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| <tab>Angus A. Grant was the oldest of the three Grant brothers of the Grant Brothers railway-building firm. (The others were Lewis A. Grant and John R. Grant.) We may suppose that Angus A. Grant worked on his father’s farm in his early years and that his formal education was limited. But however limited his early advantages may have been, he was one of the most successful of all the GC-born contractors. If the impression given by newspaper reports can be taken as correct, he was the leading figure in the Grant brothers firm. His obituary in the //Glengarry News// said that “When quite a young man he went west, and, like many from Glengarry, fought his way to fame and fortune, by his indomitable will and close application to business. He was one of the most successful contractors on the Pacific coast and leaves a large fortune.” | <tab>Angus A. Grant was the oldest of the three Grant brothers of the Grant Brothers railway-building firm. (The others were Lewis A. Grant and John R. Grant.) We may suppose that Angus A. Grant worked on his father’s farm in his early years and that his formal education was limited. But however limited his early advantages may have been, he was one of the most successful of all the GC-born contractors. If the impression given by newspaper reports can be taken as correct, he was the leading figure in the Grant brothers firm. His obituary in the //Glengarry News// said that “When quite a young man he went west, and, like many from Glengarry, fought his way to fame and fortune, by his indomitable will and close application to business. He was one of the most successful contractors on the Pacific coast and leaves a large fortune.” |
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| <tab>For the early history of the Grant brothers firm, see the entry for Lewis A. Grant. In a report on John A. Chisholm’s tour of the Canadian and American West, the readers of the //Freeholder// were told that the existence of Albuquerque, New Mexico was owing “in great measure to the initiative of the Grant Brothers” and John D. Mcdonald as men who built the Santa Fe railroad. (//Cornwall Freeholder// 7 Oct. 1915) The town of Grants, New Mexico, is named after the Grant brothers. The firm’s camp for railway workers was called Grants’ Camp. The railway station was given the name Grant, and the post office had the same name from 1882 to 1935. In Spanish the name Grantes was used. In 1936 the post office changed the name to Grants. | <tab>For the early history of the Grant brothers firm, see the entry for [[grant_lewis|Lewis A. Grant]]. In a report on John A. Chisholm’s tour of the Canadian and American West, the readers of the //Freeholder// were told that the existence of Albuquerque, New Mexico was owing “in great measure to the initiative of the Grant Brothers” and John D. Mcdonald as men who built the Santa Fe railroad. (//Cornwall Freeholder// 7 Oct. 1915) The town of Grants, New Mexico, is named after the Grant brothers. The firm’s camp for railway workers was called Grants’ Camp. The railway station was given the name Grant, and the post office had the same name from 1882 to 1935. In Spanish the name Grantes was used. In 1936 the post office changed the name to Grants. |
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| <tab>In 1889, A.A. Grant and an American associate, Gen. James A. Williamson, the president of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, bought for $434,076 a tract of 13,316.25 acres in the Moraga Valley, east of Oakland, California. A month later, the articles of incorporation were signed for the Moraga Land Association, a business company intended to develop the Moraga tract. The five “Directors or Trustees” of the corporation included the brothers Angus A. and Lewis A. Grant and their cousin Arthur Burton. Angus’ place of residence was given as Albuquerque, and Lewis’ as Los Angeles. The Moraga development project did not thrive, and in 1899 the land itself was lost when the original vendor foreclosed on the mortgage. In 1905 the charter, presumably worthless by this time, on which the project was based was forfeited for failure to pay the license tax. | <tab>In 1889, A.A. Grant and an American associate, Gen. James A. Williamson, the president of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, bought for $434,076 a tract of 13,316.25 acres in the Moraga Valley, east of Oakland, California. A month later, the articles of incorporation were signed for the Moraga Land Association, a business company intended to develop the Moraga tract. The five “Directors or Trustees” of the corporation included the brothers Angus A. and Lewis A. Grant and their cousin Arthur Burton. Angus’ place of residence was given as Albuquerque, and Lewis’ as Los Angeles. The Moraga development project did not thrive, and in 1899 the land itself was lost when the original vendor foreclosed on the mortgage. In 1905 the charter, presumably worthless by this time, on which the project was based was forfeited for failure to pay the license tax. |
