human
Letter didn't say anything about coming out in the Spring to look over the country, did it?
gpt
It was like all the rest, Dan. Don't want to build a railroad at all until the country's settled.
human
God! Can't they see the other side of it? What it means to the folks already here to wait for it?
gpt
You say there's no timber here?
human
Nothing but scrub on the banks of the creeks. Years of prairie fires have burned out the trees, we think.
gpt
Any ores--mines?
human
We're too busy rustling for something to eat first. And you can't develop mines without tools.
gpt
Tools?
human
Yes, a railroad first of all.