Under the River (aka Tunnel Project)

Standard of California on behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the West invite you to let George do it. Another adventure of George Valentine. President'll notice. Danger is my stock and trade.

If you're up against something over your head and need help that's strictly confidential, you got a job for me, George Valentine. Right full details. Mr. Valentine, let's see if you're as good as your ad says.

I am up against something that's over my head. A river. The river my company's trying to push a tunnel under. But we're getting nowhere fast. May to think what the reason would be. If you think you can help...

You think you can be of help? I assure you we won't haggle about price. Hmm. It's signed William Kane, President. Kane and Bauer's tunnel construction. Now I wonder where I could find a diving suit with the new look.

Hahaha. Now seriously, Brooksea, you must mean the West End Tunnel, the one they're having all the trouble with breakthroughs and cave-ins. I could drop in at the Globe Department still. Oh, okay, Angel, okay. But this seems like a job for an engineer, not for me.

Well, there's still no harm in talking to the nice man who insists he's not going to haggle about price. Well, as long as you insist on being mercenary, let's get going. Valentine, you don't know how much it means to a former Sandhog like me to wind up building his own tunnel.

I think I can imagine, Mr. King. It's like a kid with a chemistry set, suddenly fine now he's discovered the atomic bomb. I realize this tunnel project's a pretty big thing, and you've had more than your share of hard luck.