At an extremely liberal estimate, this line cost perhaps $2,500,000 to construct, yet the syndicate turned this over to the Metropolitan for $10,000,000 of Metropolitan securities.

根据极其自由的估计， 这条线路的建设成本可能为 2,500,000 美元， 但该集团将其以 10,000,000 美元的大都会证券的价格转交给了大都会。