
<TABLE> <S> <C>


<ARTICLE> 5
<RESTATED>
<MULTIPLIER> 1
       
<S>                                                <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                                        9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                                    DEC-31-1997
<PERIOD-END>                                         SEP-30-1997
<CASH>                                               122,645,949
<SECURITIES>                                           9,747,199
<RECEIVABLES>                                         17,440,574
<ALLOWANCES>                                           1,350,000
<INVENTORY>                                                    0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                               0
<PP&E>                                             1,302,496,935
<DEPRECIATION>                                       199,156,875
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                     1,334,513,042
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                                          0
<BONDS>                                              518,379,377
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                          0
<PREFERRED>                                              900,000
<COMMON>                                                 403,909
<OTHER-SE>                                           742,378,913
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                       1,334,513,042
<SALES>                                              141,294,177
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                     141,294,177
<CGS>                                                 36,665,881
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                         36,665,881
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                               0
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                               0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                    22,252,562
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                       62,290,240
<INCOME-TAX>                                                   0
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                   62,290,240
<DISCONTINUED>                                                 0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                                0
<CHANGES>                                                      0
<NET-INCOME>                                          62,290,240
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                               1.33
<EPS-DILUTED>                                               1.32
<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, 1997 and the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for
     the nine months then ended.
        


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