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Metropolitan Cross-town Railway Company-signed By Peter A.B. Widener

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Metropolitan Cross-town Railway Company-signed By Peter A.B. Widener
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1890, New York. $1,000 First Mortgage Five Per Cent Bond of the Metropolitan Cross-Town Railway Company. Green/Black. Engraved. Signed by PETER A.B. WIDENER (1834 - 1915); Financier. Widener was a key figure in the development of suburban street railways after the Civil War. He was instrumental in the consolidation of the various street railways in Philadelphia and the development of lines in Chicago. Widener as his associates acquired large street railway holdings in other cities as well, and eventually their properties totaled a greater mileage than those of any similar syndicate. He helped organize many of the large corporations whose names are familiar today wuch as the U. S. Steel Corporation, American Tobacco Company, etc. At this death, he was the wealthiest man in Philadelphia. Partial coupons attached. Uncancelled and Extremely Fine.