Harriman Vs. HillIn 1901, the Northern Pacific was an unlikely prize: a twice bankrupt construction of the federal government, it was a two bit railroad (literallyfive years back, its stock traded for twenty five cents a share). But it was also a key to connecting eastern markets through Chicago to the rising West. Two titans of American railroads set sights on it: James J. Hill, head of the Great Northern and largest individual shareholder of the Northern Pacific,