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Mr. Edward C. Renwiok -5- November 23, 1951 The $1,400,000 is viewed as the capital structure that might be suitable for the issue of saourlties. Securities to be issued probably should be limited en­tirely to bonds and common stock, there would be no Justi­fication for a preferred stock issue on a company as small as this one. the bonds should not exceed 50$ and la this case prob­ably a 40 or 45$ issue would be better. Under all the conditions obtaining it would appear to me that the bonds should carry a 4$ coupon rate and issued at par. Warnings on the common stock equity will necessarily de­pend on what is left after paying bond interest (and all other operating expenses). A minimum dividend rate of m would prob­ably be required to be attractive to outside purchasers. In­itially something less would probably be paid to the Union Pacific. The following simple financial structure calling for earning requirements are as follows: If 7$ is paid instead of 8$, then 5.6$ would be earned and if only 6$ Is paid, but 5.1$ would be earned over all. In our Exhibit ”3** under integrated operations, a 6£$ return called for net revenue of $86,837 on an Investment base of $1,389,400. If net additions to plant were equal to or exceeded the growth In the depreciation reserve, there would be no lessen­ing in the net plant value underlying the bonds. To the ex­tent that earnings exceeded dividends paid, the net worth would Increase and the earnings in dollars on the common stock equity would increase from year to year. On any reorganization In the capital structure and the bringing in of the Production Company, the accounting practice would undoubtedly be changed to "retirement accounting". This would mean that upon rerlaoement of a 4-inch main that stood on the books at, say, |1.50 per foot, the new 4-inch main would be capitalized at its present day cost of, say, $3.00 per foot. Under present ICC railroad requirements the #1.50 per foot in­crease is an expense charge. Similarly under group deprecia­tion practises, the whole original cost is charged to the res- Bonds Stock 45$ | 630,000 at 4$ #25,200