Perhaps due to railroad interests at the time, Clifton was renamed "Newport."
Some owners controlled railroad interests, an additional complicating factor.
He was a bright lawyer, and mostly served railroad interests.
Kimball lost most of his railroad interests shortly after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.
He left his rubber operations and local railroad interests in the care of his son, Adolf.
From 1953 to 1957, Abele was a lobbyist for railroad interests.
The Vanderbilt family had by then given up control of most of their former railroad interests.
The matter is hotly disputed among truckers, railroad interests and safety advocates.
He also had real estate and railroad interests.
He later sold parcels to the Catholic church and to railroad interests.
