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It's signed William Cain president Cain and Bowers tunnel construction Now I wonder where I could find a diving suit with a new look Now seriously, Brooks, he must mean the West end tunnel the one they're having all the trouble with breakthroughs and cave-in I could drop in at the globe department store. 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 Oh, 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. Cain. It's like a kid with a chemistry set suddenly finding out he's discovered the atomic bomb I realize this tunnel project is a pretty big thing and you've had more than your share of hard luck Yeah, way more in my share What did you mean in your letter that you hate to think what the reason for these accidents might be? Well, I I suppose I gotta tell you on a look Cain if it comes and hard Maybe you want this letter back so we can forget the whole thing. No, no It's just that it's tough putting it into words. Yeah. Yeah Me and my partner Jim Bowers. We drove tunnel all over the world Started as muckers shoveling modern slime Got to be miners together you didn't dynamite and drills when you didn't even know what was going to happen next under the river You'd think you'd get to know a guy after going through all that with him Well, let's be blunt and put it this way Cain you suspect your partner Bowers is holding up the works here Is that it? Yeah, but I got to be sure what makes you suspect him at all I found out that the company we have been to get this job made Jim a big offer to come with them But if he's a part me here, what's the percentage for him in a tea like? Well, Jim's always resented that I'm better suited to run the front office up here while he has to work with the men Oh, I get it. So if he could bunch up this job We lost it to the Cameron construction company. They take him in there as a big shot Well, you certainly must have talked this over with mr. Bowers. Yeah, I did miss and he said that he turned the camera and offer down flat But how can it be sure? Now all these acts with Bowers always on the spot to make them happen if that's what he wanted Frankly Valentine. I don't even know how he can help me Sandhogs are a clan his crowd You can't go wandering around down that tunnel snooping around Mr. Cain's a boy. She'll ever give it some thought George. How'd you like to buy a for instance? Okay, Bruxy. I'll buy well For instance, if you were a reporter and I were a photographer We could be doing a story for a national magazine that would get us down into the tunnel to snoop Say that might be an idea that then you could look around I'll tell Sanders to expect on our wait a minute. Hey look Bruxy. That's a good for instance All right, but this business of we of course I meant we why do you think I came up with the idea? Okay, okay, you arrange it Cain. I think we're gonna take a crack at it Just how far down does this elevator go mr. Sanders about 30 feet miss? Well, that's not too bad. Is it George? Oh, no, no that part of it's all right. I'm thinking of what happens later What are you so smug about? What do you know that I don't know? Hey, you want to tell the lady what happens next mister? Well, miss it's getting into the tunnel that you've got to worry about. Oh, there'll be about 40 pounds of pressure per square inch on You down there. That's why we get to the bottom. You still got to sit a half hour in the manlock Manlock what's that? It's kind of a sealed up room miss We keep shooting pressure into that while you just sit that so it ain't so bad for you when you get into tunnel get it I got it to put it more concisely my sweet unless they're very very careful The pressure of the river had come down on you and flattening out like a jellyfish. Oh lovely thought Well, here we are Hey Charlie come here. We got visitors a reporter and a young lady to take pictures Visitors that's okay. Mr. Kane knows about it In that case I'd better sit in the lock with them. Yeah, you better warn the boys put their shirts on Charlie ladies day All right here folks, okay, all right step in thank you. Hey looks like a bank vault almost Important thing is to seal it air tight. You'll see what I mean when I close this door George, what's that? That's the air from the tunnel coming in through this valve lady When the pressure in here is the same as it is out there that big door opens by itself Then you're ready to go under the river Won't you sit down miss Brooks? Yeah, it usually takes about a half hour. Oh Just about a minute more now. You're all right, Brooks. I I'm just swell My ears it's even worse coming out You're in too much of a hurry. That's when you can get the chokes and a bend Nothing like having things to look forward to you I have to put these little metal tags around your neck. What are these Charlie all sand hogs wear them It's in case you're found staggering around tells the cops not to throw you in with the drunks But they'll rush you back here to this decompression chamber. They don't waste much time. You'll probably live Oh goody. You sound like an old sandhog yourself Charlie. You can't