but one great city which
had not already been captured by "Standard Oil" or some of its
disciples--Brooklyn, N. Y. To the present day Rogers swears Addicks'
only reason for coming to Brooklyn was to hold up the "Standard Oil"
"trustification." Addicks retorts with: "I saw it first." Whatever the
facts, in 1892 Rogers in the midst of tagging the different companies
was surprised and angered to find that Addicks had slipped in ahead and
had secured one of those necessary to the success of his plan. He
quickly served notice on the man from Delaware to "git," and Addicks,
flushed with an unbroken chain of victories, as promptly returned the
notice with, scrawled across its face, a variation of Rogers' pet
phrase--for it must be remembered Addicks never "cusses"--"I'll see you
in heaven first."

If there is any one time when Henry H. Rogers is quicker of action than
any other, it is when his notice to "git" in a stock deal has been
returned with "sass."

The ink was hardly dry on Addicks' answer before the Master of "Standard
Oil" and his hosts were upon him, but not where the Philadelphian looked
for them. While he awaited their attack in Brooklyn, N. Y., he received
a series of hurry-up calls from his lieutenants in Boston. Rogers had
bought the insignificant Brookline Gas Company, which supplied gas to
one of the suburbs of Boston. It was only a $300,000 affair, but it
possessed charter rights to come into any and all of the streets of
Boston. This was a characteristic "Standard Oil" attack. It came out of
a clear sky, and before the public had even a warning of it they were
witnessing a war which looked as though it had been years in maturing.
Rogers let it become public knowledge that the entire "Standard Oil"
forces were to be brought to bear to crush Addicks and that untold
millions would, if necessary, be spent in the effort. In reality he had
most carefully mapped out a cyclonic campaign which he believed would
not call for an expenditure of over $500,000, and which he was sure
would in a few months drive Addicks out of Brooklyn, N. Y., and bring
him to his knees in Boston. His fight began in earnest in 1894. Gas in
Boston was $1.25 per thousand cubic feet, and the rate yielded a good
profit to the Addicks companies. Rogers served notice that he would
parallel with the Brookline Company every pipe of the different Boston
companies and would reduce the price of gas to $1. Simultaneously he
attacked the Addicks sto