[573] Interest due and accrued, bills payable and accounts payable for the following years were:
| 1884 | $6,941,513 | |
| 1885 | 4,748,235 | |
| 1886 | 4,959,406 | |
| 1887 | 6,504,274 | |
| 1888 | 9,287,616 | |
| 1889 | 7,858,261 |
[574] Annual Report, 1889.
[575] Annual Report, 1889; Chron. 50:279, gives text of mortgage.
[576] Ry. Rev. 29:541, 1889. In fact the issues were all made at 5 per cent.
[577] Annual Report, 1890. For answer of directors see R. R. Gaz. 21:759, 1889.
[578] Chron. 51:539, 1890. The point of view of the stockholders is briefly but clearly set forth in a circular issued by Mr. Robert Harris, chairman of the board of directors. Ry. Age, 14:658, 1889.
[579] In 1919.
[580] Evidence of this appears in the $10,000,000 reserved for premiums.
[581] Memoirs, vol. 2, p. 336.