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Morgan and Yerkes Contest London Railways

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 12, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 46.

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Morgan and Yerkes Contest London Railways

The fight between the two American millionaires, J. P. Morgan and Chas. T. Yerkes, for the possession of certain concessions for underground railways in London, is now occupying a considerable amount of attention in England. So far the Yerkes interests have triumphed over the Morgan interests; but the latter, altho their claims have been disallowed by Parliament, are still in the contest, and the newspapers of the capital have also taken up the controversy.