Author: Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
John J. Bernet
Author: Invisible Giants
Author: Herbert H. HarwoodPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253110602
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A comprehensive biography of the rise of the famous railroad barons who developed Shaker Heights, Ohio. Invisible Giants is the Horatio Alger-esque tale of a pair of reclusive Cleveland brothers, Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen, who rose from poverty to become two of the most powerful men in America. They controlled the country’s largest railroad system—a network of track reaching from the Atlantic to Salt Lake City and from Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico. On the eve of the Great Depression they were close to controlling the country’s first coast-to-coast rail system—a goal that still eludes us. They created the model upper-class suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio, with its unique rapid transit access. They built Cleveland’s landmark Terminal Tower and its innovative “city within a city” complex. Indisputably, they created modern Cleveland. Yet beyond a small, closely knit circle, the bachelor Van Sweringen brothers were enigmas. Their actions were aggressive, creative, and bold, but their manner was modest, mild, and retiring. Dismissed by many as mere shoestring financial manipulators, they created enduring works, which remain strong today. The Van Sweringen story begins in early-twentieth-century Cleveland suburban real estate and reaches its zenith in the heady late 1920s, amid the turmoil of national transportation power politics and unprecedented empire-building. As the Great Depression destroyed many of their fellow financiers, the “Vans” survived through imaginative stubbornness—until tragedy ended their careers almost simultaneously. Invisible Giants is the first comprehensive biography of these two remarkable if mysterious men.
John Bernet Papers
Author: John BernetPublisher:
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Category : Collisions at sea
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Correspondence, vessel accounts, expense books, and bills; together with legal papers (1904-1906), including lawyers' letters, libel papers, and court transcript, relating to the adjudication of a collision at sea between the schooner WILLIAM BISBEE (commanded by Bernet) and the steamship FURNESSIA. Other vessels represented include schooners JAMES L. MALOY, HELVETIA, WAWENOCK, and J. FRANK SEAVEY, and barge BEAUFORT, all of which were mastered by Bernet.
Investigation of Railroads, Holding Companies and Affiliated Companies
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate CommercePublisher:
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Category : Holding companies
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Investigation of Railroads, Holding Companies, and Affiliated Companies: A problem in railroad reorganization. Reorganization plans as causes of recurrent insolvencies
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Holding companies
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Report
Author: United States. Congress SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1918
Book Description
United States Investor
Author: Report
Author: New York, Susquehanna, and Western RailroadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author: United States. Patent OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Author: USA Patent Office