via Germany, in Whzch case resort win De had to gold coin Russia, IS snow biddine high for gold ln lne .vror1d,s markets and Is not sllowsng ,srr>e7-ss to stand in the way or ac7 ,r-1,1-;zalzt5nf the metal St Petsrs-7 7.I,rz=r nav. therefore ta1Fe gold from znfs marked 6n the same way that the rr7<3..rsz or Ez<Sibs facflffated nofEe- r71az1t ea<zF in the year u z
 -fH.1rzs hsa;r4z been three s1zsa it11t1ons rrr tsae cnllatera1 Securing New Haven 7 ~-,H rS'svv Esns1and NH1VdEa8do1l 1apres gs5r-r.n ffae list of securities was mades r,rsa1asrsz0n, ArrH 30. The A000yoo0 liar 7#rm Re 1Furfrzaestea Efock of esEznated ra1ua of $s5o0o eco. has been replaced N, <soEsaferal back Of the New Haven S2o.6Bnec0 notes by s685.50o stock of fne Rl10de 1sIaHd Co., valued at $Ss- F7s<.tzsS ma Ssz5,eo0 EDu1ecticstt per z,,z,,< r,ufe<5 mentioned in the previous 7izt 1rae, been increased to sis25 600, Fazned at par, 50 that the tofsd est1-' 7zizted 7zzxs is sed asl isl1 :1y- The <,-,7-- <,,.,-,s-s ir. ,71 5F 1szl,lAnd Nsasisa t5on cozlazera1 was reduc fio1 of 17E,stz1u Stea1nzilzp common stock From <z.oo0ooo to $so0.oo0
 Greene Eananeas Copper Co has 5eczared a dfv1dezsd of T per cent, fol- 7orrir,z the dec7a1af1on Of a. dividend of 50 cents per share by the Greene Consolidated Copper O., which IS Erss7zs cananeass chief sus3sidz any
 Grues sales of Swift 6 Go and net earnings as well have kept 1Ip to a nra4ffvinzr level so far in thzs fiscal wear ir 5r55fe of general business de- pression There has been rsductiop M ernpaDyuaeut at Rackingtpwn of about 10 per cent compared with a year ago What saves the packing 1it1a4don in depressed times is in <reazdng diversity Of production and sale of by-prvducts-