History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... turned to Jersey City . But their path was not yet clear . Vanderbilt had various civil suits in New York against them ; moreover they were adjudged in contempt of court . Parleying now began . With the severest threats of what the ...
... turned to Jersey City . But their path was not yet clear . Vanderbilt had various civil suits in New York against them ; moreover they were adjudged in contempt of court . Parleying now began . With the severest threats of what the ...
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... turned over to them did not have a market value of more than $ 200,000.19 19 Railroad Investigation , etc. , 1879 , iii : 2503 . One of the very rare instances in which any of Gould's victims was able to com- pel him to disgorge , was ...
... turned over to them did not have a market value of more than $ 200,000.19 19 Railroad Investigation , etc. , 1879 , iii : 2503 . One of the very rare instances in which any of Gould's victims was able to com- pel him to disgorge , was ...
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... turned over to the companies absolutely , although the act of Congress contemplated the sale of the lands by the State as earned , and the devotion of the proceeds to the construction of the railroads ; the companies were permitted to ...
... turned over to the companies absolutely , although the act of Congress contemplated the sale of the lands by the State as earned , and the devotion of the proceeds to the construction of the railroads ; the companies were permitted to ...
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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