West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-06-14

remember this thing at Omaha isn't
going TO last. They can't run road
like this with Harvard graduates and
Boston typewrlters. Therel be an en-
tire new deal down there some fine day.
Stay here with me. and I'll say this.
iailcy, IL go ever. you 20 with mo-"
And HALEY, sitting with his head be-
tween his hands, listening 60 his wife
and TO Bucks, said. one day, Enough"
and the nrst OF the month reported for
duty as roadmaster
Agncw, meantime, had stopped ali
construction work not too fur along 10
discontinue. The bridge ut tho Spider
fortunately was beyond his mandate;
IL was finished 10 rivet as HALEY had
planned II. Three spans, two piers and
pair OF abutments- solid as tho Te-
tons But the Peace river canyon work
was caught In the air. Halley's cais-
sons gave way to piles. which pulled
the cost down from 100000 to $4,000,
and incidentally IL was breathed that
the day for extravagant expenditures
on the West End was past, and Bucks
dipped bit deeper than usual into Cal.
lahan's box OF crosscut and rammcd
the spllntcred lear into his brior bit
harder and said no word
but IL we lose Just one more bridge
It's goodby and gone TO the California
fast freight business" muttercd Calla-
nan. IT'S taken two years TO get it
back as IL IL. Did you tell the president
thatT he growlcd at Bucks, smoking.
Bucks put out his little wave.
II told him everything. told him
we couldn't stand another tie-up. I
showed them all the records. ono
bridge at Peace river three at tho
Spider in ten years"
What did they soyT
said they had entire confidence In
Agnew's Judgment; very eminent au.
thority and that sort; new blood was
making itself felt In every department
that, of course, was fred at me, but
they heard all l intended TO say, just
the same. asked the blooming board
whether they wanted my resignation,
and'-Bucks paused TO laugh silently
the president invited me up 20 tho
Millard TO dine with him. Hello. Phil
HALEY" he exclaimed as the new
roadmaster walked I'm the door. "IIap-
py New Year How's your culverts.
old boyf Ed Pecto said yesterday tho
piles were going I'm down at Peace
river"
Just as good as coficrete ns long as
they stay in," smiled HALEY, "and
they do cost n heap less. This ls great
bridge weather-and for that matter
great track weather"
We had no winter that year till
spring and no spring till summer, and
II was spring OF snow and summer
or water. Down below, the plains were
lost In the snow after Easter eyen-the
snow that brought the BlaclSwood dis
aster with three engines and rotary
to the bad, not to speak OF old man
Sankey, host I'm himself. after that
the snow let up; IL was then no longer
matter of keeping the line clear; It
was matter OF lashing the track TO
the right OF way TO keep Il from swim
ming clear. HALEY had his hands full;
he caught IL all the while and worse
than anybody, but he worked like two
men, for ina pinch that was his way.
Bucks, irritable from repeated blows OF
fortune, leaned on the wlry roadmaster
as he did OH Callahan or Neighbor.
HALEY knew Bucks looked TO him for
the track, and he strained every nerve
making ready for the time the noun
tain SHOWS should go out
There was nobody easy on the West
End, and least Of all HALEY, for that
spring, ahead OF the suns. ahead of the
thaws, ahead OF the waters, came