"What's going to be put up here, then?
A business block ?" For a moment Ashby thrilled with joy.

Of late the Cactus House had seriously cut in on the profits of the Mansion House.

Ashby had, in fact, been running behind.

Now, if the Mansion House were to be henceforth the only hotel in town, Ashby saw a chance to prosper on a more than comfortable scale.
"Ashby," Tom went on, rather frigidly, "I won't waste many words, for I'm afraid I don't like you well enough to talk very much to you.

The A., G.& N.M.has bought this land from Mr.Carter.The railroad is going to erect here one of the finest hotels in this part of Arizona.