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Show n p W ' ! i : ( CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES The railrooad connecting Helena Arkansas, Ar-kansas, with Joplin, Missouri, recently suspended operations because of ank-luiptcy. ank-luiptcy. Persons living .ilong the line have asked' Henry Ford to take over the property pro-perty and ran it. But Henry will be in no; hurry to do so. He bought his road into Detroit because he had a chance $o get it at about half its value, and alsofte-.cajuse alsofte-.cajuse he needed it as an adjunct toftiis automobile business. His operation of the property has been a success because he was both shipper and carrier, and cduld so arrange his freight shipments that they could be hauled in the most economical econom-ical manner by the road. On no other road in the country could Mr.Ford equal the record he has made on the Detroit. Toledo & Ironton. Pi pj R |