I discharged him for looting the petty-cash
drawer. Andrews and Mullin are professional politicians and not to be
trusted. In fact, Poundstone, Dobbs, Andrews, and Mullin are known as
the Solid Four. Yates and Thatcher, the remaining members of the city
council, are the result of the reform ticket last fall, but since
they are in the minority, they are helpless."
"That makes it bad."
"Not at all. The Cardigans are not known to be connected with the N.
C. O. Send your bright friend Ogilvy after that franchise. He's the
only man who can land it. Give him a free hand and tell him to
deliver the goods by any means short of bribery. I imagine he's had
experience with city councils and will know exactly how to proceed. I
KNOW you can procure the rails and have them at the intersection of B
and Water streets Thursday night. If Ogilvy can procure the temporary
franchise and have it in his pocket by six o'clock Thursday night,
you should have that crossing in by sunup Friday morning. Then let
Pennington rave. He cannot procure an injunction to restrain us from
cutting his tracks, thus throwing the matter into the courts and
holding us up indefinitely, because by the time he wakes up, the
tracks will have been cut. The best he can do then will be to fight
us before the city council when we apply for our permanent franchise.
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