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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Murphy Siding</i> <br /><br />Why did the "Hill Interests" build the Spokane,Portland & Seattle as a jointly owned venture? Couldn't either GN or NP have just made it an extension of their own line? Or maybe each could have extended their own lines to form what became SP&S? Had it been a joint effort for some tax advantage, why wasn't it split 3 ways- with CBQ a one third owner? Given it's ownership, I'm surprised to learn that SP&S was run quite independantly. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Since the SP&S mainly benefitted the GN, and GN didn't have the cash for the whole project, NP was forced to chip in on a project that really didn't benefit them. All the NP really got from the SP&S was bridge between Portland and Vancouver. Otherwise, SP&S's line from Spokane to Pasco was superfluous to NP's own line. You'll notice the NP didn't get no California connection or an 8 mile tunnel under it's Cascade crossing. That's the whole fun of squeezing the *** child for the Empire Builder's pet. <br /> <br />
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