| Show WHEN G E PERKINS TIED UP THE WEST Had Hid Con Control Control Control of 01 th the Short line le In 93 VAST SCHEME NOW MOW PUBLIC H w MM nt lie lEg lo to the thC Salt Ia J lab h Wan LVa a 01 to le t t tea the tit dr dreth th nr lit rk Mile B II Parkin former president present t of the tae Burlington Rout Rome oat many man Interesting stones ar are told of 0 hs hi II are PItr Very pry few kno know bout about how h hr demonstrated hi hl strate strati Ie ability rears ear Ar ego ago bv by b threatening to In II build to tn Hull Nett II rakO AU r II V to tn connect mn with Wb two lines line here T h scheme did not DOt untold unfold Id until art Mr r Perkins n had et Ma bl line from flub Polo Colo to AI Al lUMet Neb and ami nd from Bridgeport Brt Ort up Noah Platte valley alley to Quern Guernsey No doubt douk l I is held that Ihal the tae tb original union line should have gone ROn through North Platte valley vally the he survey wa vat w rue through Ile because of lIt t f the t large lanes I bonuses bonus bonu offered by bF the em meat mam ter kr a line th so an o the more mor expensive JW MW run A t North Platt Platte line being con oon d by th the f p P r SALT ALT LAKE THE CENTER Mr Perkins jumped J In quietly nn nod l I secured cur d the valley right of ot way from H Bridgeport to tn nii Omy end nd with his hi line lino ai at 1 th the latter r point he was a only SOU miles mil from Halt Palt LAke I ke where whre con connection connection On with San Nn w was wa po poa I bIt with wit It the th Central Pacific then an n Independent road Mr Perkins then eat at t back bat In his Ie tend He MM hell in l e p pr tt e tv tIl tl when tit to a i frAm lire e V dnA till elfie for when that road tried trl any ny aggressive Iv the Ih head o 0 of the Burlington could und and would have hav built Into Halt Salt Late Lake formed an alliance with the I Central PadS and In this thin way w 1 y tied up lP the thet went t Mr Perkins PerkIn told 1011 his hl hi plan to the chairmen of or the tb aril of r director directors then In a Boston Oon man and the tta director dl or Rave gave at the doughty hid head full rull power to In do doa doaa a aa he deemed bout best t not nOI caring to I ft a HUme sume the responsibility themselves It does doe not nol need much thought to see ee how hew t hIn h Ie affair Ira II Mapped IIa out Oat Ut the t h policy J of rf the tuut ie r D nM In the thew th w wt went at It n vif wa mi elst l t chapter hatlIn In ln th tit the Mif ry and this story tutT told lold by Cot of of H B R one of or th tM the Me big bt men mn and nd Mr Perkins right hand man makes make known for tor the time some mighty Items of early any 1 day dayAN d dAN dayAN AN OPPORTUNITY PASSED But aut half halt has ban It not been n told yet Mr Parking carried hi hl protective polity policy sill till further Boston Dolon directors director of or the Burlington were re good FJ d results aad aM appeared to tit teat Ie e well 1111 welle e h alone alon Mr wa was 11 a treat great mite IDa a big broad man o n hi hIer Ms id iii i were er din int r nt when ori opportunities fl knock at al the Ih loon dim of irr great t men mn they do not nol knock knuck eded knocked f tn for i Mi Mr Perkins he h wa wag waa a areat areat areal reat men man So Se In the financial ii trou ble bk of or Ib I M 07 when the Short bort Line Une wee wu In to the hands hand or of a rp rw river Mr Perkins It and a few friend gradually up hands hund l then Ilina at nt b bo bolOk 1 ock lOk The Oregon Short Line in m ron enn on the IM Ih O 0 R II a N had hud a It line Une Un from Ogden den u to Portland When he hi had ai ar R a amount of nf bonds bond bon the Ih Burlington offered ft Hum Ih nt to hi his hoard board of t r dire directors tor He u H ho d 1 how the th Bur Ito r uld ha have e a i tins line to 10 Salt Rail and ind n trio it there to I Portland and by th the ther r Southern Ina to Sun SAn an co A Adut dut Bai ga was nae all cli that wae needed to complete the th vat vast n eyet tem m The dl dire tom Inn were not nol purl equal tn to the occasion n 10 s the opportunity passed io d bs by b pined U nd Ine ing hy lit Mr f I rould do nothing The Th opportunity M hl eton lIton lItone s turned turn down W we wa K mp 1 b tI hi e Loeh Ioen II a On Cn n with Mr Harriman This l It marks mark th tb hf of or l phenomenal M S v tn H 1111 Ae r th Ih the victim i 1 iby by hy developing th lb rich l Kuhn Kahn Id a ro o 0 and Mi I Harriman d di d Ih I y would Ilk i add It to tn their tu i o M i lon Ion Mi Mr Perkins w i lu hid 1 upon tin th nut nutter lit n ter Ir but bUIll V lw d I It II would be he I better ue t I let th Ih the road II go o 0 to In t builder build nitres thai than t I sl lulI an AK u the Ih New Nw S York crowdu crowd x a u d 1 J Kill Hili Iced hl built hull ur up the Northern system yat and andIno he het t Ion Ino o wanted Ml I the th It brought the th r or of the H the Ih cotton of or the south and the th commerce of Chin i end and nd Japan la pan to 10 the th door doo of r iro go Bt HI lx ll Louis ul and nd I rn r and In offered him control of nf M s vast tut rich rh portion of or Iho Ihl I Bin Bla Plates ten t tHILI HILL HILI FINALLY WINS follow p 1 und and finally th f l at ot the he Burlington pt It ced Into In I Io the ha ham ml o n J J HIM Hili backe I b h Pf tout pant Morgan Mr Pt Insisted that thul the Ih Northern Pt and nd nal North Northern ern i rn houll t rash rath give gle Ih Mends bonda dl 4 Irr rr sent nt nl g gu nn l h l Ih e t w n rn I I for tor etch worth north of o hurling Ion ton a t tock ork The Th stork WM wits ft then Ihn old Mid In us open market ma for rol rash h under this ar are arrangement and In this Ihl way WIY th Ih the hun dr t of ar tIl Including widows I and orphans orphan o rp lUIna got 1101 cash cah h lOrt IA s p pr W r erne cent nt In nIA cheese and lId II I per pei rent cent nl on n their holdings holding I This hl step te t to protect th Ih the helpless stock ra wa WI was harks E F to 10 A n nT AT aT T Hack Back In on his bin old home hona elate lit at atthe the children were taught to t loe love him hm aa aaa a aa a great groat kind men man When he ht himself had hid upon and ind won on out In a plan which would w ond rd the th stock fork to a share he 1 did not nOI buy bu when it 11 ita a at SI M as he b could have hll done with no one any MY wiser He had made an ar arrangement r ment which could have ha made mad himrich him himrich rich but bul he h had hd made mAd It II for others other men mn women and MId children h hp did dl not know k tar for the te great t part nd the Ih they n r 10 toe me 00 run running fling ning through the cold Old formal It leu of or hilt big financial deal la I a of ot sentiment and und nobility These Thee become I lea leaa Ie frequent when uch such me a aUt as Charlca R g Perkins die I |
