. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . themorning to find myself appointed com-mandante by my rebels. They had par-taken of too much white eye (whisky)the day before and were hard to manage,as the native police had an opportunity tofind out; but I succeeded in getting thingsstraightened up within a few hours, andthus found myself monarch of Gualan forthe time being. A message informed methat Colonel Cramer had left GuatemalaCity and was on his way to Gualan tosettle our claims at once; however, we didnot expect him until three days later, soi
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . themorning to find myself appointed com-mandante by my rebels. They had par-taken of too much white eye (whisky)the day before and were hard to manage,as the native police had an opportunity tofind out; but I succeeded in getting thingsstraightened up within a few hours, andthus found myself monarch of Gualan forthe time being. A message informed methat Colonel Cramer had left GuatemalaCity and was on his way to Gualan tosettle our claims at once; however, we didnot expect him until three days later, soin the meantime I visited some of thebeautiful coffee plantations in the neigh-borhood. Mr. Papadople, a Greek bybirth, but naturalized American, whofought in the civil war, and had fortwelve years past owned a coffee planta-tion in Gualan, showed me around hispremises, and told me many an interestingfeature about the people and their cus-toms. He also told me to be prepared fortrouble in my dealings with Cramer (aformer Colonel in the Salvadoraneanarmy), who was noted for his meanness. ji VIEWS ON SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD—FERRY STEAMER OAKLAND, SAN FRANCISCO BAY. the shape of a caravan in the desert—Cra-mer ahead, followed by soldiers and anumber of mules strapped with silverforming the rear. When Cramer wasushered into my presence a few minuteslater, he asked, in his broken English, ifdis vas Holland, whereupon I intro-duced myself as the individual desired,and learned from him that he had beensent to settle our accounts shoost as he Yes, and in this manner all my em-ployes were paid in full. On the same day I received a telegramfrom the president of Hackmeyer & appraise all the property connected withthe canal. My old friend, Mr. Miller,contractor of the railroad, was passingthrough Gualan just about this time, andhe told me not to appraise it too high, ashe had an option to buy it. I gladly prom- 22 ised to comply with this request, not be-ing in love with the Can
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