Panama Run
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A competitor paid Cornelius Vanderbilt $40,000 monthly simply to not compete
“For two months, Aspen Wall had paid him 40,000 dollars a month on the condition that Vanderbilt not put his steamers on the Panama run in competition with Aspen Wall's own vessels. That money went to Vanderbilt personally, not to the transit company, even thou…”