[589] Memoirs, pp. 359–60.
[590] Among others the investigating committee protested loudly against a sale. Ry. Rev. 33:127, 1893.
[591] Ry. Times, 65:595, 1893.
[592] Chron. 56:1017, 1893; R. R. Gaz. 25:398, 1893.
[593] The heaviest subscribers were the Rockefellers and Villard and his friends.
[594] Annual Report, 1893; Ry. Times, 64:290, 1893.
[595] Criticism was aroused by the alleged fact that all three receivers were adherents and virtually protégés of Henry Villard. Ry. Times, 64:290, 1893. See also Smalley, p. 291.
[596] Except that Henry Stanton of New York was to be the Eastern receiver for all the branches.
[597] Ry. Times, 64:337, 1893.
[598] These officers had resigned in consequence of the non-payment of their salaries.