New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-11
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY II. 1914

toassis him with his sage counsel and his bright graspd
difficult situations But Burmah was not there and
any delay might prove fatal % Port Hatch; 81 he rnu,
do the best he could. He Strengthened himself wished
that ne younger and had the fighting vgor that had
been his thirty years before, and waited impacnty ior
the door 20 open.
He did not know that behind il a. that very moment
the board Of directors was chuckIng and laughing
quietly over the possibility Of getting about everything
that Port Hatch had To give because it was paoably
dealing with a business wclking
Seattle is too big 20 offer us very much declared
one wed get its share Of the bushes, anyway.
by branch down here
yes assentcd Carleton, again referring 10 q file ot
letters before him. "a they offer Is right " aag into
the union passenger station and suggest 'ha, they can
assist in purchasing ground for yards away mp On .he
made land
But Seattle is already highly important city, OBJ
lected another, ~and we can't afford 20 ignore IT,.
1--WE don't objected Thornton. ~Ony wc build up
city Of our own at much less cost wc make this Port
Hatch our ocean terminal.
DOR full ten minutes they conferred over what lc,
would ask and then Carleton again stepped 20 the
door and invited the Colonel, who was In Il nervous
state bordering the idgcts into the room. Again the
Colonel took the chair that was rendered. and again
Thornton adjusted his glasses and cooly read from
slip Of paper.
would you consider this proposition, Colonel he
asked suavely: First, that get free II COS. such
lands as we deem necessary for switchyards Of mag
nudc that a great transcontnental railway would
quirc!7
The Colonel was about TO say yes; but the airaan
continued before he had chance.
Secondly, that we get all the watertron. ary
for docks Of reasonable size for such enterprise also
free Of cost TO Us!
"Thrdly, that we be given the exclusive right Of
franchise for all street railways?
"Fourthly, that be given in perpetuty free u
water from the ctys supply, and that the city furnish
free electric lights for our yards?
And filthy, that the city Of Port Hatch build .or Us
model railway station that shall cost not less than one
hundred thousand dollar? think that IS all. he oon-
Guided looking at the Colonel, whose hands bad -.t..-
ened themselves over the arms Of his chair un'.
covering his knuckes was drawn white ike ra- een-
The Colonel spirits had scale as each demand.
extortionate though was had been read. Certainly
he would let them have the ground for the yar-s l.
able though it was, because there was lots q land e.,
back I'D on the mountainside. Then the grouu tae
docks, the most valuable in Port Hatch was easy %
deed away and would be gladly given. That Tar The
scale ran rapidly upward. Street railway fran.ses-
well he wasn't certain about that. l. seemed 0 him
that Burmah had once said they might some day be
worth a great DEAL and moreover he didn think Hub
bard would approve Of a streetcar line down So;
but he supposed that too would have Co. although
reluctantly Then came the terrifying demand that
station be built not less than hundred thousand
dollars. Where on earth could he get such O
that? He sorry that he had so freely spent all
the thousands that had come 50 syrom where only
Burmah knew
As he sat staring at a figure in the carpet with the
members Of the board watching him in eXpe-,ant ST.
ence he knew that ne could promise all things bat
that Burmah would have show him the way. AaiI
Burmah could not then he, Colonel Aonzo Fa.1x
Hatch would have promised something that he l.ud
not give an impossible occurrence in his code . oon-
duct Without BurnahS advice and assistance be
dared not risk giving such word. And. worst % all,
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