The railroad enterprise of the Big Four in the 1870s
A) enjoyed a high degree of freedom from competition.
B) had to compete with nearly one hundred other railroad companies for local business.
C) had to compete with two other railroad companies for transcontinental revenues.
D) had to compete with water transportation companies.
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