
To Save the Road
1916-07-08 · 12 min · Not rated
The vote stands a tie on the railroad bill that will mean ruin to the Western line should it pass the State Legislature. By getting Senator Brown, who is aboard a liner quarantined in the bay, to the Capitol the day will be saved. The road superintendent takes a daring chance and aboard a motorboat succeeds in smuggling the Senator ashore and to a Western special which speeds off towards the Capitol of the neighboring State.
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- J. Gunnis Davis
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- Kalem Company
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- United States of America
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Helen GibsonHelen
George A. WilliamsSenator Brown
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