The Arvada enterprise., 1919-07-10

injustice that had beea done him. Mar.
shall had let that fellow Maitland con
vince lin that The gate was not psac.
deablsi had It not bssn for him The
ksts would b in place now; al this
tims and money saved. And the Matt
land dam, built insteadl Where was
it1 Where was the money. the time.
put in that little tog1 sickeningi His
face purpled over the memory. Why
was he allowed to begin again with
the satef "Answer me that. Why
was allowed to begin againi It's all
chfld's play. that's what It 10. And
when am in 1t again up to my neck
he pulls me OFT"
This was the real Hardin, the un-
couth. averaged Lawrence student !
The new manner was Just . veneer.
Richard had been expecting It to wear
thin.
II think" interjected Richard, that
We all agree with Mr.. Narshall, Mr..
Hardin. that q wooden headgate on silt
foundation could never be more than
q makeshlft. I understood that the
first day he visited the river with you
he had the idea to put the ultimate
gate. the gate which would control the
water supply Of the valley, up at the
Crossing on rock foundation. Mr.. Mar
shall does not expect to finish that in
time to be Of nrst use. He hopes the
wooden gate will solve the immediate
problem. It was Z case Of any port In
. storm. He has asked me to report
my opinion"
"Why doesn't he give me . chance
to 20 ahead then1" growled the de-
posed manager. "Instead Of letting
the intake widen until It will be an i'm
possibility to connns the river there
at allr"
$50 you do think that 1t viii bs an
impossiblity to complete the gate ~
plannedT
Hardin had run too fast. II didn't
mean that" he stammered. II mean
1t will be dimcult II We are delayed
much longer"
"Have you the force to rs-besin
work at onee1' demanded Richard.
II had It." evaded Hardin. II had
svsrythins ready to 90 on-men. ma.
terial when We stopped the last
time"
"Answer my question, please"
Il should have to assemble them
again." admitted Hardin sslkily.
Richard consulted his notebook. Il
think ws'vs covered everything. Now
want to propose the laying Of q spur
track from Hamlin's Junction 10 the
Heading" His manner cleared the
stage Of supernumeraries: this vas
the climax. Hardin looked ready to
spring.
"And In connection with that The d.
velopment Of . quarry In the granite
hills back Of Hamlin's." i" continued Rick.
ard. not looking at Hardin.
instantly Hardin WAS On his feet.
His Ast thundsfsd on the table. n
shall oppose that" hs Jared. TT 10 ab-
solutely unnecessary. We can't afford
It. Do you know what that win cost,
gentlemenr
-Ons hundred thousand dollarsi I"
Richard interrupted him. n want an
appropriation this morning for that
amount. It ID, In my opinion. abso.
lutely necessary II We are to save the
valley. We cannot afford not to do 1t,
Mr.. Hardin"
Hardin glared at the other men fos
support; he found AacLean's face q
blank wall: Estrada looked uncom.
Portable. Babcock had pricked up hia
ears at the sound Of the desired appro'
priation: his head on one side. he
looked like an inquisitivs terrier.
Hardin spread out his hands in help
less desperation. you'll ruin US" hs
said. "It's your money. the o. P.'s
but you're lending II. not giving IL t.
US. You are going to swamp the Des
ert Reclamation company. We cant
throw funds away like that" One hun
dred thousand dollarsi Why. he could
have stopped the river at any time II
he had had that sum: once q paltry
thousand would have saved them 81
didn't ask the o. p. to come In and
ruin us, but to stop the river: not tc
throw money away In hog-wild fash
ion." He was stammering inarticulate
". there's no need Of Q xpur.trach
II you rush my gate through"
"If." Rickard nodded. '0rnnted. Il
we can rush II through. But suppose
IL failsi Marshall said the railroad
would stand for no contingencies. The
interests At stake are too Vital"
"Interests! cried Tom Hardin
"What do you know Of the interest al
staksi You or your raiiroadf Coming
In at the eleventh hour. what can yor
knowi Did you promise safety to thos
sands Of families II they made theii
homes In this vailcyf Are you rexponsi
blei Did you get up this company. In
iuce your friends to pSt their money
In Il. promise to see them through
What do you know Of the interests al
stakei You want to put one hundred
thousand dollars into q friii. God. d
you know what that means to my
company II means ruin" Estrads
pulled him down In his seat
Richard explained to the director
the necessity In his opinion Of the spur
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