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Great Northern had no government land grants of it's own except for the Minnesota state land grant provided in the original charter of the GN's original predecessor Minnesota & Pacific in 1857.J.J.Hill did use it as leverage when he had problems getting ROW for the GN on the west coast. <br /> <br />Great Northern almost bypassed Spokane.By my understanding,the original survey took the GN main several miles north of Spokane.The Northern Pacific had a monopoly on area business in Spokane and was charging exhorbitant prices for service.So a deal was made with Hill to build thru the city(a mistake for sure given the route followed,a branchline would have been better).And why didn't BN follow the original GN survey north of Spokane instead of building the Latah Jct bridge?That would have been a better route for intermodal and grain trains. <br /> <br />Have a good one. <br /> <br />Bill <br />Iowa
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