stay away from tunnels, huh? Oh, Mr. Valentine I'm just like Jack Benny. I'm still 38 Yeah, that was the same age when I helped build the Holland Tunnel back east just got out of here a few months ago Yeah, that's it There goes the door It's okay for you to go into the tunnel now. Hi. Come on, Bruxie But there's all this nice water to slush through That ought to help keep cool things off Still put your back in there with Charlie No, I was just thinking of my nylons George Where'd you two come from you Bowers? Yeah, what are you doing down here with a girl that bring me more trouble Trouble look mr. Kane said it was all right for me to do a story about the tunnel the young lady is here to take the pictures story And all kane's got to think up up there. I'd like to go up and tell him The tunnel head what yes bad this time the scaffolding came down with a lot of guys on it Ah scaffolding come down on every job young Kavus is down there caught under all that rock and sand We got to get him out. I'll get the ambulance hargan, but you get back there I took that break go on Davis wouldn't be there now bars If you sent that gang up tunnel far enough when the blasts come off look sand hard Don't tell me how to build a tunnel. I'll tell you anything. I want okay if you want to play Pick yourself up and do what I said Okay reporter. There's a story how we lost another day. Yeah, what about the man you just lost? This is one accident. They won't blame on me Our woman in the tunnels are worse jinxer is kane knows that I got a phone upstairs for an ambulance I see the two partners are working late tonight. That's good. Oh Valentine to get a good story out of that accident today. Now look let's stop kidding each other You know, I'm not a reporter bars. I wasn't born yesterday. I know kane had you checking on me I shouldn't I you know, we can't go on much longer this way and you're in charge a little bribe from the camera and company You know not a crack like that. Oh, okay, break it up boys break it up. Let me do some talking What I have to say will be short into the point. Yeah. Yeah, I did some checking today Fours isn't the only one who might profit by these accidents You could too kane, huh? What are you talking about? Let's hear some more. I had a talk with the city engineer He said he doesn't know how you can do this job on the bidger put I well I admit I was figuring close to the line But we would have made it if things went right So the boy in the stiff shirt comes up with another bad deal And kane you had the foresight to take out insurance to protect you in case you went broke building this tunnel Well, that's a natural precaution. Oh, yeah, but it was a personal insurance policy taken out in your name Not for the firm. What's that Jim? I know how you've been spending money So I paid the premiums, but I was only thinking of the company Well, here's what I'm thinking kane The insurance company would pay off if none of these accidents could be traced to you And you'd be safe from ruinous from a ruinous bid. Yeah, but that's how it might look But look if there's one thing I don't like it's to be kitted along Now do you still want me to find out what's behind those accidents? I have nothing to fear Valentine That's why I hired you. I know I'm clean right ahead Valentine. Okay, okay, if you're sure that's what you want Of course, you heard what I said. You ever just remember if I dredge up something from the bottom of that river that you don't like You're the guys who ordered it We'll return to tonight's adventure of George Valentine in just a moment Meanwhile a word about parlor pastimes Remember this game a few years ago somebody would say knock knock and you'd say who's there? 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Why that's the answer George has to supply But so far all he's learned is the rather startling fact that both partners in the contracting firm of Canaan bowers Have their own good reasons for wanting to see the tunnel left unfinished Right now George and Claire have just entered Hogan's hogpen hang out of the sandhogs where big Bill Kane is talking to his workers And I know we've been falling behind down in the tunnel, but you know Jim bowers and me with sandhogs ourselves We can lick this job, and I've even hired Valentine here to make sure about them accidents Now here's an offer you make up for lost time, and I paid time and a half to every man from then on I could swallow that better Bruce if I didn't know about that insurance policy came to God I like boys and I from a partner just major suits me too. Just wanted you to know I could swallow that easier if I didn't know about the offer bowers got from that other construction company Well, I don't know about you boys, but I still have my doubts Don't get me wrong mr. Kane I like making extra money But when a job like this gets off on the wrong foot it never straightens out. All right charlie. You're just getting the jitters All right go on and laugh But I wouldn't be surprised that if we pushed that tunnel another 50 yards We'd run into a ledge of gravel and hard pan boulders will never get past