By the time of the trial over the will, Billy served in his father’s place as president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, the Canada Southern Railway, and the Michigan Central Railroad, with further holdings in the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; the Chicago and Canada Southern Railway; the Detroit and Bay City Railroad; the Hudson River Railroad; the Hudson River Bridge; the Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad; the Michigan Midland and Canada Railroad; the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad; the New York Central Sleeping Car Company; the New York and Harlem
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