Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
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The young man we're greatly interested
in the coal. which they examined carefully,
and also the side Of the cave where it COM
posed the wallV They worked nearly all
night measuring, running lines and making
diagrams. We me'sleepy, SO they made
us bed of coats. and we had good nap
When they called us they said we had done
a big thing. they sad the cave formed
qaaf would take
they believed e tJfns could have been run
AS for the coal. they said there were indi-
cations that there was enough In the vein
to run the roadcfor fifty years.
The hardest job eyer had in my life was
to keep all this news to myself. I didn't
dare tell father. Dave. Carrie nor anybody.
but Tommy and I foregathered In out-of
theway places daily. and Rugged each
other to keep from bursting.
The judge had a stormy interview with
Pres Jasen. He offered to make the road
present Of a tunnel to Melton. but NJ.
Jasen told him the road should go through
Greytown. If 1t cost 81 100000 to put it
there. The Judge offered to bet him new
hat that within a year the trains would be
running through Melton, and Mr.. Jasen
ordered him out of his office.
The judge discovered that Mr.. Jasen
controlled the road by a bare majority
OF the stockholders votes. He mailed
circular letter to all whose addresses he
could obtain, setting forth the facts. A
mass meeting of Stockholders was held. and
sufficient pressure brought to bear on the
directors to cause them to unseat Mr..
Jasen, thereby turning the tables very neat
ly for Judge Davis.
Mr.. Hunnewell, the first vice president,
an honest. upright gentleman, was pro-
NOTED to the presidency. He at once set
an investigation on foot, which produced
two important results. Mr.. Jasen was
forced to fly to Europe to keep out of Jail.
and the Greytown route was Immediately
abandoned. The entire civil engineers
force was swung around to Melton, and in
less than three months the construction
trains were running through Melton tunnel.
A series of borngs showed the coal vein to
be particularly rich and heavy. This in
duced the company to erect a large round
house and machine shop on our side of the
ridge Dave. who was personally acquaint-
ed with President Hunnewell, persuaded
him to locate the two big buildings on Mrs.
Stanwood's property. The days of making
presents to induce the company to come
our way having passed, the widow got
big check for a tract of land that would
hardly raise bull thistles.
To avoid as much blasting as possible.
the track was run through the cave on
curve, utilizing the open space.
Owing to Dawes foresight, Mrs. Stan
woods deed specified that they should have
no rights outside of 100-foot right of way.
Whether they trusted to the astuteness of
their lawyers to befog the widow, owing to
all the other deeds being absolutely unre-
stricted, this specification was overlooked
cannot say. but they made preparations for
extensive coal mining.
In the meantime Mrs. Stanwood presented
Carrie with a new father in the person of
honest Dave Wiloughby. AS his wife's
manager. the willy old rairoader allowed
the company to complete it's preparations,
but before the first blow at actual mining
was struck he served an injunction on
them.