Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-06-27

you accommodate us2"
When / said three thousand dol
lars replied Mr.. Gripper, l meant to
include only ten acres of land. 1t you
want ten acres more, l must call it
thirty-fve hundred"
And with this monstrous proposition,
which was to be open three days, the
parties separated.
One of the gentlemen of Mr.. Bates
party was Beneto Mcintosh, the most &C
Emphasized civil engineer of the day.
You speak of another fall below
here,n he said, after ne had left Grip
per's residence.
Yes" answered Bates, "but you
will find it utterly impracticable.
Still Mcintosh desired to look at it,
and thither the party bent their steps.
The fall was found to be tumbling,
dashing food, pouring down a decliv
ity of at least seventy feet in a distance
of twenty rods, leaping and surging
over the jagged shelves of rocks into
boiling chasm below, while on both
hands arose perpendicular walls of solid
granite. showing that at some period
far remote the mountain torrent had
literally cut its way through the ada
mantine ledge.
Mcintosh examined the land below
the falls, and at a point not far distant
in that direction he found a shallow
swell, or gully overgrown with grass
and shrubbery, but with a deposit of
river sand upon its bottom. The ap
pearance of The place attracted his at
tention
Probably" said Mr.. Bates, ait is
where the melted snow and heavy rain
find their course from the hills"
81 think not" said Mcintosh. "This
sand is from the river-not from the
hills-and you will observe that it could
the water below. Let US follow it,
So they struck into the water path,
and followed it up around the ledge, by
an easy and gradual ascent, until it led
them upon the rivers bank nearly a
quarter of mile from the fall.
Eurekal" cried Mcintosh, clapping
his hands, exultantly. "Here we have
water course, marked out and graded
by Nature herself, which will yield a
, power immeasurably superior to the
one above. And, moreover, all danger
from food is debarred."
| The others quickly comprehended the
t value of the discovery. They saw that
: by cutting canal along the old water
: course over which the river had poured
l astream at its highest flood, they would
/ be able to control the water at will, and
/ use it over and over again for mills, set
' on below the other along the grace
/ fully curved track. And two things
t more-the sites were more favorable
A for building than were those above,
. with better timber land surrounding,
: and the furious cataract would not be
: between their mills and the market.
The next question was, Who owned
the newly discovered privilege? 1t be-
l longed to David Somerby. They visited
him and carefully opened their business.
t "Look here, gentlemen" he said, at
D ter they had beaten the bush awhile
| their experience with Gripper had made
: them cautious" let US understand
f each other. Tell me plainly what you
r want, and 1 will tell you as plainly what
[ will do on my part.
t Mr.. Bates made up his mind that he
2 had an honest mana straigh forward
E man-to deal with, and he state his
= case plainly and frankly. He not only
| IOAo hOW lAO OOfOAOE
= the alter power and erect their mills
| but he went on to point out the advan
: tages which would result to the owner
4 of the adjoining land, both in enhanc
S ing the value of the land in itself, and
S also of the magnificent pine and spruce
;, timber with which il was covered.
!, Mr.. Sombery listened attentively, anc
J. at length told them to call upon him OF
e the following morning. He wanted to
e sleep upon it.
7 That evening Jasper Gripper called
r down to see his friend Somerby. H.
g wanted to purchase five hundred acres
i more or less, of the pine interval spruc,
e upland adjoining his land. Grippe
i fought shy, and hung on, and Somerb
;, only got rid of him by assuring hin
g that he was not at present at liberty t
sell.
l. "Aha r. chuckled Gripper. ether
k ere mill folks have been here. The
n want the land. Well, let them buy it
II l shall own the land between it an
d their mills, and they'll find it har
h work to get their logs up without m
o consent"
And Gripper returned to his home
l. firmly persuaded that the company ha
resolved to purchase his water privileg,
" Obi why had he not asked them fiv
O. thousand dollars for it?
On the following morning Mr.. Bate
~ and his friends we're punctual, and whe
d, Mr.. Somerby had been asked what col
it ISOLATION he had arrived at, he spoke {
follows:
C. Gentlemen, have thought the ma
h ter all over and have made up N
mind. have two propositions to max
is and you can accept which you choos
S. All told, own about fifteen hundre
sr acres of land in this section, and tn
r. river cuts it nearly in halves. Flu
ID half of it is rich interval covered wit
W pine, and the rest is upland and hill
ID with spruce, hemlock, and oak. FRS
l will give you the land for your cours
-e and deed you the power, and also civ
ID you all the land necessary for your mi
le buildings, provided that you, on you
lie part, will set at once about developir
t, and improving the power and putin
t. up the mill. Or, | will turn all N
Of land into the stock of the company,
lr fair appraisal, and become one