. Electric railway journal . interest, in cash or in bondsplus cash, according to whether thetotal of the payments would permit thepurchase of a bond. In the case of the Second Loan weentered into an extensive campaign,with the writer as chairman of a com-mittee of eighty employees, selectedfrom all departments. Bulletins weresent to each member of the committeedaily. As a result of the work, 745 em-ployees subscribed $44,900. In addi-tion the company purchased $50,000 of the issue. Up to March 1, $1,772 hadbeen refunded to subscribers for thesame reasons as in the case of theFirst Loan. We ca
. Electric railway journal . interest, in cash or in bondsplus cash, according to whether thetotal of the payments would permit thepurchase of a bond. In the case of the Second Loan weentered into an extensive campaign,with the writer as chairman of a com-mittee of eighty employees, selectedfrom all departments. Bulletins weresent to each member of the committeedaily. As a result of the work, 745 em-ployees subscribed $44,900. In addi-tion the company purchased $50,000 of the issue. Up to March 1, $1,772 hadbeen refunded to subscribers for thesame reasons as in the case of theFirst Loan. We carried dash signs on all carsadvertising the loans, and regulationadvertising matter furnished by theTreasury Department was displayed atour general offices, carhouses andshops. The company also contributed$500 to the local committee for adver-tising in the newspapers. Consider-able reading matter in the newscolumns of the newspapers was givento the company for its efforts, whichadded interest to the campaign Virginia Railway & PowerCompany, Va. Thomas Wheelwright, President The officials and directors encouragedsubscriptions among employees andunderwrote subscriptions made on theinstallment plan. We have advertisedthe loans as freely as possible throughPublic Service News on the Richmonddivision and through Public ServiceChat on the Norfolk division. We havebeen glad to furnish whatever pub-licity was desired and have also paidfor many page advertisements in thenewspapers throughout our territory.
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