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[[cutoff]]ROM RAILROADS

New York, Feb. 20. - a giant syndi[[cutoff]] of $100,000,000 will be required to [[cutoff]]nce the transfer of the Gould rail[[cutoff]]d property to new hands. It is understood that the Gould family are to retire from all interests in railroads.

A syndicate is being formed to handle the deal. It has been confirmed on Wall street that George J. Gould has offered all his shares and those held by the company in the Missouri Pacific at a price slightly over $70, and that all other stocks held by the family will be placed at the disposal of the banks. This includes shares in the Texas Pacific, Rio Grande, Wabash and its terminals, Western Pacific and one or two other roads in which the Goulds have been powerful factors in the past.
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Chas. O. Dunbar, Notary Public, at the Press Democrat office.
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