The upshot of the matter was that Morgan devised a plan for the sale of a large amount of Vanderbilt's stock holdings through private sale in England, and in such a way that the knowledge of such sale would not become public in America. |
The Vanderbilt family no longer possesses a majority interest in the stock, or anything which approaches it, and the New York Central system and its subsidiaries have come to be known more and more as Morgan properties. |
They were not satisfied, that is for sure. We had to be very patient. |
They were tough outs, that top part of the order. It doesn't matter how good your pitcher is. If you put that first batter on with no outs, it's tough. |
This growing sentiment finally persuaded the Legislature to charter in April, 1832, the New York and Erie Railroad Company, and to give it authority to construct a line and to regulate its own charges for transportation. |
Times were not the best, however, and, although much traffic was developed, the immense cost of the extensions heavily burdened the Baltimore and Ohio Company, while the panic of 1857 seriously embarrassed its credit. |
To this end, the Pennsylvania Railroad was incorporated on April 13, 1846, with a franchise permitting the construction of a railroad across the State from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. |
Under the Thomson management, which lasted until 1874, the record of the Pennsylvania Railroad was one of progress in every sense of the word. |
We paid off our loan and had some extra dollars to do some other things. And we love our new pool. |
We've been after the vice president since Sunday, as everyone has, and our efforts paid off. I think he wanted to make sure he got a fair interview and a good interview -- good in the sense of thorough -- and Brit is sort of the pre-eminent journalist in Washington right now. |
We've been after the vice president since Sunday, as everyone has, and our efforts paid off. I think he wanted to make sure he got a fair interview and a good interview — good in the sense of thorough — and Brit is sort of the preeminent journalist in Washington right now. |
We've had games where we've strung together hits and scored bunches of runs, but I guess the law of averages caught up with us tonight. |
What we try to do is not shut out any points of view. |
When business revived in the closing years of the nineteenth century, the history of American railroads began a new chapter. |
When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period. |