Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1901 — BUSY MAN OF A BUSY AGE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BUSY MAN OF A BUSY AGE.

James J. Hill, chief in control of the Great Northern, Erie, Burlington, and Northern Pacific railroads —the latter In conjunction with J. P. Morgan—is the center of public Interest just now owing to the remarkable boom in the stock of the Northern Pacific railroad. Mr. Hill is in practical control of more railways than any other man in the

world. His dream is to own a line stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and this would have been realized had he succeeded in his recent effort to secure the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pqul. His friends are confident he will yet succeed in this pet project. Mr. Hill is 63 years old. His fortune is estimated at $100,000,000.