> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 16:54:02 -0800
> From: Ron Force <rforce@uidaho.edu>
> Reply-to: rforce@uidaho.edu
> Organization: University of Idaho Library
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: Large Trucks
> RR companies were given large federal land grants as an incentive to
> construct lines. In many cases the lines were never built; in others,
> the lines were abandoned, but the company kept title to the land. Plum
> Creek Timber is one company whose holdings were as a result of RR land
> grants.
>
> John Danahy wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps I am mistaken but I don not think that the "rails" were "heavily
> > subsidized" by the federal government. However, the downfall of our rail
> > system in this country can be directly traced to the federal government
> > building amd ,aintianing the inland waterways. The locks, dams, etc that
> > help make Lewiston a seaport spelled the end of frieght shipments by rail.
> >
> > John Danahy
> > jdanahy@turbonet.com
>
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