Excerpt from The Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York, Its History, Organization, Machinery and MethodsAlthough thirty-two years of age, and having experi enced an interesting and useful career that has steadily grown in importance, a history and description of the Consolidated Stock Exchange in permanent and accessible form has never been published. There have been times when a clearer understanding of its history and its func tions would have proved beneficial alike to the public and its members. This little volume is written with the object of giving a brief and clear account of the Consoli dated Stock Exchange and its various departments, to gether with their relationship to the public.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.