just more trouble Now what we want to know from you boys is are you with us or not? Oh, fine. That's all we want to hear. Drinks are on. Kane and Bowers. Don't get it Come on, Brooks. Where are we going George? Just riding a hunch. We've got to be someplace before five o'clock I wish you'd hurry mr. Valentine. You know the bureau of harbors in waterways closes at five o'clock. Yeah. Yeah, sure Be through in a minute. Yeah, I think I found the map I want topographical survey riverbed section v Oleander through peri street. Well, that's just where the tunnel is being built, George Very interesting And this would be around pier 19. What are you talking about? I'm not quite sure Bruxy But we're going to ride that hunch a little harder You're the watchman on this pier pop. Yep in here for the last 15 years, huh? Hey, would you tell me something? Yeah? Those white bubbles coming up there on the river Yeah, that's where they're working on the new tunnel son. That's as far as they got in all these months Yes, we read they're having a lot of trouble and they keep working day and night too Can always tell by the position of that trawler out there just where they're working You don't say yep. She's there every night, too Sort of keeps right ahead of the tunnel I can tell that for the bubbles that come up out of the water I wonder what the trawler has to do with the tunnel. Yeah, I don't know Man goes over the side in the diving suit every night. I suppose that's got something to do with the tunneling job, though Probably he's kind of a traffic cop down there clears out the fish so they can go ahead Traffic cop, all right. Hey pop, you've been a great help. Thanks a lot. Yeah, you're welcome Now where George Angel what do you say I hire a motorboat and we take a nice romantic ride on the river Okay, George, I agree with you a trawler on top of the river has nothing to do with the building of a tunnel under the river Then brook see why is it here every night always just ahead of the shield of the tunnel? That's more than a coincidence There it is up ahead What are we going to say to whoever's aboard may we drop up for a cup of old fashioned clown chowder? If you don't mind young lady. I'll do the talking as always Hey up there Hey, can we come aboard? Well, uh, the truth is we ran out of gas and we don't Surely you couldn't spare enough gasoline just Hey, what are you trying to do? Look brook see I cut the name on that trawler It's the martha m tomorrow morning first thing check on the registry see who wants it then pick me up at the tunnel I had to look around charlie How long have I been sitting here in the manlock? Oh just about 15 minutes Seems like Like I just got in here And charlie I don't feel so good. You'll be okay You're an old hand at this now You've been up and down here a couple of times But it seems like I got hammers in my head beating away And you look like six guys lined up six miles away You'll be okay. Will you get some fresh air? Hey, look officer I know I know where I want to go. Help me. What is it? Yeah, you need a lot of help, mister I've been watching you weaving down the block. I I'm very sick. I feel run. I wonder why I Think I got the bends. Yes, and you've been bending over the bar too much Hey, take me back officer The the tunnel there's only one place. I'm taking you to jail so you can sleep it off. Come along with you now Look, mr. Cain. Mr. Bowers. I know mr. Valentine was here at the tunnel this morning Okay, but what you're so excited about miss brook. He was supposed to meet me at the shaft And he never would have gone without leaving some kind of message I wouldn't worry about valentine I found out what he wanted to know and he was waiting for that information Information about the tunnel a kind of information. I'll let mr. Valentine tell you. Do you mind if I use your phone? Please headquarters, let me talk to lieutenant riley Okay, I'll wait. Look, we hired your boss so we could keep this thing confidential. Yeah, that's right Let's forget about ethics boys the man who's among the missing and someone I happen to care a lot about Hello, oh lieutenant riley. This is brooksy Oh, I need your help I can't find george Oh, look lieutenant. Will you check the jails and the hospitals and see what you can come up with? Oh, believe me lieutenant. I know what I'm talking about We traced him down for you lady, but you're not taking him out of here Oh, take it easy dawning best thing is to let him sleep it off Can't you see this man is sick? He's got the chokes the bends We've got to get him back to that decompression chamber at the tunnel What are you talking about? I'll show you wait a minute This tag here around his neck is I can't breathe you. Oh, so they took it off him Well here they gave me one too here read it This man is a sandhog The compression chamber Russia Okay lady you win and I hope we make it Hello, angel. Oh darling. I thought you'd never open your eyes. Why doesn't somebody turn that radiator off? It's hissing we're back in the manlock george. That's why you're feeling so much better Hey, but what happened? Well, you were down in the