It is not unlikely that the padded construction accounts, already described, may have concealed large disbursements of money for unearned dividends.

已经描述过的虚报建设账户可能隐瞒了为未赚取的股息支付的大笔资金， 这并非不可能。

In 1907 the Public Service Commission of New York began investigating these " construction accounts, " but it had not proceeded far when the discovery was made that all the Metropolitan books containing the information desired had been destroyed.

1907 年，纽约公共服务委员会开始调查这些“建筑账户”，但调查没进行多远，就发现包含所需信息的所有大都会书籍都已被销毁。