White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-27

curled up over his eyebrows. said
through his nose. like the wheeze of a
penny whistle:
"Nyah; eyerything's all talk.
Up rose Attorney Tucker. a sharp
nosed little man with beady eyes aud
the crisp business air which frowns
on a smile and hates a holiday.
Let his fellow stockholders beware
of too much optimism. He himself
had been. K to President Marley.
tue largest individual holder of stock
In the company. He had sold all bui
an extremely small portion before the
panic and wished that he had sold the
balance, for the outlook was very
gloomy. He did not wish to make his
remarks In the form Of a personal IT,
rade, but he did feel 1t necessary to
point out that the downfall and ulti-
mate %ruination of their company was
due, not to mismanagement. but TO
political manipulation.
LET me tell you the TRUTH he
shouted. I'VE have with US today
at this very meeting. a man of remen
dous power and influence; a politician
Of national renown: one who is 1t this
moment under the searching eye Of
the law: an o%mnipotent friend and a
relentless foe. and this man has cho
sen, for reasons Of his own. To wreck.
and devastate and turn to useless rust
the Ring City Street railway com.
pany."
Every eye was turned to Sledge. but
that omnipotent friend and relentless
foe. without moving a corpuscle. gazed
straight ahead at nothing.
HE is no friend of the working
mani" swore little Henry Peters.
As II Infatuated by his impressive.
ness. Attorney Tucker. who vas paid
by Sledge for the purpose. figuratively
ripped the big boss up the back. skin
ned him alive, hung up his hide to dry.
and scattered his ashes to the winds.
painting him as an Unsuitable monster,
and chiefly calling attention to his hab-
its of ruthless devastation. Wherever
the present street car company had q
line the new n would have one on
an adjoining street, with newer and
better and swifter cars. and a closer
schedule. and unless something radical
were done he would not give a con.
tinental cuss per bale for the stock OF
the now rapidly dying Ring City Stree,
Railway company.
A long low sigh. like the midnight
soughing In a churchyard, arose from
that meeting. as Attorney Tucker sal
down. Little Henry Peters. with q
livid face. clutched the arm of his
waffle necked neighbor.
IF that man had only come back
could have got t~hirty-ive for my
stockr' he walled. I'm ruined. |
shall lose my homel Frank Marley Is
a rotten business mani"
"Yehr intoned the crooked noset
one. They're all thieves"
Jim Delaney. who. with a clear ey,
and a straight ~countenance. could max,
louder speeches than any man In th,
Eighth ward. painted ever a blackel
picture than Attorney Tucker. ant
when be sat down he had bankruptet
every stakeholder within the sound o
his voice. II even seemed incredibl,
that n street ear should still be whiz
zing outside. Little Henry Peters sai
numbly. with his hair clutched in hi,
hands. II he could have snapped hi,
$4,000 worth of street railway stock 70
a jackknife with two broken blades hi
conscience would have hurt him, anC
every stakeholder was in his class
Misery sat enthroned on every counte
nance.
Daniel b. Atkins, n rising young law
yer, with no capital but an empty con
science and a silver tongue. was thu
first individual since Marley to offer
CLEAN of hope.
He admitted all that the precedin:
gentlemen had said and believed, him
self. that the company was reduced 4
pauperism unless something radica
could be done. He had believed thii
so thoroughly that he had lain awake
nights trying TO evolve a plan for thei
salvation.
He had evolved tia scheme where
by the company could not only raise it
stock to par. but place it at a premium
whereby the company could become
monopoly and extend its business t,
meet the growing demands of the cit,
and become again a { per cent divi
dend concern, capable of piling NJ
again a tremendous construction sur
plus. On his own responsibility he ha,
gone to the organizer Of the rival new
company and had labored with him TO
hours TO persuade him TO come to thi
meeting and lay before 1t IA rather nov
ell but life saving proposition. Woul,
the stockholders permit him to intro
duce the eminent promoter and organ
izer. Mr.. Bozzam, who would presen
his proposition in person?
The stockholders would. They sal,
so, with so vociferous and almost teal
full a clamor that President Marie,
could scarcely make himself heard t
obtain a formal vote on the PROPOSE
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