Arizona republican., 1902-02-04

/ The stranger What can do for you 90
! he asked.
! Wei" SAID tAz western cisy c.5cial.
/ "! don / know any better 7la-e to come
Cor inlCI1ial ION thar 20 .. ueSsuaD cr
( Office. 3 did net inow 81, taac ycs,
might have ~ your tongues end Jlc
names Of EaiT 81 dozen electrical eX-
( Terrs th@t } can CALI on il order 70 got
/ certain Information about the actual
cost OF Installing electrical plants and
! me fUuisE-us g electricity 10 con-
5uI1ci-s. There's a row out in my Town.
: in the city government itsclS and he
tween rival electrical concerns. The
mayer and a eooi part Of the govern
ueEJ- Including ls-s-elf. are with one or
thc ,o,aluanies- !,'e believe ,hat they-
have u better proposiJio. than the
snarp game. T.is second company
claims 20 have some hold on the city
/ because OF IN ordinance passed three
years aeo aud we've got u fight H.
Now. if l can Get the opinions OF some
way Gp' experts here in Chicago 20
show that The company which ! favor
iiaS the best proposition. why it viii
/ neip secure the franchise for il, ana
it's a franchise tilau ia tac end Will be
worth millions to the company. The
concern has an expert named Smith
row in Omaha. and I've been consult
Ing vita lin. and when / ge, the cS-
pert opinions here ! hall confer with
him aSaiu on IG.- return and GaG out
how best 10 use ;heIn- IL. carrying our
case"
Eily Smith unused minute. Here
was 4 chance to help his brother To
whom: le was heholdcn for many ia
vors. I've been ? Chicago reporter Tor
many years. RI. NcCovern,' ne said.
OF the biggest electrical 2harps il the
city. / don't mind telling you though
it isn't necessary 10 go into details. that
feel q peculiar interest in this Omaha
case, and if you don't mind III go out
With you aa soon as the city editor gets
down ana introduce sou personally TO
the men you wan 20 see. Sit down
and read the papers Tor a vi,ile.'
Three hours later Billy and Attorney
NcCovcrn were - tle Office of a man
WHO knows so much about electricity
that You get . shock eve~y time you
shake hands with him. The great cleo
trician wanted II please Billy. and SO
n listened carefully TO what the at
torney had to say and then gave him a
lot of figures.
This is enough of ITSELF said At
torney McGovern, after they had left
the osice. to carry Smiths and my
case against that shark COMPANY"
They went 10 three other Offices ana
We're given three other signed expert
statements which Mr.. atcG5oVern. de-
U!arcd clinciled his case beyond per-
adventure of failure. After this bust
ness was closed up Billy Smith. in the
warmth OF his heart and with the recol-
lection OF many brotherly favors IN his
mind, took Attorney McGovern 20 the
SWEETEST Chicago restaurant and made
Rim his guest at a luncheon at which
several costly upright things s,ood by
the plates. Then they went to a matt
nee and Billy Smith bought the tickets
It was the happiest coincidence in the
world for this newspaper hey that it
vas tho one day of the week when he
Looked upon the face OF the cashier.
lSy the time they We're out OF the the-
ater for good and had pledged eternal
friendship before saying farewell there
was just a solitary dollar note left in
Billy Smiths pay envelope. He con-