Continental Rails II
Game # 19 - Turn # 14
Headline News 1867 to 1868
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1867: The first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable laid between U.S. and Europe.
1868: U.S. spends millions to purchase Alaska wasteland from Russia!
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Cornelius Vanderbilt bought SP&P for $16401, Jim Hill bought KCN for $14321, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought SP&D for $6179.
PCs Merged: KCS merges into MKT, ATSF merges into MP.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Prairie 2-6-2, NYC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CNJ bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, P&LE bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, WBSH bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&NW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CB&Q bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CASL bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CNS bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, M&LR bought Prairie 2-6-2, L&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, WP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MKT bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSF bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, GW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, GN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, KP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.
New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought block signal system, MC bought block signal system, CNS bought Grand Station, MKT bought Grand Station.
RoWs built: PA2 by NYC, KY4 by CNJ, PA3 by PENN, PA4 by READ, TN1 by N&W, IL7 by C&H, TN8 by SCL, MS2 by P&LE, MI2 by MC, ND3 by C&NW, IA5 by CRIP, MO7 by CB&Q, MO1 by CASL, MN1 by CNS, MO6 by MP, AR4 by M&LR, NV2 by CP, NE1 by UP, AR7 by SLSF, ND5 by GN.
NYC doubled C&C, READ doubled MD1, WBSH doubled IL8.
New RoWs acquired: READ got GA3, SCL got KY10, N&W got TN3, CNS got WI8, CB&Q got MO3, CASL got MO8, SLSW got AR3, L&A got LA2, C&NW got ND4, CRIP got NE2, MKT got KS1, KP got KS3, SLSF got OK1, MP got OK8, GN got MT1, UP got CO7, CP got UT7, WP got NV1, SP got CA4.
Inadequate signal system slows SCL rail service: mail contracts worth $25550 cancelled.
Loan Recalls: Henry Farham.
Stock splits: UP splits 4 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: Railroad Bill of B&O, B of C&H, Stepp of V&T, Stepp of GW.
New Private Companies Available: SV, SL, T&P.
Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $9111. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Stepp, B, Henry Farham, Frederik Conrad
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Normal.
Best locomotive available: Consolidation 2-8-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system
Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
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Robber Baron
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Jay Gould (7)
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Jim Hill (8)
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B (1)
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Casey Jones (2)
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Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
|
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Rail Mogul
|
Casey Jones (2)
|
B (1)
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Jay Gould (7)
|
Thomas Durant (11)
|
Frederik Conrad (4)
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Rail Builder
|
B (1)
|
Casey Jones (2)
|
Frederik Conrad (4)
|
Jay Gould (7)
|
Railroad Bill (9)
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|
Rail Magnate
|
B (1)
|
Casey Jones (2)
|
Railroad Bill (9)
|
Henry Farham (6)
|
Jay Gould (7)
|
|
Rail Prodigal
|
Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
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B (1)
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Henry Farham (6)
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Stepp (10)
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Frederik Conrad (4)
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Rail Baron
|
B (1)
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Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
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Jay Gould (7)
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Casey Jones (2)
|
Frederik Conrad (4)
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Player Summary
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|
|
President of
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PCs owned
|
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
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RR 1
|
RR 2
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PC 1
|
PC 2
|
|
7
|
Jay Gould |
WBSH
|
KP
|
....
|
....
|
|
8
|
Jim Hill |
CASL
|
CP
|
KCN
|
....
|
|
3
|
Cornelius Vanderbilt |
CNS
|
GN
|
SP&P
|
SP&D
|
|
1
|
B |
C&H
|
MP
|
....
|
....
|
|
2
|
Casey Jones |
CNJ
|
C&NW
|
....
|
....
|
|
4
|
Frederik Conrad |
SP
|
SLSF
|
....
|
....
|
|
5
|
Griffes d’argent |
CRIP
|
CB&Q
|
....
|
KC&D
|
|
11
|
Thomas Durant |
UP
|
WP
|
....
|
....
|
|
9
|
Railroad Bill |
B&O
|
MC
|
....
|
....
|
|
6
|
Henry Farham |
L&A
|
MKT
|
....
|
....
|
|
15
|
Cyrus Holliday |
READ
|
SLSW
|
....
|
....
|
|
10
|
Stepp |
V&T
|
GW
|
....
|
....
