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Show GOULD LINE IS SOLD TOBANKERS Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Alleged to Have Purchased Control of Missouri Pacific. New York. N Y, pnl 30 Circumstantial Cir-cumstantial rumors, that control of the Missouri Pacific railway, the backbone, of the Gould railroad system, sys-tem, is in process of transfer to important im-portant banking interests were revived re-vived In the financial district today. Kuhn, Loeb & Co are the banker mentioned in connection with the re ported change of control Members of that firm declined to affirm or denv rumors connecting their name with the project, but jt is known they long have been willing to take over financial finan-cial management or responsibility of the road Representatives of the Could family were non-committtal on the subject, except to say that their interest in Missouri Pacific lies chiefly in the bonds of the road and allied lines. It was denied for the Goulds that the recent re-cent heavy selling of Missouri Pacific was for the account of any member of that family. Shares of Missouri Pacific recently have been selling on what Wall street calls a "receivership basis," and new low records for the stock and outstanding out-standing notes were recorded today. There are $25,000,000 of threes-ear 5 per cent notes maturing on June 1, and up to a few weeks ago It was thought that payment of at least half of the notes would be met on maturity maturi-ty A hitch came in the final stage of the negotiations, however, since which time the various Gcxild secur'-, ties have fallen to lower leels. Missouri Mis-souri Pacific made some recovery as a result of today's reports. nrt |