Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1901 — Hill’s Rise from a Day Laborer. [ARTICLE]

Hill’s Rise from a Day Laborer.

James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad company, and now worth many millions, was at one time a day laborer in St. Paul, Minn. He was a stalwart, husky American and of

great natural shrewdness. He got possession of a number of Manitoba land grants In some way or other and evolved an elaborate scheme for running a railroad out into that wilderness, dividing the land off and city lots and selling it He interested some of the richest men in his plan, talked them into putting up the money for the road Sind it, was built The lots were sold right off all right and the road was a success. Later on Hill got control of it having started with nothing but some plans on paper. That was his beginning and he has been going ahead ever since. He is a wonderful money-maker.