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Indeed, his knowledge of the railroad, in even the most minute detail, quickly became a matter of legend. For example, while standing on a Dakota rail siding one day, he spotted an engine numbered 94. From that recognition, Hill astounded the engineer by walking up and addressing him by name—Roberts—and noting that the engine had just been in for r

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The CP, with its government support, proved able once again to cause Jim Hill much more trouble on his turf than he could render them on theirs.

Hill’s rise to the top of a burgeoning local coal business is interesting not only because it formed a cornerstone of his career and generated venture capital for later investments but also because it revealed for the first time his instincts toward what friends would call vertical and rational integration of an industry and what foes would call ru

His strength was in South Texas, and due to his mistake, South Texas had already sent in its official figures; there was little more South Texas could do. East Texas was going for O’Daniel, and because it hadn’t sent in its figures, it could give Pappy whatever he needed. Indeed, as Johnson’s effort to improve his total became apparent, his canny o