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There had been no doubting his power or resisting his leadership. Naturally enough, then, he was presently called upon to help other roads in their times of trouble. For example, soon after the panic the C. B. & Q. began to negotiate for the complete control of the two western parts of its line, extending from Galesburg to Burlington and Quincy. In neither case had the smaller road, with its local management, worked amicably or dealt fairly with the larger ; and when they both met with disaster... and the bondholders pressed their claims, such a consolidation was obviously the best way out of the situation. In bringing this result to pass Forbes labored long and hard. Although legal delays deferred the completion of the work, yet at the outbreak of the Civil War these roads formed an important and efficient unit in the Illinois railroad system. In connection with the Hannibal and St. Joseph, however, Forbes's power as a railroad re* Digitized by Microsoft® 90 AN AMERICAN RAILROAD BUILDER organizer was more brilliantly shown.
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