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It was very generally said in the city about this time that the Great South Central Pacific and Mexican Railas the very best thing out It was known that Mr Melone into it with heart and hand There were ross injustice to the Great Fisker,--that the railas Melitated it, and floated it; but it was not the less popular on that account A railway from Salt Lake City to Mexico no doubt had much of the flavour of a castle in Spain Our far-western Ainative Mexico has not a reputation a us for commercial security, or that stability which produces its four, five, or six per cent, with the regularity of clockwork But there was the Panama railway, a small affair which had paid twenty-five per cent; and there was the great line across the continent to San Francisco, in which enormous fortunes had been ht do as ith the Great South Central as had ever been done before with other speculations, and this belief was no doubt founded on Mr Melmotte's partiality for the enterprise Mr Fisker had 'struck 'ile' when he induced his partner, Montague, to give hiue hi his eyes open, in the city sense of the word, could not learn how the thing was progressing At the regular s of the Board, which never sat for above half an hour, two or three papers were read by Miles Grendall Melmotte himself would speak a feords, intended to be cheery, and always indicative of triu, so, and the 'Board' for that day would be over To Paul Montague this was very unsatisfactory More than once or twice he endeavoured to stay the proceedings, not as disapproving, but si made to understand; but the silent scorn of his chairman put hiues was a barrier which he was not strong enough to overcome Lord Alfred Grendall would declare that he 'did not think all that was at all necessary' Lord Nidderdale, hoarden, would nudge hiue Mr Cohenlupe wouldthe Co done after the approved city fashion Sir Felix, after the first two ue, with a sorely burdened conscience, was carried along as one of the Directors of the Great South Central Pacific and Mexican Railway Company