|
|
14
|
Dan Drew |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
13
|
William Ogden |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
12
|
William Palmer |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
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Railroad Summary
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RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
|
GT
|
Grand Trunk
|
952
|
108726
|
64149
|
95
|
193940
|
4532
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
2081
|
379337
|
227602
|
91
|
651630
|
383638
|
6
|
8
|
0
|
17
|
|
CNJ
|
Central New Jersey
|
1863
|
280121
|
148465
|
98
|
542363
|
295951
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
114
|
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
2310
|
387353
|
216919
|
95
|
622082
|
411615
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
45
|
|
READ
|
Reading
|
1871
|
272882
|
152815
|
95
|
396760
|
79740
|
9
|
11
|
0
|
63
|
|
B&O
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
580
|
50939
|
35657
|
87
|
154229
|
54800
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
61
|
|
N&W
|
Norfolk & Western
|
2308
|
304438
|
194837
|
87
|
675781
|
402070
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
57
|
|
C&H
|
Charleston & Hamburg
|
1649
|
250231
|
150139
|
91
|
430816
|
264565
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
38
|
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
2555
|
334371
|
220685
|
85
|
598395
|
417912
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
168
|
|
P&LE
|
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
|
2999
|
454140
|
236155
|
99
|
788707
|
500946
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
311
|
|
WBSH
|
Wabash Line
|
2928
|
515223
|
278218
|
97
|
655390
|
446302
|
9
|
9
|
0
|
108
|
|
MC
|
Michigan Central
|
626
|
76383
|
42774
|
95
|
111967
|
81430
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
A&T
|
Alabama & Tennessee
|
381
|
35313
|
23660
|
87
|
63884
|
49741
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
42
|
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
875
|
87150
|
45318
|
99
|
168719
|
132422
|
3
|
10
|
4460
|
1409
|
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
493
|
55219
|
32580
|
95
|
82195
|
38982
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
CB&Q
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
583
|
63199
|
34759
|
99
|
102814
|
64821
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
CASL
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis
|
453
|
55690
|
28959
|
99
|
81471
|
62235
|
6
|
0
|
1350
|
220
|
|
CNS
|
Chicago North Shore
|
561
|
75038
|
40520
|
97
|
121854
|
90069
|
5
|
9
|
750
|
90
|
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
564
|
62839
|
34561
|
99
|
98112
|
72586
|
4
|
4
|
3930
|
539
|
|
M&LR
|
Memphis & Little Rock
|
296
|
26480
|
16418
|
92
|
49523
|
35098
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
533
|
|
V&T
|
Vicksburg & Texas
|
173
|
16133
|
10486
|
89
|
35669
|
19574
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
L&A
|
Louisiana & Arkansas
|
90
|
15525
|
8539
|
99
|
18726
|
11783
|
9
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
|
CP
|
Central Pacific
|
328
|
31051
|
16457
|
98
|
64611
|
47214
|
2
|
0
|
1295
|
679
|
|
WP
|
Western Pacific
|
142
|
17384
|
10430
|
94
|
32565
|
22995
|
2
|
1
|
2510
|
0
|
|
UP
|
Union Pacific
|
363
|
28282
|
17817
|
91
|
57141
|
43836
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
1548
|
|
MKT
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
|
424
|
43288
|
22510
|
99
|
88895
|
63623
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
SLSF
|
St Louis & San Francisco
|
459
|
39858
|
21922
|
99
|
88641
|
64628
|
1
|
1
|
1967
|
1210
|
|
SLSW
|
St Louis & Southwestern
|
155
|
18123
|
11417
|
91
|
35431
|
21100
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
GW
|
Great Western
|
140
|
17169
|
10988
|
90
|
30699
|
17677
