. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. James J. Hill The Railroad King How He Looked At It James J. Hill started as a brakeman, and ended as one of the country's biggest raih'oad owners. He knew railroading from tlie ground up. Whatever he did, was done with a marvelous far-seeing eye. He built i-ailroads that the oldest men in the business said could never pay. He bought up adjoining land that everybody said wasn't worth a hoot, and never would be. Hut long before he died, his roads were the finest of dividend payers. ]\Iuch of his vast land holdings, although sold at reasonable figure
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. James J. Hill The Railroad King How He Looked At It James J. Hill started as a brakeman, and ended as one of the country's biggest raih'oad owners. He knew railroading from tlie ground up. Whatever he did, was done with a marvelous far-seeing eye. He built i-ailroads that the oldest men in the business said could never pay. He bought up adjoining land that everybody said wasn't worth a hoot, and never would be. Hut long before he died, his roads were the finest of dividend payers. ]\Iuch of his vast land holdings, although sold at reasonable figures, had netted him fortune after fortune. As he built his fortune, so he built anything he built on his estate, ten miles out of St. Paul. He did nothing temporarily. Always, he built for the future. Built to last. That, so he said to our representative, was why he bought Lord & Burnham greenhouses. He was "convinced they were the best to ; If }-ou are building TO LAST, we can build for you as no other greenhouse builder builds. opd,& JBurnhamio. Builders of Greenhouses and Conservatories IRVINGTON NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO New York 30 East 42nd St. Und Title Bldg. Continental Bank Bldg. BOSTON-II CLEVELAND TORONTO Little Bldg. 407 Ulmer Bldg. Royal Bank Bldg. Elaatem Factory Western Factory Canadian Factory Irvington, N. Y. Des Plaines, 111. St. Catharines, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
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