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Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
From: John Mitchell <cbqrr47@y...>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 10:02:54 -0800 (PST)
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0103231914120.20660-100000@m...>
It was the reason they continued so long. Also the MP
only owned a slight majority of T&P stock. Their Texas
company was the International- Great Northern!
John D. Mitchell
--- Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...> wrote:
> 
> Such a law did exist, but is probably not the
> reason that
> either the FW&DC or the T&P were originally
> incorporated in
> Texas. They were originally Texas promotions and
> incorporated
> in Texas just because that's where they began.
> 
> 
> Wes Leatherock
> wleath@s...
> 
> 
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, M. Thayer wrote:
> > As I understand it, at the time the Fort
> Worth-Denver line was built, Texas
> > had a law requiring any railroad operating in the
> state to have corporate
> > offices within Texas. This was also the reason
> why the Texas & Pacific was
> > separate from the MoPac.
> > 
> > Marshall
> 
> 


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