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
SP
|
Southern Pacific
|
90
|
17687
|
9728
|
99
|
24813
|
17547
|
9
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
GN
|
Great Northern
|
501
|
36358
|
21088
|
96
|
101245
|
73725
|
-1
|
4
|
4300
|
0
|
|
KP
|
Kansas Pacific
|
178
|
15947
|
9887
|
92
|
36279
|
25781
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Railroad Lines:
(Region Key: A=Atl D=DpSouth O=Ohio L=GtLakes C=Central M=Miss G=Gulf W=MidWest S=SWest T=Mtn P=Pacific N=Canada X=Mexico)
|
Grand Trunk (GT )
|
|
GT
|
C2
|
B&M
|
B&H
|
ME1
|
C1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AN]
|
|
New York Central (NYC )
|
|
NYC
|
HRL
(Double)
|
C&A
(Double)
|
NYNH
(Double)
|
NY3
|
B&A
(Double)
|
C3
|
|
C4
|
C5
(Double)
|
MI1
(Double)
|
PA11
|
TP&W
|
C&C
(Double)
|
IN3
|
|
PA2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: ALCN]
|
|
Central New Jersey (CNJ )
|
|
CNJ
(Double)
|
ERIE
(Double)
|
PA9
|
PA10
|
NY1
|
LS
(Double)
|
OH3
|
OH5
|
|
FW&C
|
OH6
|
OH8
|
KY3
|
KY4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AOLC]
|
|
Pennsylvania (PENN)
|
|
PENN
(Double)
|
LV
(Double)
|
PA5
|
PA6
|
WV2
|
WV3
|
PA8
|
NY2
|
KY2
|
|
P&FW
(Double)
|
A&GW
|
IN5
(Double)
|
IN7
|
IC
(Double)
|
IL4
(Double)
|
|
IL2
|
KY5
|
PA3
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AOLCM]
|
|
Reading (READ)
|
|
READ
(Double)
|
PA1
(Double)
|
MD1
(Double)
|
RF&P
(Double)
|
VA7
(Double)
|
VA1
(Double)
|
|
NC2
|
SC3
|
G&C
(Double)
|
TN2
|
TN4
|
BRL
(Double)
|
SC1
(Double)
|
|
GA2
|
PA4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: GA3 |
[Regions: AD]
|
|
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O )
|
|
B&O
|
WV1
|
OH1
|
OH2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: A]
|
|
Norfolk & Western (N&W )
|
|
N&W
|
N&S
|
R&D
|
W&W
|
VA4
|
VA5
|
KY1
|
IN4
|
IN8
|
M&C
|
OH7
(Double)
|
|
IN1
|
IL5
(Double)
|
IL3
|
VA6
|
TN1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: TN3 |
[Regions: AOCM]
|
|
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H )
|
|
C&H
(Double)
|
NER
(Double)
|
W&M
|
SC4
(Double)
|
GA1
(Double)
|
GA8
(Double)
|
|
AL3
|
TN10
(Double)
|
TN12
|
KY13
|
IN10
(Double)
|
IL7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: ADOM]
|
|
Sea Coast Line (SCL )
|
|
SCL
(Double)
|
GA4
(Double)
|
FL4
|
FL5
|
FL6
|
AL5
(Double)
|
AL2
(Double)
|
|
FEC
|
TN7
|
FL3
|
SM
(Double)
|
NO&J
|
MS6
|
TN9
|
MS7
|
TN8
|
|
Unbuilt: KY10 |
[Regions: ADMG]
|
|
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
|
|
P&LE
(Double)
|
MRLE
(Double)
|
GTW
(Double)
|
OH4
|
IN2
|
C&O
|
MD2
|
VC
|
|
PA7
(Double)
|
VA2
|
MON
(Double)
|
IN9
|
KY12
|
KY11
|
IL6
(Double)
|
|
GM&O
|
MS3
|
TN13
|
TN14
|
MS2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AOLCMG]
|
|
Wabash Line (WBSH)
|
|
WBSH
(Double)
|
O&M
|
IN6
|
C&EI
(Double)
|
COG
(Double)
|
A&WP
(Double)
|
A&C
|
|
AL6
|
AL7
|
S&G
(Double)
|
S&A
(Double)
|
GA6
|
GA7
|
AL1
(Double)
|
|
AL4
|
MS1
(Double)
|
MS4
|
MS5
|
N&C
(Double)
|
KY14
|
IL8
(Double)
|
|
L&N
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: ADOCMG]
|
|
Michigan Central (MC )
|
|
MC
|
MN
(Double)
|
MS
|
MI6
|
MI2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: L]
|
|
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T )
|
|
A&T
|
TN5
|
KY6
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: D]
|
|
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
|
|
C&NW
|
WI4
|
NP
|
ND3
|
|
|
Unbuilt: ND4 |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
|
|
CRIP
|
IA7
|
IA5
|
|
|
Unbuilt: NE2 |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
|
|
CB&Q
|
IA4
|
MO7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: MO3 |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
|
|
CASL
|
SL&A
|
MO1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: MO8 |
[Regions: CM]
|
|
Chicago North Shore (CNS )
|
|
CNS
(Double)
|
M&SP
|
MN1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: WI8 |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Missouri Pacific (MP )
|
|
MP
|
