Railroads: A Dream Coming True

The great empire builders who opened up the Plains states with the iron horse — J. P. Morgan and James J. Hill among them — dreamed of a single road that would stretch across the northwest from Chicago to the Pacific. Feared and hated for their enormous power, they were blocked by a series of famous Supreme Court decisions at the turn of the century and by crippling restrictions in the early '30s. Last week, at last, their dream seemed close to reality. Dismissing cries of monopoly, an examiner for the Interstate Commerce...

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