Railroad subsidies in the Rockies Gibson v. Mason – Nevada, 1869 (5 Nev. 283)
| “A railroad is a public highway, affording facilities for easy and rapid travel to the public, and aiding in developing the resources of the country, and making markets for its productions easy of access. That private individuals are to own the road and receive the tolls in no wise impairs or diminishes these advantages to the public. The question for the Legislature to determine in such cases is simply whether the work when perfected will be of sufficient advantage to the public to warrant public aid being given to it; not whether the public are to receive all the benefits from it.” - Justice _, in Gibson |
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