The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-04

Had he been at all emotional be
might 3hareisw1rn3a repdetta. but; he
did not: he merely falled 10 forget.
whkh Is quite the same! re
% SEEMED queer hat Hanford should
wind up III the bridge business him.
self after ,lrifting through several i'm.
satisfactory positions, but that three
mouths % application at tue Atlantic
plant came III handy. after l. anI be
lfnally tadk a dess il the office Of TIE
Patterson Bridge company. de WORK.
cd hard. he. Was j, good salesman. aml
in time be was promoted. by and by
the story was forsotten3by every otir
except Henry HsGford. But he iia,i
lost some1,fecIons years; 81
When II isc,alnie known thai, the
English aud continental str,lr,uraN
shops were so fun OF work Thai, lie,
could not figure on the manmotb
So.000.000 steel hrid.e designed To
span tie I.arrnia river IN Africa. aud
when the r,yal commission HnaIl,
advertised from 5I.ondoil5t In time was
the essence yof Ills con,rart. Mr.. Jack.
sou Wylie. sr. realized his plaul
was in magnificent shape TO handle tile
job with great profit and renowu to
the Wylle name. He sent his son. or
jackson wylie the second as he
was known since he had beconr a
partner. to London armed with The
strongest sort Of letters TO almost ,ey.
terybody In England from almost rv.
erybody In America.
Two weeks later-the Patterson
Bridge eonlI,any WAS not so aggressive
as its5tiiore spreisnfious5 rival iiItir,a
Hanfordt webtt abroad ION sii,e ga Tue
mission but lIarifordl carried HNietie.fs
OF 'introduc tionS principally tbces,se tii,;
had 10 pnilFst i sssst isais 70 2 I
JACKSON SsNsleJ che second Ind been
TO EoddenIt frequently 80 ;he found
ttlingsAthere mueli@to his HIKING. 4 He
had friends with headquarters al
Princes aud Romano's who were de.
lighted to entertain so prominent an
American. Hisilelters gave hin, eu,rce
/, to, tue clubs aud paved bis way so.
cially wherever lie chose 10 go.
< 1t was uanford's first trip. lie ar.
rived with nothing but grip full Of
blue prints aud no destination outside
OF the parliament. buildings. where be
counted upon ending the I.urrl,a
bridge commission eagerly awaiting
his estimates Instead he failed 10,
only TO find the commission. bu, nny.
body who knew anything about IL. He
did locate tue Offices lually 10 discover
that It was merely u forwarding nd
dress. He'was Informed that; he com.
mission had convened once aud hence
was not entirely ap Imaginative body.
and on one visit TO the office hp dis
covered that Sir Thomas Drnmmond.
the chairman. was inside, but bis clerk.
with whom Hanford had become &C.
anainted. Informed him that Mr. jack
sou Wylle the second from a merlcs was
closeted with his Iiordsliip, WHO conld,
not be disturbed When Hanford GOT
thoroughly III touch with The. sinia.
ton he soon So THAT IntroluttIons.
acquaintance and social Influence
would &c. further toward landing tue
Barrata bridge than mere engineering
ability or natural capacity, . ii als,, ID.
came plain during bis early visits tha-
the work would of pccssl,y 20 ~.
America. inasmuch as no EuroHa,
shop was prepared TO. complete 1t o.
time. 60
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bnco eler., sno - ., rno,,r. ,nns, 10 -.
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