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Two sorta dumb questions about a rare sighting and CNW operations
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The explanation in Roger Grant's "The Northwestern" book agrees with cnw8835. I've heard the English owners story over the years, but at the time the double track was installed from Wells street terminal to Junction(later Turner Junction), John Turner, a native of New York was running the company. This part of the line was shared with the CB&Q at the time and they wanted to avoid the expense of relocating all the stations. <br /> <br />The line was originally built under the leadership of William Ogden(also born in New York and Chicago's first mayor)) with capital raised primarily from Chicago business leaders known as the Chicago Group. The book says they avoided the use of eastern or foreign capital as they didn't want to relinquish control and held large blocks of real estate along the proposed line. Later they sold common stock to business interests in towns along the proposed route of the line that stood to benefit. <br /> <br />In addition to Grant's book the PBS station here runs a program on the History of Chicago(usually during pledge periods) that talks about Ogden & the Chicago Group building the original line with no mention of foreign ownership.
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