Together they underwrote securities offerings for such large firms as Sears, Roebuck and Company. The fund underwrote a triennial competition that began in 1901, the Paderewski Prize. In the 1950s, Lehman underwrote the IPO of Digital Equipment Corporation. The foundation underwrote the Fund for the Republic in the 1950s. Reinhart sponsored and largely underwrote the premiere. Her company, Llama Company, underwrote a $79.5 million bond. The UAW underwrote his legal expenses. Between 1913 and 1920, Carnegie also underwrote construction of the library's first eight branches. The Company underwrote the expedition's expenses. He also underwrote the Malek Tennis Center. The first bond it underwrote was for a Minnesota water company. In 1929, Macfadden underwrote Harold Hersey's pulp chain, the Good Story Magazine Company. Canadians designed it, the British government underwrote it, and a London firm built it. In exchange for of the Esplanade, the railways underwrote the infilling of the harbour. However, NYK Line underwrote her restoration, which began in August 2007.