Down Grade Route Spurs Spokane Portland Rail Plan
Herman Copenhagen of Copenhagen Brothers touts the Northern Pacific line down the Columbia as the world’s finest railroad work. The new route from Spokane past Pasco to Portland promises a steady downhill grade allowing power free runs, with freight trains of three quarters of a mile achievable. Completion targeted for next year amid Hill and Harriman traffic aims.
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Great Northern plans large rolling stock orders this year
The Great Northern Railway will place orders for 144 passenger cars this year including sleeping, dining, and coach cars of various sizes plus 15 new locomotives. An earlier order for 500 steel hopper cars was placed with American Car and Foundry Co. Electric locomotives are also being ordered for the Cascade tunnel.
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Does Wealth Rule Colleges
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University urged that a university in a democracy must be independent of mob pressure and millionaire donations. He said education raises humans to a human plane, and universities should serve the people with truth, not be swayed by money or fear.
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Sensational Charges Filed Against Standard Oil Before Congress
The Interstate Commerce Commission filed charges accusing Standard Oil of monopolizing the oil trade and its branches, bribery, fraud, press corruption, and bribery of inspectors. The report details secret railroad rates, information leaks, fake companies, and aims to split production from transportation to curb the trust.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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