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Show i STOCKHOLDERS LEARY H . r 01 Only Take $4,000,000 of Union Pacific' a 875,000,000 Bond Issue. SFAY YORK, July U. A little mor ' l than -1.000.000 of the Union Paci.V ffaK . road company's new convertible bnd ISP1 I sue of ?75.000.000 wow subscribed bv thi 1 i stockholders, according to an announce' . men(. by that company tndav The bal'.l nnce koch to a syndicate headed bv Knhn L Toeb & Company. Subscriptions' tn lil u Issue clofiod yesterday. U was madi ft against a recent addition of S100.P0O 00i i to the company's capital stock and 'tlw i 1 proceeds of It are to be devoted to lni f provements. U was also announced todaj k that about Sn.000.000 of a bond issue oK S2fi.000.000 by the Atchison. Topeka .1 i ; Santa Fo Ttailroad companv was taklij. , by the stockholders. There is no under S' l writing syndicate connected with thi Atchison Issue, but It ls understood thn 1 the remaining Jlj.000,000 of bonds wil1 b& ' taken by bankers heretofore identl!!&a ; with the Atchison road. Tn financial circles the small takings r, A these offerings occasioned no surprise; t fact, they had been discounted some wceW'J ao. The bond market shows absolntcl -no investment demand. ' " |