Atlas Shrugged, Part 1, Chapter 3, section 1:
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James Taggart,
Orren Boyle,
Paul Larkin, and
Wesley Mouch meet to work out a deal by which they can stop
Hank Rearden and the success of
Rearden Metal.
Boyle wants
Taggart to get his friends in
Washington to regulate the distribution of iron ore, depriving
Rearden of the raw materials needed to market
Rearden Metal. In exchange,
Boyle agrees to get the
National Alliance of Railroads to drive the
Phoenix-Durango railroad out of
Colorado. None of this is said openly or directly, of course.
Taggart also learns from
Boyle that
Taggart Transcontinental's San Sebastian Line has been denuded of all but the barest equipment.
The most expensive barroom in
New York, on the 60th floor of a skyscraper, designed to look like a cellar.
Bartender: First and only appearance.
James Taggart
Orren Boyle
Paul Larkin
Waiter: First and only appearance.
Wesley Mouch
"It all depends," James Taggart answered slowly, "on the people who make it possible...That's what has to be known - who makes it possible."
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