History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... building of the railroad actually cost . Vanderbilt got together a dummy construction company composed of some of his clerks and brokers , and advanced the sum , about $ 6,500,000 , to build the road . In return , he ordered this ...
... building of the railroad actually cost . Vanderbilt got together a dummy construction company composed of some of his clerks and brokers , and advanced the sum , about $ 6,500,000 , to build the road . In return , he ordered this ...
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... building of this elevated system ; the franchises by which the roads were constructed and operated had been obtained by bribery . After other capitalists had done the bribing and had shown how profitable these elevated railroads were ...
... building of this elevated system ; the franchises by which the roads were constructed and operated had been obtained by bribery . After other capitalists had done the bribing and had shown how profitable these elevated railroads were ...
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... building 1,171 miles of road was $ 27,217,000 , but they charged three times that sum . Here was a looting of more than fifty millions in one grand haul . In ad- dition to cash pocketed , they issued to themselves $ 33,722,000 in bonds ...
... building 1,171 miles of road was $ 27,217,000 , but they charged three times that sum . Here was a looting of more than fifty millions in one grand haul . In ad- dition to cash pocketed , they issued to themselves $ 33,722,000 in bonds ...
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PREFACE TO THE 1936 EDITION | 19 |
PREFACE TO THE 1909 EDITION | 25 |
CHAPTER I | 31 |
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