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Andrew Carnegie:Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Additional Excerpt 222

Andrew Carnegie《Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Leadership

The son and I agreed upon the first step--that was the bringing of his Wabash line to Pittsburgh. This was successfully done under a contract given the Wabash of one third of the traffic of our steel company. We were about to take up the eastern extension from Pittsburgh to the Atlantic when Mr. Morgan approached me in March, 1901, through Mr. Schwab, and asked if I really wished to retire from business. I answered in the affirmative and that put an end to our railway operations.

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