Granger roads

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·add. ·- Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying the produce of farmers or grangers;

— specifically applied to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads.

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Granger
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