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[quote user="MichaelSol"] [quote user="oltmannd"] <p> NP was a land grant RR and GN was not. NP was always the weak sister to GN. </p><p>[/quote]<br />Land grants:<br />Illinois Central .. 2.6 million acres<br />Great Northern (SP&P, then the Manitoba) .. 5.7 million acres<br />Union Pacific .. 11 million acres (original grant)<br />Northern Pacific .. 40 million acres<br /><br />Never understood why GN is always considered a non-land grant road. Kauffman perpetuates that view which, to me, demonstrates a lack of original research.</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Kauffman has always had a problem with factual presentation. He's more the propogandist and less the biographer.</p><p>[quote]<br /><br />One of his significant advantages was that Hill was able to buy the SP&P for $6.8 mllion, and sell 3.3 million acres for $13 million. In essence, he got the SP&P for free, courtesy of government land grants. <br /><br />That was a good head start for any Empire Builder.<br /><br />[/quote]</p><p>Or to put it another way, JJ was paid a net of $6.2 million by the government to take responsibility for the railroad.</p><p>Nice work if you can get it!</p><p>I guess anyone could have been an Empire Builder under those terms.</p>
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