Omaha Southern Railroad
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The Omaha Southern Railway was a subsidiary corporation owned by the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Company. In 1891 the railroad bought a plot of land south of Plattsmouth, Nebraska
that caused speculation in the town about the location of a railyard there. The railroad was also subject to a period study of subsidies
it received from local and state governments.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , also known as the MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers, including the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway , Texas and Pacific...
Company. In 1891 the railroad bought a plot of land south of Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Plattsmouth is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Nebraska, United States, which was founded in 1855. The population was 6,887 at the 2000 census.-History:...
that caused speculation in the town about the location of a railyard there. The railroad was also subject to a period study of subsidies
Subsidy
A subsidy is an assistance paid to a business or economic sector. Most subsidies are made by the government to producers or distributors in an industry to prevent the decline of that industry or an increase in the prices of its products or simply to encourage it to hire more labor A subsidy (also...
it received from local and state governments.