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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I think you'll find that railroads were given huge tracts of land, but I don't know.
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The railroads were given the land. And lots of it. Not just a thin strip of land but huge tracts surrounding the RR. The taking of the land does not really bother me as long as the people are compensated. What bothers me is when the land is taken for the public good but the government does not acknowledge it has actually taken the land. LIke when a puddle forms in your back yard and the government decides you live on a wet land and therefore cannot develop. You still own title but the government has really taken your land for the public good without compensation.
