Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-15

men for their trouble in case they
should give him permission was met
win panied silence or explosive wrath.
IL was furthermore pointed out to him
mat the board had no power. the
rights of the people having been vest.
ca IN the corporation for q ninety-nine
year period. 1t was too bad that the
innocent aldermen had allowed them
serves to be placed in such an unfor-
tunate position; but so it was-and
there you were. There was no help
Tor the matter, and Gormly's only re-
source was to pay the money, unless
ne wanted to unload his goods into
truck wagons and vans and cart them
all over the city. OF course he could
do this; but 1t would be much easier,
more profitable and more desirable in
every way If he had the right to run
cars out on the pier alongside Of the
vessels of his fleet and transport the
merchandise in bulk in that way.
lie was in a very desperate situa.
ton. Here he was saddled with a
twenty-fve-year lease of one Of the
$1,000 N"PNiSiNS Il'lo III N'" NJ,
here he had q great warehouse six
blocks or more away from the pier;
here he had also a vast store several
miles from the warehouse; here was
Il railroad that practically connected
all three, provided une or two little
spurs or switches could be built from
pier to railroad, and from warehouse
tn railroad II r,ny pnrhDnc tho Dnn
mistake that he had made in his bust.
ness career not to have arranged mat
ters before all this carc to n climax.
The railroad people meant to make
him pay. They were resolved that
he should; he was equally determined
that he would not.
He was not alone In his position,
however; for it was found on all sides
he discovered it by making quiet In.
q~uiries-that other shippers and
merchants seeking similar privileges
were being held up in the same way.
The road had proved enormously ex.
pensive to build: the stock, had been
watered numerically, Contracts
had been entered into for the
construction of switches were found
to be of little value; means we're avail.
able to break them and evade them,
and the whole water front Of New
York found itself practically helpless
in the grasp of this octopus of Il corpo
ration.
There had been no clamor in the pa
pers over this matter; but there was
tremendous undercurrent of resent.
nent and dissatisfaction, and Gormly
he saw an opportunity Of turn
ing it to his own account. To expose
iniquitous methods of procedure
Of the Gotham Freight Traction com,
pany. to bring about its ruin or its
downfall by depriving it of the fran.
1t was abusing, to safeguard the
in their rights in any further
was certainly an object sufi-
high and sufficiently vast to
attract the attention, and, should he
succeed, to awaken the admiration of
any being. And Gormly himself with.
out losing sight of Miss Haldane be,
gan to look at the possibilities from a
high and noble point of view, in which
self-interest tool a secondary position.
Therefore, late in November he
boldly out In the open, and over
his own name vigorously attacked the
Gotham Freight Traction company.
did it in a unique way, too. In.
stead of the full page advertisement
Of GOrmly's store which appeared
simultaneously in all the great dailics.
was presented one morning in
clear, direct. businesslike English a
statement of the whole situation ex
actly as 1t was. There were NO threats.
no menaces, no limitations Of any fu'
ture plan or purpose: just a blunt
statement of facts printed in large
double-leadcd type, and signed with
the familiar facsimile of his now ia.
autograph.
CTO BE CONTINUED)