Annual Report of the Directors of the Michigan Central Railroad Company to the Stockholders

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Halaman 3 - But' to us, who were his associates and friends, endeared to him by the strongest ties and years of intimacy, the event is an appalling calamity, full of sorrow and the profoundest sense of personal loss, while officially we feel that his sagacity, his strong common sense, his thorough knowledge of the business, his willingness to lend of his vast resources in times of peril, and his counsel and assistance, were of invaluable and incalculable service in conducting and sustaining these great enterprises....
Halaman 3 - Harlem and the New York Central & Hudson River. The New York & Harlem was once a horsecar line in lower Manhattan.
Halaman 1 - New York city. SAMUEL F. BARGER New York city. EDWIN D. WORCESTER New York city. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW New York city. JAMES H.
Halaman 5 - Whooping-cough presented a greater mortality in the first half of the year than in the last half. The...
Halaman 3 - Co., and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul (now the Chicago. Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific). He has represented the South Dakota board and the shippers and receivers in South Dakota in many proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission, and also before State commissions.
Halaman 3 - ... He came into the possession of the largest estate ever devised to a single individual, and has administered the great trust with modesty, without arrogance, and with generosity. He never used his riches as a means of oppression, or to destroy or injure the enterprises or business of others, but it constantly flowed into the enlargement of old and the construction and development of new works, semi-public in their character, which opened new avenues of local and national wealth, and gave opportunity...
Halaman 5 - New York City, Grand Central Station; Detroit, Mich., foot of Third street; Chicago, 111., 183 to 18
Halaman 3 - His sudden death in the very midst of the activities whose influence reached over the entire continent has startled the whole country, and in the hush of strife and passions the press and public give tender sympathy to the bereaved family and pay just and deserved tribute to his memory. But to us, who were his associates and friends, endeared to him by the strongest ties and years of intimacy, the event is an appalling calamity, full of sorrow and the profoundest sense of personal loss, while officially...
Halaman 3 - ... in their character, which opened new avenues of local and national wealth, and gave opportunity and employment, directly and indirectly, to millions of people. In keeping together and strengthening during a period of unparalleled commercial depression and disintegration the combination of railways known as the Vauderbilt System, which he inherited from his father, greatly extended, and transmitted to trained and worthy successors, he performed a work of the highest beneficence to the investors...
Halaman 5 - CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, NEW YORK CITY. FREDERICK W. VANDERBILT, NEW YORK CITY. EDWIN D. WORCESTER, NEW YORK CITY. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW, NEW YOKK CITY.

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