Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-28

tl EAlClISlOl luS dboSohti
mental, standard gagged, should be,
knocking at the Green Butte door at
the same time, what would the S. l.. &
e. do? The Mormon answer was a
bid for speed; first come, first served.
But ,Adair was given to understand, in
directly, that on an equal footing, our
line would be given the preference as
a friendly ally
Bully for the Mormon! But you
say Copah-this summer. When we
reach Copah we are still one hundred
and forty miles short Of Green Butte.
And if you can broaden the Plug
Mountain in three weeks-which you'll
still allow me to doubt-the Trans.
continental ought to be able to
broaden its Green Butte narrow gauge
in three months
'If you had cross-sectioned both
lines as I have, you wouldn't stumble
over that" said Ford, falling back, as
he commonly did. upon the things he
knew. 1--WE shall broaden the Plug
Mountain without Strengthening a
curve or throwing a shoyelful OF earth
on the embankment. from beginning
to end. On the other hand, the Green
Butte narrow gauge runs for seventy
miles through the crookedest canyon
Rocky Mountain river ever got lost
in. There is more heavy rock work to
be done in that canyon than on our
entire Pannikin division from start to
finish"
That's bully for u.s., quoth the first
assistant. But all the same, we
shouldn't stop at Copah, this fall
1--WE shall not stop at Copah,'' was
the decisive rejoinder. The winters
on the western side of the range are
much milder than they are here, and
not to be spoken of in the same day
with your Minnesota and Dakota
stamping -ground. If we can get well
out Of the mountains before the heavy
SHOWS come"
Frisbie wagged him head.
IT guess I've got it all, now-afte1
so long time We merely break
the record for fast railroad building
all the records--for the next SIX
months or So Is that about it,"
you've surrounded it." said Fore
tersely
Good enough: we're ready to make
the break when you give the word
! What are we waiting for?'
,"Just at this moment, for the con
tractors
"Why. I understands you had closet
with the Marlborough Brothers,
said F'risbie.
mo. AT the last moment-to re
lieve me OF responsibility which
might give rise to charges Of favor
itism, as he put iC-Mr Colbrith tool
the bids out of my hands and carried
the decision up to the executive com
mittee. Hence, We wait; and keep
growing army of labors here unde
pay while we wait" said Ford witt
disgust thinly masked. Then h
I added: with all due respect to MI
I Colbrith, he is simply senile frost!
Frisbie chuckled.
Been cooling your fingers, has he
But I understand from the headqual
tiers people downtown, that the Mac
Morroghs had sure thing on tn
grading and rock work. Their BIZ
was the lowest, wasn't it,"
Yes; but not the cheapest for tn
company. Dick. I've been keeping ia
on the MacMorroghs for good while
they are grafters; the kind of me
who take it out of the company an
out of their labor in thousand petit
little steals--three profits on the con
, missary, piece-work for subs wher
they know a mans got TO lose gu
: steals on the working hours, fine
and drawbacks and discounts On tn
pay-rolls, and all that. You know ho'
; it's done
"Sure," agreed Frisbie, with hi
most diabollcal grin. Also, I kno
: how it keeps the engineering depar
i ment on the hottest borders of Hade