|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: Pacific's recent policy as to betterments, as though they were
the board of directors. Pins could have dropped. Only nobody
would have cared to hear a pin.
"They used to put all their tanks at the bottom of their grades,"
said Trampas.
"Why, yu' get the water easier at the bottom."
"You can pump it to the top, though," said Trampas, growing
superior. "And it's cheaper."
"That gets me," said the Virginian, interested.
"Trains after watering can start down hill now and get the
benefit of the gravity. It'll cut down operating expenses a
The Virginian | 
