The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-11-05


Still laughing. Aiiison telephouet TO
the Offices Of the Midcontlnent rail.
road, and dashed out TO hss runabout
Just In time to see Tim German dfiv.
ing around the corner In his liveriad
landau. He found In President ur
bank OF tina Midconttnent. q spare man
who had worn three vertical creases
In his brow over one thwarted ambl
ton. His rich but spraying railroad
system ran fairly straight after II was
we'll started for Chicago. and fairly
straight from that way point until II
became drunken with the monotony OF
the western foothills. where II gangled
and angied It's way to the far south
and around up the Pacific coast. arriv-
ing there dusty and rafting. after q
thousand mile detour from It's course
but that road had no direct entrance
into New York city |, approached
from the north. and was compelled 10
circle completely around. over hired
tracks. 10 gain ferryboat entrance
Passengers Injured to coming in over
the Midcontinent. which was 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.
dil?" suggested Allison
Il don't know" smiled Urbank. i
might look at few
"Hcre they are" and Allison tossed
him memorandum slip,
urbank glanced at the slip. then
ne looked up ut Allison IN perpletiy
He had funny forward angle 10 his
neck when he was Interested, and the
creases In his brow were deepeued un.
Ill they looked like cuts.
Il thought you were joking. and I'm
stu charitable enough to think 80.
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 Ia some hold
control"
IF you're serious about interesting
the Midcontinent in ahy OF this prop,
erty. We don't need to waste much
time" urbank leaned back and held
his knee. There are only TWO 81
these roads approach the Mldconti.
nent system at any point, and they
are useless property so far as we are
concerned, the l.. and G.. In the East
and the Siiverknob and Nugget City.
In tho west. which touches our white
Range branch at It's southern termi,
nus We couldn't do anything with
those"
You landed on the best ones right
away smiled Allison However, |
don't propose to sell these to the Mid
continent, | propose to absorb the
Midconttnent with them"
Vrbark suddenly remembered AIN.
sons traction history and leaned for.
ward to look AZ the job lots and rem.
nants again.
This list isn't complete" he Judged
and turned to Allison with a serious
question in his eye,
Almost" and Allison hitched A
little closer 10 the desk, There no.
mains an aggregate Of three hundred
and twenty mites OF read to be buil,
IN four short stretches In addition ID
thts, have twents.year contrac
over hundred mile stretch OF the In.
land Pacific, track right entry into
san Francisco. and this, he d,splaved
To trbank preliminary copy Of Nm
ordinance. authorizing the immediate
I building Of an eight,track tube through
Crescent island to the mainland Pos
sihIy YOU can understand this whole
project better II show you a man
and he spread out his little poke,
/ sketch.
| II Il had been possible TO reverse
! tho process OF time and worry and
wearing concentration. President Ur
! hank OF the MidcoRtinent would have
| risen from his inspection OF tina,
map with brow as smooth a. 4
oabys, Instead. his lips went dry
as no craned ic-ward his neck 4,
that funny angis, and projected hts
chin with thu foolish motion OF q
/ goose.
A direct entrance right siam into
| the center Of New York" he 81
claimed. cracking all hts knuckles VIC
len,ly one by one, "vedder court.
Where's that"
That's the best part Of the Joke,
eaulted Allison. with no thought thar
vedder court was. a, this present mo
nent church property Its Jus,
where you said-rtSht slam IN the Geo
ter Of New York. and the building
| into which the Midcon,inent will run
it's trains will be also the terminal
building Of every municipal transpor
sstioa line In Manhattan From my
station platforms passengers gvon,
Chicago or the far West will step d.
rectly into subway. l., or trolley
When they come IN over the line
which Is now the Mldcontirent. they
VIII be landed. not across the
river. or n some side street. Dol
/ right Ut their own doors. scattering
from the Midcontinent terminal over
= hundred traction lines" His voice
which had begun In the mild hasltar q.