The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-06

cnias uAAsr wAioA the Tine has Dssa
constructed and By which 1t 10 opee-
atsd. through the provisions OF which
1t will be held"
Have the people surrendered thsls
rights absolutely to the GothAA
Freight Traction company"
I should say that they had"
Are they delivered, bound han1
and foot, to this c~orporationT
We'll. you put 1t rather poeticallyj
but In substance your remark 10 true
And have they no redress or ~
eourss!"
Certainly"
And what u tAat."
I haven't the slightest objscuon -
telling you They caa revoke tAs
franchis>-t the expiration of tAe
ntusty-nins-ysar term"
Il that all they can Ao!"
Absolutely ali You see. thsrsfoesL
It would b quite hopeless for YOU to
attempt to Axht this corporation, svon
With the alliance and support OF the
people. which It IL BY NO msans ssr
tain you could gain"
And that Is your unprejudiced opt1r
nn!~
IT 10. Therefore I urge upon you
the acceptance q my offer to mediate
between you and them."
And YOU say your interest u purely
impsrsonal!"
"Eaurely."
Z am glad. ~ I said before, -
know that" returned 0ormly. ~
cause l should not like to md myp>lf
in opposition to who has mani.
tested such Headlines t me 40 you
have"
haldane looked up suspiciously:
but 0ormly's appearance was abso
lutsly guilslssa.
Tor Notwithstanding what you tell
ne" the merchant continued, all OF
which 10 doubtless trua. l propose to
enter the contest with tho Gotham
Freight Traction company. have
never allowed myself to be robbed: I
have never been beaten by trickeyy
and ~chicanery; and l don't propose Ia
be robbed or beatsa now"
Ruin. absolute ruin. 10 before you
said the other earnestly. III you En-
gage in this contest.
But sir. they are trying to hold me
up-to use = blunt p~hrase-for a mil
lion dollars for a thing that should
not be worth a tenth Cf that amount
on a liberal basis. Morally"
Morals. my dear Mr.. Gormly, some
bow Bel to have little to do with
business. You must do what they
like, Or"
He shrugged his shoulders.
I'VE shall see," said Gormly. Il h.
lieve. though am not a student OF
military history. that an able general
10 n who takes advantage OF the
mistakes OF the enemy, and that more
battles are won by such sharp sighted
endeavor than by deliberate plan
ming"
But suppose you did succeed, what
then! How would that affect the
Gotham Freight Traction company"
Meanwhile" said Gormly, and In
this instance he deliberately laid all
his cards on the table. Il propose to
take advantage Ct the one blunder OF
the Gotham Freight Traction COM
pany."
And what Is that!' asked Hal
dane with intense eagerness. There
was no longer the faintest preten0e
between these two His cards were
on the table az well. although he had
not admitted 1t.
In order to make the franchise Of
the Gotham Freight Traction company
really OF value, to complete the sye.
tenn, without which it begins and ends
in the air. they must have the old
New York Street Car company fran
chise which expires next spring. Il
covers the only available routes and
the only available streets to connect
the two ends of the Gotham enter
prise. Somehow or other the astute
minds controlling the corporation
failed to secure the renewal OF this
franchise. 1t has to be voted upon
and passed in the spring"
The present administration" wos
the quick reply, will be in power un.
til the April elections. The franchise
expires in March. No re-grAnt of II
could be made until then. It will be
renewed before a new administration
could supplant the old. even II your
wild dreams were successful"
That IL to be seen." answered
Gormly cooliy.
my dear sir. 1t IL SELF evident
by no a Public opinion shah
be aroused on the question Of the 70
newal Of the franchise of the New
York Street Car company, with a clear