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The
first
step
of
the
policy
that
James
Taggart
brought
to
the
railroad
was
the
construction
of
the
San
Sebastián
Line
.
Many
men
were
responsible
for
it
;
but
to
Dagny
,
one
name
stood
written
across
that
venture
,
a
name
that
wiped
out
all
others
wherever
she
saw
it
.
It
stood
across
five
years
of
struggle
,
across
miles
of
wasted
track
,
across
sheets
of
figures
that
recorded
the
losses
of
Taggart
Transcontinental
like
a
red
trickle
from
a
wound
which
would
not
heal
—
as
it
stood
on
the
ticker
tape
of
every
stock
exchange
left
in
the
world
—
as
it
stood
on
smokestacks
in
the
red
glare
of
furnaces
melting
copper
—
as
it
stood
in
scandalous
headlines
—
as
it
stood
on
parchment
pages
recording
the
nobility
of
the
centuries
—
as
it
stood
on
cards
attached
to
flowers
in
the
boudoirs
of
womer
scattered
through
three
continents
.
The
name
was
Francisco
d
‘
Anconia
.
At
the
age
of
twenty
-
three
,
when
he
inherited
his
fortune
,
Francisco
d
‘
Anconia
had
been
famous
as
the
copper
king
of
the
world
.
Now
,
at
thirty
-
six
,
he
was
famous
as
the
richest
man
and
the
most
spectacularly
worthless
playboy
on
earth
.
He
was
the
last
descendant
of
one
of
the
noblest
families
of
Argentina
.
He
owned
cattle
ranches
,
coffee
plantations
and
most
of
the
copper
mines
of
Chile
.
He
owned
half
of
South
America
and
sundry
mines
scattered
through
the
United
States
as
small
change
.
When
Francisco
d
‘
Anconia
suddenly
bought
miles
of
bare
mountains
in
Mexico
,
news
leaked
out
that
he
had
discovered
vast
deposits
of
copper
.
He
made
no
effort
to
sell
stock
in
his
venture
;
the
stock
was
begged
out
of
his
hands
,
and
he
merely
chose
those
whom
he
wished
to
favor
from
among
the
applicants
.
His
financial
talent
was
called
phenomenal
;
no
one
had
ever
beaten
him
in
any
transaction
—
he
added
to
his
incredible
fortune
with
every
deal
he
touched
and
every
step
he
made
,
when
he
took
the
trouble
to
make
it
.
Those
who
censured
him
most
were
first
to
seize
the
chance
of
riding
on
his
talent
,
toward
a
share
of
his
new
wealth
.
James
Taggart
,
Orren
Boyle
and
their
friends
were
among
the
heaviest
stockholders
of
the
project
which
Francisco
d
’
Anconia
had
named
the
San
Sebastián
Mines
.
Dagny
was
never
able
to
discover
what
influences
prompted
James
Taggart
to
build
a
railroad
branch
from
Texas
into
the
wilderness
of
San
Sebastián
.
It
seemed
likely
that
he
did
not
know
it
himself
:
like
a
field
without
a
windbreak
,
he
seemed
open
to
any
current
,
and
the
final
sum
was
made
by
chance
.
A
few
among
the
Directors
of
Taggart
Transcontinental
objected
to
the
project
.
The
company
needed
all
its
resources
to
rebuild
the
Rio
Norte
Line
;
it
could
not
do
both
.
But
James
Taggart
was
the
road
’
s
new
president
.
It
was
the
first
year
of
his
administration
.
He
won
.
The
People
’
s
State
of
Mexico
was
eager
to
co
-
operate
,
and
signed
a
contract
guaranteeing
for
two
hundred
years
the
property
right
of
Taggart
Transcontinental
to
its
railroad
line
in
a
country
where
no
property
rights
existed
.
Francisco
d
‘
Anconia
had
obtained
the
same
guaranty
for
his
mines
.
Dagny
fought
against
the
building
of
the
San
Sebastián
Line
.
She
fought
by
means
of
whoever
would
listen
to
her
;
but
she
was
only
an
assistant
in
the
Operating
Department
,
too
young
,
without
authority
,
and
nobody
listened
.
She
was
unable
,
then
or
since
,
to
understand
the
motives
of
those
who
decided
to
build
the
line
.
Sitting
as
a
helpless
spectator
,
a
minority
member
,
at
one
of
the
Board
meetings
,
she
felt
a
strange
evasiveness
in
the
air
of
the
room
,
in
every
speech
,
in
every
argument
,
as
if
the
real
reason
of
their
decision
were
never
stated
,
but
clear
to
everyone
except
herself
.
They
spoke
about
the
future
importance
of
the
trade
with
Mexico
,
about
a
rich
stream
of
freight
,
about
the
large
revenues
assured
to
the
exclusive
carrier
of
an
inexhaustible
supply
of
copper
.
They
proved
it
by
citing
Francisco
d
‘
Anconia
’
s
past
achievements
.
They
did
not
mention
any
mineralogical
facts
about
the
San
Sebastián
Mines
.
Few
facts
were
available
;
the
information
which
d
’
Anconia
had
released
was
not
very
specific
;
but
they
did
not
seem
to
need
facts
.
They
spoke
at
great
length
about
the
poverty
of
the
Mexicans
and
their
desperate
need
of
railroads
.
"
They
’
ve
never
had
a
chance
.
"
"
It
is
our
duty
to
help
an
underprivileged
nation
to
develop
.
