. Between the ocean and the lakes; the story of Erie . 19* 7 19* ■7* 17* 18* 20 .7; 18* 16* 17* 16 ■8* 18 20 15+ 21* The original preferred stock of the Erie Railway Company was $8,831,500, and was the result of the reorganization in 1861 (see Chapter XIII.). FromMarch, 1806. the above figures represent the quotations of the first and second preferred stock, the three last rows of figures being the quotations of the secondpreferred. These two classes of stock were the result of the reorganization in 1895 (see Chapter XX., page 279). Where there are blanks in the columns no quotations were repo
. Between the ocean and the lakes; the story of Erie . 19* 7 19* ■7* 17* 18* 20 .7; 18* 16* 17* 16 ■8* 18 20 15+ 21* The original preferred stock of the Erie Railway Company was $8,831,500, and was the result of the reorganization in 1861 (see Chapter XIII.). FromMarch, 1806. the above figures represent the quotations of the first and second preferred stock, the three last rows of figures being the quotations of the secondpreferred. These two classes of stock were the result of the reorganization in 1895 (see Chapter XX., page 279). Where there are blanks in the columns no quotations were reported. FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN ERIE. 1854-1868. Daniel Drew was born at Carmel, Putnam County, ,Julv 29, 1797, the son of a poor farmer. At the age offifteen he went as a substitute for a man who had been draftedin the array for the War of 1812. He served his time in the. D VN1EL , and became a drover when he returned home. Kewas so successful that, in 1S29, he established himself as awholesale dealer in cattle in New York, with headquarters atthe old Bulls Head Tavern, which stood on the comer ofTwenty-ninth Street and Third Avenue. His transactionswere vast. One of them was the purchase of 2,000 head ofcattle in Ohio and Kentucky, uniting them in one great drove, and having them driven to New York. They werethe first cattle ever driven eastward across the AlleghanyMountains. They were two months on the way. DanielDrew soon became the leading cattle dealer in the country,and the large sums of money he made enabled him to rapidlyincrease them by acting as banker for other drovers whoneeded capital. In 1834 Daniel Drew became interested insteamboats on the Hudson River. By 1836 he hadestablished such a strong opposition to the old-estab-lished line to Albany, that the old company was com-pelled to divide its business with him. In 1839 he estab-
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