Hill

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Founders

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FOUNDERS Assertion Partly supported
James J. Hill raised an engineer's salary 50% for justified insubordination
“Stevens did not obey his orders and he kept construction going. So Hill then tells Stevens, show me this curve. Stevens shows it to him. And Hill realizes that Stevens was right. It had to be a 13 degree curve. There was no other option. Hill also realized tha…”
David Senra Nov 26, 2024 ▶ 51:39 James J. Hill: The Empire Builder
FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
James J. Hill doubled railroad construction pace to two miles per day
“Hill soon had the workers laying rails at a rate of more than two miles per day, over twice the pace that Farley had made earlier.”
David Senra Nov 26, 2024 ▶ 27:45 James J. Hill: The Empire Builder

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