The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-30
"wel, ON the first day of September

ou llc uISl 0dy VI oCplcI3DCi
the C. & c. P. people gave the Utah
management notice TO quit"
They are bloated monopolists." said
Adams, sententiously. Still. l don't
see why there should be any scrap
ping over the line in Quartz Creek
canyon"
MOI You are not up in monopo-
listic methods. In six months from
September LIST the Utah people will
be shut .out of Carbonate business,
which is all that keeps that part of
their line alive. If they want a share
of that traffic after March LIST. they
will have to have a road of their own
to carry ii over"
Precisely" said Adams. sitting
yawn. They are building one, aren't
they?"
Trying to- Winton amended. But.
unfortunately, the only practical route
through the mountains is up Quartz
Creek canyon, and the canyon is al
ready occupied by branch of the Col
orado & Grand River"
Still. l don't see why there should
be any scrap"
Don't you? II the Rajah's road can
keep the new line out of Carbonate
will have 4 monopoly of all the carry
ing trade Of the camp. By consequence
it can force every shipper in the dis
trict to make iron-clad contracts, so
that when the Utah line is finally COM
pleted it won't be able to secure any
freight for year at least"
"Oho! that's the game, is it? l be-
gin to savvy the burro; that's the prop
er phrase, isn't 1t? And what are our
chances?"
I'VE have about one in a hundred
as near as l could make out from Mr.
CallowelIs statement of the case. The
c. &c G. r. people are moving heaven
and earth TO obstruct us in the can
yon. If they can delay the work a lit
tie longer. the weather will do the
rest. With the first heavy snow in
the mountains. which usually comes
long before this, the Utah Will have to
put up its tools and wait till next
summer"
Adams lighted another cigarette.
Pardon me if am inqusitive," he
said. but for the life of me 1 cam
understand what these obstructionlst.
can do. or course, they can't use
force"
they? Wait till you get on the ground.
But the first move was peaceabie
enough. They got an injunction from
the courts restraining the new line
from encroaching on their right of
way"
(which was thing that nobody
wanted to do" said Adams, between
limitations.
hi, 81
do, corrected Winton. THE CANYON
is narrow gorge-a mere slit in parts
OF IT. This is where they have u.s."
On, We'll; 1 suppose we took an:
appeal and asked to have the in
junction set aside?"
We did, promptly: and that is the
present status of the fight. The appeal
decision has not, yet been handed
down: and in the meantime we go on
building railroad. mourning all the pen
alties for contempt OF court with
every shoyel:ul OF earth moved. Do
of ossifying?"
Adams let the question rest while he
asked one of his own.
How do you come to be mixed I'D
In 1t, Jack? week ago some one
told me you were going to South
America to build railroad in the
Andes. What switched your
Winton shook his head. Fate. I
guess; that and a wire from Presi-
dent Caldwell, of the Utah, Offering
me this. Chief of Construction Evarts,
in charge of the work in Quartz Creek
canyon, said what You said a few
minutes ago-that he had not hired
out for a soldier. He resigned, and
I'm taking his berth"
Adams rose and buttoned his coat.
by all of which it seems that we
two are in for a good bit more than
the ossifying exile he remarked. And
then: Il am going back into the Rose
mary to pay my respects to Miss Vir-
ginia Cartaret. Won't you come alons.2"
No, said Winton. more shortly than
the invitation warranted; and the tech
nologian went his way alone.
CHAPTER II.
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