Excerpt from The Life of James J. Hill, Vol. 1 The principal and richest source of material for this work was the letters, papers, and other documents of Mr. James J. Hill, placed at my disposal by him during his lifetime for this purpose; his answers to my ques tions, and his conversations with me, at different times during the ten years prior to his death, about the various phases of his work and his thought. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.