The attention of the business community was shifted, last week, to the vast mergers and changes of ownership now occurring in the business field.
In the railroad domain, the Van Sweringens advanced nearer the reali- zation of the Greater Nickel Plate System (TIME, July 7, Aug. 11, 18. Apr. 6) by securing assent to their leasing terms for the Chesapeake & Ohio by a majority of the latter's stockholders. Wilson & Co. (TIME, Sept. 8) and the St. Paul Railroad (TIME, Mar. 23, 30) are being cut down and revamped, preparatory to setting them up...
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