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Miller* cut-off road to Standard Oil and those places where 

 they were building one ship in every seven in the 

 United States, right down there. I had an awful 





fight in Washington with General [Ulysses S.] Grant 



III f and finally he said to me t "Sheriff, there 1 s a 



personal reason why you want that cut-off road; is 



there something there that you have a reason for 



wanting this?" 

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"Yes, sir." 



*0h," he said, "I thought so.* 

 I said, W I want to tell you something.** 

 "Well?" 



"I own a service station three blocks down the 

 road, and when this new road goes in it cuts off my 



service station. I'll lose about a third of my bus- 



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iness. That is the reason, because I know this is 

 good for the winning of the war and the government.** 



He said, "You mean to tell me that this will 

 cut off traffic from your service station?** 



I said, "Yes, sir." 



"Project is granted!" Just like that was his 

 response. 



