The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-13

all the more keeniy because their epir-
It's had been raised SO high. But Ii
their disappointment was keen. 1t was
no more SO than that of tho men who
planned tho building. Each day Mr..
Fellman and Mr.. Grumbach autographed
to the steel company. alternately urs-
ing and pleading for the steel, but 1t
was no use. Telegraphing became sim
ply a waste of money. SO they waited
and waited. But ono day Mr.. Grum-
bach determined he could wait no long
err He left Galveston and went to ST.
Louis. From st. Louis he went to
Pittsburg.
Then he hurried to the ONCE of the
United States Steel Corporation. He
told who he was and what brought him
to PittsburS. The men he saw were
polite and kindly. but would do notn
ing for him. They explained that they
had orders for many hundreds of
thousands of tons of steel. in fact. they
never had such volume of orders at
one time before. 1t was the absolute
rule of the corporation that all bust
ness should take It's turn. orders being
filled in accordance with the time OF
receipt. The Fcllman order was far down
the list, There were some manw tre-
mendously big orders ahead of it--ord-
ers that would take long time to fill.
The Fellman order might not be reach
ed for two. three or four months.
| Mr. Grumbacn thought OF the bare
foundations at Galveston and of the
people who passed them day after day
and what they thought and what they
| felt as they went by.
Which of your mills has the order
for our stcel?" hc asked.
The Camoria," was the reply.
I'll so there ana see If can hurry
| them up" he declared.
Go II you wish,'' was the word he
| got, "but 1t Is no use. We are doing
| everything We can to push work, but
we simply cannot keep up with our
orders"
/ He went to the Cambria mills and
was passed from official to official as
he had been in Pittsburg. 1t was the
same story over again. They were
gracious and willing to do every
thing in their power, but they had to
get out work in regular order The
whole country was crying for steel, and
MIR. Grumbach was only one of dozens
and dozens making personal appeals
for material that was overdue.
AS last resource he went TO the
big boss--the head of the great es-
tablishmcnt. He had beer away when
Mr.. Grumbach arrived, Sut had just
returned. A big pile of correspon-
dencc awaited his attention and he was
eager to dispose of it. He was ac-
cnstomed to listening to appeals fox
the rushing of orders and listening
TO them meant the wasting of just SO
many minutes of his valuable time.
Possibly he showed a slight trace of
annoyance as Mr.. Grumbach began 10
1 speak.
MY dear Sir" said the big boss,
i interruptinG his caller. II am sorry
bu, can do nothing. It's useless to
4 discuss the matter We will furnish
4 the New York subway. We have to get
4 10 Your order, We can do no more.
i We have A great order of steel for
i the New York Subway We have ia get
/ that out of tho way before VIC can
touch anything else. We are work
\ ing night and day and to the utmost
I! limit Of our capacity. Go home and
4 pc patient, ! promise YOU that lust
as soon as We roach your order Wen
f|fill,it and hurry tho stuff to YOU
Mr.. Grumhach thanked him, but did
/ not rise to go Instead. he asked the
Indulgence of Inc big boss for few
! minutes And in those few minutes he
4 spoke perhaps more fewently' than lie
knows Hc told the big boss it was
not the steel for just a skyscraper he
wanted, but the steel that meant the
4 stiffenns OF the sturdy backbone of u
city that had been sorely tried
4! Briefly and graphically lie told the
story of the struggle Galveston had
undergone after the storm; ~ OF its de-
A preston and Its gloom, Of It's efforts to
i rise and of Its disappointments. Then
4 he told of the seawall project and next
LOT the Fellman enterprises, and what
4 1t meant to tho city He told Of tho
A effect the delay had on the spirits OF
the peorle, and he pictured what three,
4 four, six months moro delay meant In
a sentimental way
4 Il tell YOU this he said in closing.
I mot $ a member OF the Fellnan com,
4 panY, but a. n citizen of Galveston,
4 and it lis as citizen of Galveston.
Il knowing the good the building of this
!. structure will do for Galveston, thatfI
II have come these nearly 1000 Miles
4 The big boss had begun to move
4 about In his chair as MIR. C,Yumbach
A spoke, When Galveston was mentioned
he sat up .straisht When Mr.. 5Grum-
4 bach finished he hit the bell on the
l'deslS harder than ii had been struck
4 IN many a day To tho boy who re-
Isponded he gave orders to summon
various men IN 9 hurry, X The men
II same Within n minute N
u Then the nd boss began giving