
<TABLE> <S> <C>


<ARTICLE> 5
<RESTATED>
<MULTIPLIER> 1
       
<S>                                                       <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                                               9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                                           DEC-31-1996
<PERIOD-END>                                                SEP-30-1996
<CASH>                                                       54,498,438
<SECURITIES>                                                 13,401,157
<RECEIVABLES>                                                17,794,160
<ALLOWANCES>                                                  1,350,000
<INVENTORY>                                                           0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                                      0
<PP&E>                                                    1,057,560,887
<DEPRECIATION>                                              173,591,070
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                            1,035,286,677
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                                                 0
<BONDS>                                                     372,517,640
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                                 0
<PREFERRED>                                                     900,000
<COMMON>                                                        361,680
<OTHER-SE>                                                  602,967,500
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                              1,035,286,677
<SALES>                                                     124,943,673
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                            124,943,673
<CGS>                                                        32,516,169
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                                32,516,169
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                                      0
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                                      0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                           20,320,905
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                              54,199,610
<INCOME-TAX>                                                          0
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                          54,199,610
<DISCONTINUED>                                                        0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                                       0
<CHANGES>                                                             0
<NET-INCOME>                                                 54,199,610
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                                      1.19
<EPS-DILUTED>                                                      1.18
<FN>    

     This Restated Financial Data Schedule is being filed to reflect the
     impact on EPS in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards No. 128
     -"Earnings Per Share"

     Financial Data Schedule information has been extracted from the
     Registrant's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (non-classified) as of
     September 30, 1996 and the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for
     the nine months then ended.
        


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