ATSF
|
MO6
|
|
|
Unbuilt: OK8 |
[Regions: MW]
|
|
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
|
|
M&LR
|
AR4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T )
|
|
V&T
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A )
|
|
L&A
|
|
|
Unbuilt: LA2 |
[Regions: G]
|
|
Central Pacific (CP )
|
|
CP
|
NV2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: UT7 |
[Regions: P]
|
|
Western Pacific (WP )
|
|
WP
|
|
|
Unbuilt: NV1 |
[Regions: P]
|
|
Union Pacific (UP )
|
|
UP
|
NE1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: CO7 |
[Regions: W]
|
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT )
|
|
MKT
|
KCS
|
|
|
Unbuilt: KS1 |
[Regions: MW]
|
|
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
|
|
SLSF
|
AR7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: OK1 |
[Regions: M]
|
|
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
|
|
SLSW
|
|
|
Unbuilt: AR3 |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Great Western (GW )
|
|
GW
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: G]
|
|
Southern Pacific (SP )
|
|
SP
|
|
|
Unbuilt: CA4 |
[Regions: P]
|
|
Great Northern (GN )
|
|
GN
|
ND5
|
|
|
Unbuilt: MT1 |
[Regions: W]
|
|
Kansas Pacific (KP )
|
|
KP
|
|
|
Unbuilt: KS3 |
[Regions: W]
|
Stock Market Report
|
RR stock data
|
|
RR
|
Start price
|
Trade price
|
End price
|
Net change
|
# Shares traded
|
# Shares issued
|
# Shares in treasury
|
President
|
Chairman
|
Directors
|
|
GT
|
34
|
32
|
31
|
-3
|
1326
|
4760
|
0
|
|
8
|
|
|
NYC
|
30
|
35
|
41
|
+11
|
1763
|
10365
|
47
|
|
3
|
1
2
7
|
|
CNJ
|
28
|
28
|
29
|
+1
|
2390
|
9269
|
46
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
|
PENN
|
49
|
40
|
32
|
-17
|
5177
|
11511
|
44
|
|
6
|
7
|
|
READ
|
57
|
60
|
64
|
+7
|
1326
|
9311
|
44
|
15
|
5
|
11
|
|
B&O
|
16
|
16
|
17
|
+1
|
788
|
2881
|
27
|
9
|
9
|
2
|
|
N&W
|
16
|
16
|
17
|
+1
|
3880
|
11479
|
65
|
|
9
|
|
|
C&H
|
29
|
29
|
29
|
+0
|
1612
|
8169
|
82
|
1
|
4
|
6
8
|
|
SCL
|
33
|
30
|
28
|
-5
|
4910
|
12710
|
72
|
|
10
|
|
|
P&LE
|
20
|
27
|
34
|
+14
|
4850
|
14894
|
101
|
|
1
|
4
|
|
WBSH
|
50
|
47
|
45
|
-5
|
1974
|
14640
|
0
|
7
|
8
|
|
|
MC
|
20
|
24
|
28
|
+8
|
818
|
3101
|
29
|
9
|
9
|
5
6
11
|
|
A&T
|
20
|
19
|
18
|
-2
|
674
|
1905
|
0
|
|
2
|
7
|
|
C&NW
|
35
|
47
|
59
|
+24
|
1251
|
4278
|
97
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
CRIP
|
74
|
62
|
51
|
-23
|
370
|
2398
|
67
|
5
|
11
|
3
4
9
|
|
CB&Q
|
77
|
62
|
48
|
-29
|
386
|
2804
|
111
|
5
|
5
|
2
8
11
|
|
CASL
|
50
|
45
|
40
|
-10
|
148
|
2181
|
84
|
8
|
8
|
1
7
|
|
CNS
|
58
|
52
|
47
|
-11
|
368
|
2730
|
75
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
|
MP
|
37
|
35
|
34
|
-3
|
190
|
2680
|
140
|
1
|
1
|
2
7
|
|
M&LR
|
41
|
33
|
25
|
-16
|
140
|
1398
|
82
|
|
11
|
1
3
15
|
|
V&T
|
24
|
36
|
49
|
+25
|
310
|
800
|
65
|
10
|
10
|
5
6
9
|
|
L&A
|
43
|
67
|
91
|
+48
|
86
|
450
|
0
|
6
|
6
|
2
8
9
|
|
CP
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
+2
|
175
|
1553
|
87
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
|
WP
|
14
|
22
|
30
|
+16
|
307
|
710
|
0
|
11
|
11
|
|
|
UP
|
63
|
131
|
50
|
+137
|
68
|
6744
|
516
|
11
|
11
|
|
|
MKT
|
14
|
21
|
28
|
+14
|
805
|
2071
|
49
|
6
|
6
|
|
|
SLSF
|
18
|
23
|
28
|
+10
|
376
|
2185
|
110
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
|
SLSW
|
18
|
22
|
26
|
+8
|
245
|
775
|
0
|
15
|
15
|
6
7
|
|
GW
|
14
|
22
|
31
|
+17
|
313
|
647
|
53
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
SP
|
14
|
21
|
28
|
+14
|
189
|
450
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
|
|
GN
|
23
|
37
|
51
|
+28
|
412
|
2402
|
103
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
KP
|
14
|
20
|
26
|
+12
|
363
|
890
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
|
Private Companies Available for Purchase
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CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
|
SV
|
750
|
SL
|
750
|
T&P
|
1120
|
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