204 HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OR, 



VIEW OF THE COUNTRY TO BE OPENED 

 BY THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. 



rator care for 

 the future of 

 the road, so long 

 as he is safe"? What 

 does he care whe- 

 ther the interest on 

 its bonds is paid or 

 not ? The men who 

 advanced the money 

 to build the road are 

 nothing to him. He 

 has received and 

 sold his stock, and 

 has pocketed the 

 money, and the fu- 

 ture of the road is a 

 matter of indiffer- 

 ence to him. 



The case would 

 be very different 

 were the road con- 

 structed at his ex- 

 pense. He would be 

 very careful to locate 

 it in the most favor- 



