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Marsham had pounced upon a weak point in the Consolidated's armor and pierced deep into the body corporate. He had struck to kill. "And would you shut down the pulp mill market's good now?" persisted Stoughton. "I'd rivet the whole thing tight. The railway never paid, at least directly that we could reckon.
"Well find out from somebody else, then. And get judge Warren on the 'phone for me." When the bell rang and the colonel heard the voice of the Consolidated's corporation counsel greeting him on the wire he ordered the judge to come over at once. "Hell has just burned through here in three small patches," stated the colonel, grimly. "The sooner we turn on the Consolidated hose, the better."
"Originally so Sam Stone could lend money to the Consumers' Electric. It is a part of their franchise, which is renewable at their option in ten-year periods, and which became a part of the Consolidated's property when the combine was effected.
"I haven't smoked for days," he explained, and after the smoke had begun to rise, he added: "Ask what you will, even to the half of my kingdom, it's yours." "Or half of the Consolidated's," amended his friend with twinkling eyes. "Even so, Sam," returned the other equably. "And now, tell me how you managed to round us all up safely." "You've heard, then, that we got the whole party in time?"
And from Consolidated's point of view, double payments could offer a cheap means of keeping out of difficulties. They would be able to pass most of the cost to the consumer by a slight price increase, justified by a minor modification of the devices. But they wouldn't be happy about it, and there would come a day when an auditing team from Central would be checking in the district.
Outside the Oriental chuckled to himself, "No worry.... Him got great thoughts." Yet Hamilton was after all only planning an entertainment. When he had captured the control of Coal and Ore he would stand within grasping distance of his ideal of one-man power. He would have rocked the temple of money and snatched out of Malone's teeth Consolidated's marrow bone.
He had come out of the dark and raided the directorate of a giant corporation, gathering into his strong hands reins that the world believed to be held beyond the possibility of filching. Moreover, this corporation was the keystone and crowning pride in the firmly cemented arch of Consolidated's power. The world of business was stunned.
Concentration of power into one vast unit had been "Consolidated's" triumph and his realized dream. Always the master tactician had been he who unobtrusively wore the title of president of "American Transportation." To others he had relinquished title rôles, but, unseen, he had set and managed the stage.
Though Harley could ignore court injunctions which erected only under-ground territory, he was forced to respect this one, since it could not be violated except in the eyes of the whole country. The three mines closed down, and several thousand workmen were thrown out of employment. These were immediately reemployed by Ridgway and set to work both in his own and the Consolidated's territory.
The subject had been employed by Consolidated Electronics as a junior engineer, and had designed several improvements for Consolidated's products. There was a record of promotions and a few awards. He had held a few patents, which had been taken over by the Central Coördination Products Division during the post-war reorganization.
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