[657]

Bonded indebtedness, 1900, amounted to$18,395per mile.
Capital stock, 1900, amounted to13,711
$32,106per mile.

[658] Ry. Age, 33:186, 1902.

[659] Stock quotations:

June 1, 1901156¾
July 1, 1901155¾
July 12, 1901132½

[660] The par was $50 for both common and preferred.

[661] R. R. Gaz. 34:562, 1902.

[662] This line had been leased before, and the majority of its stock and that of the Rock Island & Peoria had been owned by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.

[663] See financial papers for 1897.

[664] Annual Report, 1903.