[418] Chron. 47:472, 1888. The use of $3,000,000 of the notes was specifically deferred.

[419] Ry. Age, 14:644, 1889.

[420]

Cash requirements were (Circular No. 63, Oct. 15, 1889):
To retire outstanding lease warrants$1,445,660
To expend on incomplete construction of existing lines,
and for new equipment as required
5,000,000
To pay floating debt3,554,340
$10,000,000
And the provision for cash subscription was
General mortgage 4s$12,500,000
Income 5s1,250,000
$13,750,000

[421] The income bond certificate is printed in full in W. A. Wood, Modern Business Corporations, pp. 237–9.

[422] Ry. Age, 14:682, 1889.

[423] Annual Report, 1890. Economies were secured at this time through consolidation of branch lines with the main stem and in other ways.

[424] Annual Report, 1891.

[425] Chron. 51:171, 1890.

[426] Ibid. 53:474, 1891.