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As a bit of useless information, When the Rock Island was being liquidated, the Trustee was selling everything for the highest price. There were many examples of grain elevators leasing land along the RI r-o-w that had the property bought out from under them by land barons, who then dramatically increased the lease rates to the elevators. Thanks! Jeff Jeff Worones Seattle WA From: "STEVEN HOLDING sholding@sbcglobal.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: "CBQ@yahoogroups.com" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 5:21 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: [CBQ] Grain Haulage Larry I would have to say in most cases the land was leased. For a normal small fee. Same with lumber yards, coal sheds and other warehouses with in the about 100 feet ROW. IF you can fine ROW maps like the one I used for my clinic at La Crosse there are notations on them. Often in some of my files are smaller maps just for the leases. When the Aurora Elevation was put in they even built it wider just to serve the Fox River Butter Co. Due to the changes in business today and the loss of the customer base that is one reason often there is no buildings close to the tracks thru most towns today. All the coal shed, warehouses and elevators have been torn down. Steve in SC On Wednesday, November 16, 2016 7:54 AM, "larry.graus@opc.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote: In the video, it was stated that the railroad donated land for the elevator to be sited on. Was that true about the situation in the U.S., or was the property owned by the company owning the elevator? LarryG
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