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And even today the largest private landowner in California is Catellus Development Corporation, which was one of the companies spun off from the railroads. They
by not2b 4y ago
And even today the largest private landowner in California is Catellus Development Corporation, which was one of the companies spun off from the railroads. They were given way more land than necessary to build the tracks.
- andrewstuart 4y agoI believe they were given some amount of land on each side of the track - I think it was a mile but that's a guess.