In September, 1889, accordingly, Messrs. Libby, Abbott, Peabody, and Baring were appointed a committee to consider the broad question of financial and general reorganization,[419] and in October a plan for the complete rehabilitation of the company was brought forward. The obligations with which the plan had to deal are indicated in the following table: _Obligations of the Atchison Company in 1889_ _Principal_ _Interest_ Bonds, guarantee fund notes $160,786,000 $9,203,620.00 Contingent issue of additional bonds 775,000 38,750.00 Car trusts 1,445,660 86,739.60 ------------ ------------- $163,006,660 $9,329,109.60 Less interest on bonds and guarantee fund notes owned by the Company 253,340.00 ------------- $9,075,769.60 Sinking Fund 359,000.00 Taxes 1,221,000.00 Rentals 502,000.00 -------------- $11,157,769.60 Of the bonds outstanding $56,498,000 were direct loans upon the Atchison’s main lines, bearing anywhere from 4½ to 7 per cent, and $104,288,000 were bonds upon some of the thirty-two subsidiary corporations for whose obligations the Atchison was responsible.