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There are more speculators about New Westminster and Victoria than there were in Winnipeg during the boom and they are a much sharper lot. Nearly every person is more or less interested and you will have to be on your guard against all of them.

William Cornelius Van Horne

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William Cornelius Van Horne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1843
Born: February 3
Died: 1915
Died: September 11
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