History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... road , which had deviously obtained title to some of the richest coal de- posits in Wyoming County , and they also became prominent in the direct- ing of the Lehigh Valley Railroad . The most important coal - owning railroad , however ...
... road , which had deviously obtained title to some of the richest coal de- posits in Wyoming County , and they also became prominent in the direct- ing of the Lehigh Valley Railroad . The most important coal - owning railroad , however ...
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... road to draw $ 848,000 from the Gov- ernment as the subsidy of the first section . By repeating the process they had the entire road constructed , with scarcely the expenditure of a single dollar of their own . The next step was to load ...
... road to draw $ 848,000 from the Gov- ernment as the subsidy of the first section . By repeating the process they had the entire road constructed , with scarcely the expenditure of a single dollar of their own . The next step was to load ...
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... road , 588 , 589 , 590 , 682 Chicago Daily News , 352 , n . Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail- road , 459 , 460 , 465 Chicago Northwestern Railroad , 587 Chicago , Rock Island and Pacific Rail- road , 511 n . Chicago Tribune , 671 ...
... road , 588 , 589 , 590 , 682 Chicago Daily News , 352 , n . Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail- road , 459 , 460 , 465 Chicago Northwestern Railroad , 587 Chicago , Rock Island and Pacific Rail- road , 511 n . Chicago Tribune , 671 ...
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PREFACE TO THE 1936 EDITION | 19 |
PREFACE TO THE 1909 EDITION | 25 |
CHAPTER I | 31 |
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acres amount Astor bankers banking became bill bonds bribed bribery brought capital capitalists cent Chapter charged coal commercial Commission Congress corporations corruption defrauded directors Erie Railroad extortion fact force fortune franchises frauds fraudulent funds Gould and Fisk Government Harriman House hundred Huntington immense industrial interests Interstate Commerce Commission investigating committee issue J. P. Morgan John Jacob Astor labor land grant large number legislative Legislature loot magnates manufacturers ment merchants methods millions of dollars multimillionaire officials owners ownership Pacific Railroad Company paid passed Pennsylvania plunder political profits propertied classes Railway rich road Sage secured selling Session shares sold Southern Pacific Railroad stockholders street swindle theft tion trade transaction treasury trust Union Pacific Railroad United States Senate Vanderbilt Vanderbilt family vote wages wealth William workers York Central York Central Railroad York City