The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-04

and its practical nature was seen by business men
Minds preliminary plan to issue shares Of stock
to the farmers and businessmen for which they would
contribute labor the grade money. He figured
that $40 from every quarter section of land through
which the railroad passed would form capital large
enough for basis. He shrewd enough to see
that there would be needed some additional capital
to equip the road after the grade should be compet
ed. He had now arrived al the point in his plans
where il necessary 10 secure the means for the
raising OF this fund.
So he determined on step which set the press of
the northwest into a roar of mirth He announced
his intention of going TO New York TO negotiate for
the capital to complete the road.
II a bright morning in February when Minds
reached New York He did not pause to look at the
sights. but he left the station he began
hunt for the haunts of the nanciers. He found
his great dismay that the day a holiday. But
ne was especially anxious TO see a western United
States senator whose real home in New York
and who wealthy railroad protector So he
learned the senator's residence address and went
the house And this is the story Minds told the
Dakota farmers of his visit to the east:
Il rung the bell at the senator's house. and the
feer that opened the door told that the senator
wasn't up yet Though it was after o'clock. He
told tub come back at noon, but he was sure the
senator wouldn't see me that day Well, l went back
at plum nOon and the senator's wife leastways
s'pOse she his wife. opened the door. When
asked to the senator she told that he wouldn't
see Inc ner anybody else. l told her that wouldn't
i
san miles fer that one thing l went on ten' her
about the Farmers Railroad in Dakota and she kept
refusin' and guess between two there was
considerable noise, until finally the Senator himself
out to what the row. He laughed when
he me, for some reason and told me to come in
anyway
But tell yuh, he mad enough when he found
what had come fer. Why he says I'm bothered
to death every day with these swindlers an fools
l told him then purity warmlike that l wasn't a
SWndler a fool. but plain Dakota farmer and
KEEP a-talkn' that way until he said. weary-like
oh, WELL set down, and let's hear quick what's yer
scheme
so got out my map and pinned it again the wall
and begun tub tell him the whole thing ez | hey told
it tub you. and he set there, sayin nuthin but
bnkin' his eyes. Well when got all tired out and
couldn't think of anything else tub say he begun to
talk, and wisht yuh could have heard the questions
he asked There was the queerest things he
asked abOut-where I lived what kind of a house
who my wife was how many children we had. what
We had tub eat, how done my farmn'. who my
neighbors was and thousand more questions jes
about as funny.
In the evenin' he sent out fer a chum of his and
l went over the whole thing again. Then we had
supper, er dinner they called it. and it was sure
meal before that Well, i tell yum. it was a funny
sight, me tellin them milonaires about things out
here the prairie. Finally, after they had looked
my papers and that wasn't fraud they
got of in d corner and talked long time Well the
upshot of it that they agreed give me Just what
wanted, guarantee to loan $4,000 mile for the
roads equipment when the gradn was done. They
couldn't believe at first that the road could be built
cheap, bat l had all the fggers down purity fine
and showed EN- how il could be done and I've got
their agreement in black and white right in nv
pocket
New York is purity nice, big place, with lots of
sights. and | could have spent whole week there
seem things; but the Farmers RAILROAD didn't have