Финансист

Chapter XXI

           

           Inthisconnection,therewasanotherline,whichherodeonoccasionally,theSeventeenthandNineteenthStreetline,whichhefeltwasamuchmoreinterestingthingforhimtothinkabout,ifhecouldraisethemoney.Ithadbeenoriginallycapitalizedforfivehundredthousanddollars;buttherehadbeenaseriesofbondstothevalueoftwohundredandfiftythousanddollarsaddedforimprovements,andthecompanywasfindinggreatdifficultyinmeetingtheinterest.Thebulkofthestockwasscatteredaboutamongsmallinvestors,anditwouldrequirealloftwohundredandfiftythousanddollarstocollectitandhavehimselfelectedpresidentorchairmanoftheboardofdirectors.Oncein,however,hecouldvotethisstockashepleased,hypothecatingitmeanwhileathisfather’sbankforasmuchashecouldget,andissuingmorestockswithwhichtobribelegislatorsinthematterofextendingtheline,andintakingupotheropportunitiestoeitheraddtoitbypurchaseorsupplementitbyworkingagreements.Theword"bribe"isusedhereinthismatter-of-factAmericanway,becausebriberywaswhatwasineveryone’smindinconnectionwiththeStatelegislature.TerrenceRelihanthesmall,dark-facedIrishman,adandyindressandmannerswhorepresentedthefinancialinterestsatHarrisburg,andwhohadcometoCowperwoodafterthefivemillionbonddealhadbeenprinted,hadtoldhimthatnothingcouldbedoneatthecapitalwithoutmoney,oritsequivalent,negotiablesecurities.

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