The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-02
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this tube pokes It's nose into Oaklanu
bay"
I'm quite aware of the size of the
Job" chuckled Allison. However
Tim. there1l be money enough behind
this proposition to I'LL that tube with
greenbacks."
Between the narrow-slitted and
puffy eyelids of Tim German there
cleaned a trace of the old'time genii.
"Then it's built" He rose and
leaned on his cane twinkling down on
the man whom, years before, he had
picked as a Conner" i've heard
people say that moneys wicked, but
they never had any. When die, and
go down to the big ferry, II the Old
Boy comes along and offers me enough
money, I'll go to hell"
stlll laughing. Allison telephoned to
the offices Of the Midcontlnent rail
road. and dashed out to his runabout
Just in time to see Tim German driv-
ing around the corner in his liyeried
landau He found In President Ur
bank OF the Midcontinent, spare man
who had worn three vertical creases
IN his brow over one thwarted ambi-
ton. His rich but sprawling railroad
system ran fairly straight after 1t was
well started for Chicago, and fairly
straight from that way point until II
became drunken with the monotony OF
the western foothills, where It gangled
and angled its way to the far south
and around up the Pacific coast arriy'
ing there dusty and rattling, after a
thousand.mile detOur from its course
but that road had no direct entrance
into New York city. It approached
from the north. and was compelled to
circle completely around, over hired
tracks, to gain a ferryboat entrance.
Passengers Injured to coming In over
the Midcontinent, which was a we'll
equipped road otherwise, counted but
half their journey done when they
came in sight of New York, no mat
ter from what distance they had come.
"Out marketing for railroads today,
Gil?" suggested Allison.
81 don't know" smiled Urbank. y
might look at a few"
Here they are" and Allison tossed
him a memorandum slip.
Urbank glanced at the slip, then
he looked up at Allison In perplexity.
He had a funny forward angle to his
neck when he was interested. and the
creases in his brow were deepened un-
I'll they looked like cuts.
Il thought you we're joking, and I'm
still charitable enough to think so.
What's all this junk?"
Little remnants and job lots of
railroads I've been picking up" and
Allison drew forward his chair Some
/ bought outright, and in some hold
control"
III you're serious about interesting
the AIidcontinent in any OF this prop.
erty, We don't need to waste much
time" Urbank leaned back and held
his knee. There are only two Of
these roads approach the Mldconti
nent system at any point, and they
are useless property so far as we are
concerned; the L. and c., in the East
and the Silverknob and Nugget City
in the west, which touches our White
Range branch at its southern termi
nus. We couldn't do anything will
those"
You landed on the best ones righ
away" smiled Allison. However.
don't propose to sell these to the Mid
continent l propose to absorb tn,
Midcontinent with them"
Urbank suddenly remembered ALI
sons traction history. and leaned for
ward to look at the Job lots and rem
nants again.
This list isn't complete" he judged
and turned to Allison with seriou
question in his eye
Almost" and Allison hitched
little closer TO the desk. There re
mains an aggregate Of three hundre
and twenty miles Of road to be bull
in four short stretches. In addition I
this. have a twenty-year contraC
over a hundred-mile stretch OF the Ii
land Pacific, a track right entry int
San Francisco, and this" he dlsplaye
to Urbank a preliminary copy OF a
I ordinance. authorizing the immediat
: building Of an eight-track tube throug
J. Crescent island to the mainland "Poi
= sibly you can understand this Who'll
: project better II I show you a map
I and he spread out his little pockt
: sketch.
J. II It ha been possible to revers
e the procefs Of time and worry an
wearing cIncentration, President U
\ bank OF ths Midcontinent would hay
I risen from his inspection of tn;
J, map with a brow as smooth as
|, babys. Instead his lips went dr.
u as he craned forward his neck
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