Word: sweringen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ever since have been closely bound in the affairs of this great branch of commerce. Down through the close of the century and on into the present decade roars the industry, and the latest exploits we hear of in connection with it are the affairs of the Van Sweringen brothers and their Nickel Plate Railway, and the remarkable way in which Commodore Arthur Curtiss James accumulated for himself such a tremendous control of the major roads of the country...
...President conferred with Michael Gallagher, coal manager for the vast Van Sweringen interests, meditated on the soft coal strike (see p. 10); did nothing...
...Sweringen brothers. (Oris P. & Mantis...
...name of two brothers Van Sweringen is accented in countless columns dealing with rail mergers, gigantic, planned, accomplished. Newswriters refer to them as giants, geniuses, masterminds; tell and retell the story of their amazing career. O. P. Van Sweringen was born 47 years ago, his brother two years later, in Wooster, Ohio. Denied extensive education, they sold newspapers, saved, moved to Cleveland, worked as office boys, saved more. Borrowing, they purchased a wooded tract near Cleveland, pronounced it the future residence district. Borrowing more, they made their land accessible by rapid transit, bought more land. They still buy. Twelve square...
...Full name: New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R. This is but one factor of the Van Sweringen's Nickel Plate System...