Diplomatic Forces of the New Railroad’

In this paper, a comparison is offered of the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Great Northern Railway to secure access to a Pacific terminus at Vancouver and Seattle, respectively. The paper's focus on the actions of company managers sets it apart from accounts of the terminus activities of other lines on the Pacific coast of North America. Its method, an examination of terminus entry conflict through the lens of a select group of company officers that highlights the role of the railroad local lawyer, melds traditional perspectives on railroad management with organizational approaches of other researchers. Its conclusion, that both railroads sustained significant setbacks in the process, departs from the received interpretation in histories of the concerns

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