The Rover 1922 Interurban Plot Unfolds in Plainsberg
John Ames engineers a bold plan to win a local interurban franchise in Plainsberg. He visits Midstate Interurban president Dennison, uses a staged setup with Jerry Slummer the former stage driver, and buys Slummer's old papers for a hefty sum to secure control. The scheme hinges on leveraging old rights and a hidden stock history.
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Ames
Dennison
Bil
Midstate
Ames Rose
Dennisen
Tage
Jerry
Sois
Mr. Slummer
Jerry Slummer
Tom Dennison
Fortified clash over Ballmore avenue streetcar plan
In a heated sequence along Ballmore avenue and Irving road, Tom Dennison presses a stage line expansion under Old Houston Pike franchise while rival Bill Cracken counters with legal wit and stunts. A staged parade under John Ames and Jerry Slummer tests city patience and a renewal clause as the coach returns with Dennison’s team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Pike
Plainsberg
Jerry Slummer
Bill Cracken
John Ames
Jerry
Tom Dennison
Texas
Cracken
Ballmore Avenue
Bill
Twelfth Street
Balimore Avenue
Monument Square
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
John
Dennison
Miriam
Jotn
Phone call prompts Ames to speak with Dennison
The next night at ten, Tom Dennison’s butler reports a phone call from John Ames. Ames asks, Is this Mr. Dennison, in a drawn voice. The brief exchange centers on identifying the caller and confirming the recipient.
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Tom Dennison
John Ames
Mr. Dennison
Ames
Town boilover as midnight dig crews anger Plainsberg
Plainsberg resident CHAPTER V reports anoyance when 11 henchmen start shoveling dirt on Irving road and Ballmore avenue at 3 am. Mayor Bill Cracken, the chief of police, the city prosecutor and three lawyers are called in for an injunction but see little to be done as the crew quits before dawn. Cracken ponders downtown at the road junction after the stoppage.
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McClure
Pell
John Ames
Ames
Camvile
Joe
Lynchtown
Dannville
Dennison
Aoman
Aes
Agin
Tom Dengtson
Midstate
Ales
Tratnsberg
Dennisom
Tom Dennison
Midstate Interurban
Franchise
Mr. Dennison
Plainsberg
Irving Road
Ballmore Avenue
Bill Cracken
Polce
Dennison House Hostess Charms Visitors at Table
Ames travels a month to Ames Dennington to meet Miriam Dennigan, as Tom Dennison jokes about adopting him. John acts amiably, yet reveals he plans to stay, while Tom insists he must move into the traction business and keep close.
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Miriam
Tom Dennison
John
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George Randolph Chester
Tyeg
Dennigan
Fashion
Fourth Street
Smith Alley
Old Jerry
Quire
Tub
Ingly
Tom
Shueimer
Anes
Tub Warren
Chapter
Outfit
Midstate Interurban Company
Big Bull
Houston Pike Stage Coach Company
Iroing Road
Bob Cracken
Commercial Club
Dennisan
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