. The railway library . 45 The Railway Library. JAMES J. HILL. 46 Career of James J. Hill 47 THE CAREER OF JAMES J. HILL (Sept. 16, 1838—May 29, 1916)(From the New York Times, May 30, 1916) Leaving as a monument of his lifes work more than 6,000 milesof railroad, with gross earnings of $66,000,000 from carrying 15,-000,000 tons of freight annually, along whose line in six dififerentStates of the great Northwest are scattered 400,000 farms, with65,000,000 acres of improved land worth $5,000,000,000, JamesJerome Hill was called the greatest empire builder of the newworld. Born near Guelph, in We
. The railway library . 45 The Railway Library. JAMES J. HILL. 46 Career of James J. Hill 47 THE CAREER OF JAMES J. HILL (Sept. 16, 1838—May 29, 1916)(From the New York Times, May 30, 1916) Leaving as a monument of his lifes work more than 6,000 milesof railroad, with gross earnings of $66,000,000 from carrying 15,-000,000 tons of freight annually, along whose line in six dififerentStates of the great Northwest are scattered 400,000 farms, with65,000,000 acres of improved land worth $5,000,000,000, JamesJerome Hill was called the greatest empire builder of the newworld. Born near Guelph, in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, hewas the son of an Irish-Canadian, who went there in 1826 and be-came a successful farmer. His mother was Scottish, and Mr. Hillinherited the best traits of both races. His early education wasobtained in the Rockwood Academy, a Quaker school, which heattended until his fifteenth year, when his father died. It was three years later that the boy made his first vital decisionto emigrate to the United States. I
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