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Show WALL STREET ANNOUNCES SHORT LINE INCREASE NEW YORK. Sept. 20. Stockholders of the Oregon Short Lino Railroad company, com-pany, an important line controlled by the Union Pacific railroad, will be asked to approve a proposition to increase the capital stock or tho company from ?27,-f.00.000 ?27,-f.00.000 to $100,000,000 The proposition comes up. for approval at a stockholders' meetins on October 12 at Salt Lake City. All of the slock of the Oregon Short Line is owned by tho Union Pacific, Officials Of-ficials of the Harriman lines said today that should the lncren3e. which amounts to 572,500,000. be granted, no new stock would be Issued In the near future, hut would bo held for emergency purposes, although the expectation Is that the money will be used for new construction on the Oregon Short Lino next year. |