His wife Sophia operated a riverside hotel known as "Bellona Hall," and his longtime rivalry with Daniel Drew led him to be the target of a conspiracy by C.K. Garrison and Charles Morgan, his former business agents.
FIST 2009  Packet by Harvard (Bruce Arthur, Eric Mukherjee) with contributions from Mike Bentley, Aaron Rosenberg, and Jonathan Magin  Tossups  This man drove his rival Edward Collins out of business by refusing to accept a subsidy, but he shut down a venture nicknamed the "People's Line" after being paid off by his competitors. His wife Sophia operated a riverside hotel known as "Bellona Hall," and his longtime rivalry with Daniel Drew led him to be the target of a conspiracy by C.K. Garrison and Charles Morgan, his former business agents. Also known for financing the stock-broking career of Victoria Woodhull, his youth was spent working for Thomas Gibbons. He famously wrote "I will not sue you, as the law is too slow; I will destroy you" as part of the so-called "Erie War," in which he opposed Gould and Fisk for control of New York railroads. FTP, name this railroad baron nicknamed the Commodore, the namesake of a private university in Tennessee.
FIST 2009  Packet by Harvard (Bruce Arthur, Eric Mukherjee) with contributions from Mike Bentley, Aaron Rosenberg, and Jonathan Magin  Tossups  
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