The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-12-27

you In such inhuman actionr
"Our orders are to put thos.
fuse to pay fares off the train y "a0 =
well" said the passenger u.
you'll have to put me of. w. .u ll
my money behind and have nots, s 'ett
pay with" ns b
The conductor pulled the hen
the train stopped The passenper aad
no resistance, but walked tn III. uaas
form and got off into a swami p ~
train went on, leaving him standi,. .as
the track looking after it. Thon : %
looking up and down the linz :. urst
road he started on foot to purs !. -, aas
journey. ue ols
A few days later the passen,o,
couldn't pay his fare went tn.. moo
Offices OF the road and asked to sse -. .as
general superintendent. He ws,t tas|
nalf an hour. then was ushered int -
room OF a sleek looking man rs s
asked him what he could do for h sual
He told the story of being mt n, M. ~
train and said he had come n as =. .us
settlement for damages or he woa,s
sue for them. The superintendent, ssiS
that If he would call In at room NJ, NV :
he would find the official who abuses
all claims. The passenger went -
there. had talk with the claim ofs,a.
who got out Of him all the informo,,eS'
he desired. asked him what he wors
settle for. got him to put it In writ,r.
took his address and said be Womb
write him about the matter.
The passenger never heard FINN h,,.
Not long after this it was ey,aen.
that there was manipulation n -.
stock Of the road. No one MT .ras 40
the president. could find out who w..
at the bottom Of it. The price Of ths
securities would 60 up a bit tho.
gradually sag. then rise again. RI,
the general tendency was inward
The affairs Of the road were knovr
only to a few, who could see no rea.o..
for an advance. Indeed, business va.
falling of dreadfully. Two feeder,
one at either terminal were divertine
their business to other roads Than
the price Of the stock began to N
down like lead. Finally It reached !.
point where the fluctuation ceased
The president of the road commun.
Gated with the feeders. asking what
had caused them to divert their bus.
ness from his line to others. BE NJ
ceived no satisfaction. Nevertheless
the diversion ceased and trade becsn
to flow again over the line where II
had flowed originally. The president
was puzzled. He sent for some Of the
principal stockholders and asked them.
II they knew anything about the mat
ter. They didn't. but admitted that
during the recent furry in the stock
they had sold most Of their holdings.
One morning the president took up
4 newspaper and read In the financial
columns that a new railroad magnats
had appeared John Talcott. a man
who had achieved some success at n
orga nizing roads in the west. had come
east and with associates had bought
4 controlling interest in two lines, and
It was suspected that he had picked up
IN open market majority Of the stock
IF connecting link between the two
That connecting link the president
knew to be his own line.
That morning, when he went b BIB
,ff1ce, he found a note from the new
:ailroad star inviting the president 70
,all upon him. He did so and found
he party SO busy that he was obliged
% wait an hour before be could gain
admittance. When admitted be nv
| plain western man, who said to him
n q plain western fashion:
"Next month occurs the annual elec'
ion of directors Of your road TWO
birds Of the stock belongs to me ana
ny friends. I have sent for you @
i've you notice that neither your seN'
|ces nor those of your principal ON
.ers will be needed for the ensuing
year. If you will inquire OF your
official In charge of claims YOU WIN
ind my name there as one who o1ereo
% settle damages for being put on ons
If your trains for a few hundred oof
ars."
Had I known" said the presloen1
lghast. "I would have
"But you did not know. was ope -
hose defenseless creatures-tne puv
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