DECRY CALAMITY HOWLERS 
Pusiic GETTING Worst oF ReEsuLts 
OF “KNOCKING” RAILROADS 
For the information of the high 
and humble it may be: announced that 
of the 7,130 common stockholders of 
the Boston & Maine, 7,100 have an 
average holding of twenty shares 
Pech. The “attacks ‘of. Louis: D: 
Brandeis on the affairs of that Com- 
pany, supported by the Lawrence in- 
terests, are perfectly well understood 
by all concerned. But, as the’ Boston 
News Bureau points out, the feature 
which commands attention, now that 
it is a practical certainty that at the 
May meeting dividends on Boston & 
Maine stock will be discontinued— 
I per cent has already been declared 
payable April 1— is the preponder- 
ance of ownership of the stock by 
persons of moderate means. 
Boston & Maine has a common 
stock issue of $39,505,000, of which 
the Boston Railroad Holding Co. (New 
Haven) owns $21,918,900... There 
are just 24 other stockholders who 
own over 500 shares. 
The number of shareholders own- 
ing five shares and less would probably 
give Boston & Maine the record share 
distribution of any corporation in the 
country. 
James J. Phelan, of Hornblower 
& Weeks, the well known Boston 
bankers, insist that there has been too ° 
much calamity howling and that both 
the Boston & Maine and the New 
York, New Haven & Hartford have 
been seriously injured by the agitators 
who, for personal reasons, have. in- 
augurated a campaign against the two 
companies. 
All of the stockholders, both in the 
New York,.New Haven & Hartford 
and the Boston & Maine, have. been 
put at the mercy of Louis D. Brandeis 
and the people who are egging, him 
on for no other than personal and 
selfish reasons. They care not a rap 
for the thousands of stockholders, in- 
cluding all sorts and conditions of 
New England’s citizenship, if but 
those personal and mercenary aims 
can. be accomplished. 
Queer things, these alleged wise 
saws. “Know thyself,” for instance. 
On the other hand,-“familiarity breeds 
contempt.” How do you dope that 
out ? , 
Often, after a man has done his 
duty, it refuses to stay. done. 
Getting married is so easy that most © 
bachelors are suspicious of it. 
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