While the whole investing public was scrambling for Metropolitan, the members of the exploiting syndicate found ample opportunity to sell.

当整个投资大众都在争相购买 Metropolitan 时， 剥削集团的成员发现了充足的出售机会。

The investing public, egged on by daring and skillful stock manipulators, simply went mad and purchased not only Metropolitan but street railway shares that were then even more speculative.

投资大众在大胆而熟练的股票操纵者的怂恿下， 简直发疯了， 不仅购买了大都会铁路公司的股票， 还购买了当时更具投机性的街道铁路股票。