Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-21
I'VE intend to manufacture 1t.

I'VE intend to manufacture 1t.
Mr. Morrison's flshy eyes nearly pop
ped out Of his head. He controlled
himself with m effort.
"Mr. Thorpe" said he, "lct us try to
be reasonable. Our case stands this
way: We have gone n a great deal OF
expense on the Ossa vinamakee in ex.
pectation Of undertaking very extern
sivc operations there. To that end we
have cleared the stream, built three
dams and have laid the foundations Of
a harbor and boom. This has been
very expensive. Now. your purchase
includes most Of what We had meant to
log. You have. roughly speaking. about
SO0.OO0c0O in your holding, In addition
to which there are several millions
scattered near IL which would pay no.
body but yourself to get in. Our hold
inEs are farther up stream and com.
prise only about the equal Of yours"
Three hundred millions are not to
be sneesed at" replied Thorpe.
"Certalnly not" agreed Morrison
suavely, gaining confidence In the
sound Of his own voice. Not In this
country. But you must remember that
man goes into the northern peninsula
only because ne can get something bet
ter there than here. when the Arm Of
Morrison 4 DAILY establishes itself now
II must re- for the last time. We want
enough timber to do rs for the rest OF
the tine va are in business"
On that case yen will have 10 nunt
mp another locality" replied Thorpe
calmly.
Merri.~n's eyes flashed. but he re-
tained his . appearance Of g"niality ana
appealed tn wallace Carpenter.
Then ysu will r~tain the advantage
Of our dams and inprovements| said
he. rs that fair!"
"No, not on the face Of it," admitted
Thorpe. But yen did your work in
nav,x~ble stream for private pur-
poses without the consent Of the hoard
Of control. Your presence on the river
Is illegal. You should have taken out
a charter a. an improvement company
Then as lene as you attended to bust
ness and kept the concern in repair
we'd have paid you toll per thousand
feet. As seen a. yeu let IT slide. how
ever, the works wonld revert to tn
state. won't hinder your doing that
yet. although might. Take out your
charter and Ak your rate Of toll"
Tn ether words. you force us to stay
there ana run q little two by four i'm
Prevement company for your ben-h'
Or else lose the value Of our improve
nsnsv
suit yourself" answered Thorps
carslessly. You can always log your
present holdings"
very we'll" cried Morrison. 80 sud
denly in a pa ssicn that wallace started
back. IT'S war; And let me tell you
this. ysung maA-ycu're new concern
ana were an cid ene. Wen crush yeu
like that" re crisped an envelope vim
aictively and threw 1t in the waste
basket
Crush ahead" replied Thorpe. with
great gocA hnrcr "Goodby. Mr.. Nor
riseA" And the two went ont.
Wallace was sruttering and trem.
OIlnk lI1 nervous
was ene Of these tsnperaments which
required acton ia relieve the stress Of .
stormy Interview. Re wanted to DC
o,nethlRg at once. Hadn't we better
see lavy"r?" he asked. Oughtn',
We to lock out that they dent take
some of our pine! OuEhtn't We
Yen tn.t 1save all that 70 me-" re
piled Thorpe The nrst thing we wan
to do 10 to rustic some money
And you can Leave that to me-
echoed Wallace. II know little Q!
snch things, and l have business con
ncctions who know more You JUS
get ths csmp runaing."
IN ytsrt for Bay City tonight" sub
Hitt-d TksrHe. There enght IA be 4:
good lot Of lu'nher jacks lying arcrnt
Idle at this tin. Of year. and It's ,
good place 10 sut2t frsm because ",
can probably get freight rates direct by
boat. ws'll be- little late in starting
but we'll get in some logs this wintc
anyway"