DENVER AND BEYOND 19 



From there the Oregon Short Line takes you 

 direct to the western entrance of the park. Ore- 

 gon Short Line is one of the pseudonyms for 

 Harriman. From Kansas City and Omaha to 

 Ogden it is Union Pacific. From there to the Puget 

 Sound country Oregon Short Line and Oregon Rail- 

 road & Navigation. From Ogden to San Francisco, 

 and way back again to New Orleans, it is Southern 

 Pacific — but it is all Harriman. I do not know 

 how many railroads Mr. Harriman controls. I 

 am told that he is not right sure himself. There 

 is a story in railroad circles that not long ago he 

 called up one of his viziers. ^^Have we got the 

 Start and Go Somewhere Road?" '^Sure/' says 

 the vizier. ''When did we get it?" says Harriman. 

 ''You got it in that last trade with George Gould." 

 "Humph," says Harriman, "he must have sawed 

 that off on me when I wasn't looking. Well, 

 anyway, there's a man here who says he is president 

 of the S. & G. S., and he wants ten millions for 

 improvements. Do you suppose he wants it?" 

 "Mr. Harriman," says the vizier, "every railroad 

 wants money." "I mean," says Harriman, "how 