tunnel this morning and you must have come up too quickly That's why they picked you up in the street wandering around. Yeah. Yeah, I remember coming up Then everything's suddenly going blank. I got all the dope on that trawler the martha m. Yeah Well, it has nothing at all to do with the tunnel It's registered in the name of cw egan and his wife martha m egan. Oh, yeah And the eagans were out fishing cw in a diving suit and martha m with a rifle instead of a rod and reel Hmm George, there's something else. No, there couldn't be there was another accident in the tunnel Oh, what kind of accident? I don't know I'll get over to that phone on the wall brook. See I want to talk again. Okay, george Hello, hello Yeah, hello. Bill kane. Yeah, this is valentine kane. Okay. Oh sure. Just dandy What kind of accident was it now? Oh tunnel nearly got flooded. Yeah. Yeah got killed Charlie but when we found him he was over his head in the muckpile. I see I don't know what the answer is, but it's the end of old charlie egan Egan george, what is it surely egan? So that's the answer. What's that valentine kane get powers and wait for me in your office First I want to see a lady about a boat. Then I got something to say to you Valentine you don't know what you're saying That's the same gentleman. It was charlie egan who was responsible for all the trouble here at the tunnel That doesn't make sense. He was just a lock tender. He gave him the job more out of pity than anything else. Okay. Okay, then listen to this Do you remember what charlie said at the hog pen? Oh, not particularly. He said if the tunnel went another 50 yards It would run into a ledge of gravel hard pan and boulders. Well Well a map of the bureau of harbors and waterways didn't show it But charlie knew exactly what he was talking about. Uh, how would you know that? That's funny I asked myself those same questions How would an ordinary sandhog just in from chicago know the exact topography of the riverbed? Yeah He suspected I was getting wise and saw to it that I got a good case of the bends this morning Just to make sure I was a dead duck. He took that tag from around my neck. Yeah, but why would he crazy? That's a matter of opinion I didn't want to believe the reason myself when I found out I talked to missus egan She's the lady on the boat now. She's in the outer office right now Suppose we have her in and see if it's any easier for you to believe her story anything you say valentine Okay Well, do you come in please mrs. Egan? All right I want you to repeat just what you told me What shall I tell them a two people wasted their lives looking for a will of the width A treasure you were always going to find the next day treasure. Yes Sensible people don't believe in buried treasure and sunken ships bulging with gold But charlie did now wait a minute. He was the eccentric cwi egan who spent a fortune and 20 years of his life Looking for ships that had sunk with treasure a boy and fantastic as it may seem gentle when he found one Didn't he missus egan just a couple of months ago. He went down into the river every night He kept prowling around the hull of that boat He knew that there was gold there somewhere He kept saying he'd find it any day now his treasure and then cane and bowers started to drive a tunnel Yeah, charlie knew it was going to meet head on with the granada the old spanish galleon He knew was there became a race against time. That's why he got a job here It all he could to keep the tunnel from getting any farther. Yep, and at night every night he'd go down to look some more And i'd help him And today was his last desperate attempt to flood us out Yes He wasn't going to see anybody get to his treasure as long as he lived And he kept his word Well, brooksy here's the check from cane and bowers. That's all washed up. So what do you say we go out stepping tonight? Hey, did you see the paper this morning? No, why well, they raised the granada out of the river last night They did and there was a treasure chest just as charlie knew all along Oh, so old charlie was right after all yep a chest packed to the brim with old spanish coins George, how romantic. Oh, yeah, but old charlie wouldn't have been too happy about it No, why the whole batch was worth about a hundred dollars And now a message of importance to motorists Maybe you've got your vacation trip all mapped out But how about the family car before you start out better? 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Have them get that whole crew together All those pixies that were at the seance last night including the ferrets george including miss turner have more brought back to the sanctuary But why if there really was a murder, brook see? I won't be able to live with myself until I find the reason for it Right now I got a date with a crystal ball and maybe I'll get a preview Tonight's adventure of george valentine has been brought to you by standard of california on behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the west Tonight's story was written by david victor and herbert little junior and directed by don clark Also heard in the cast where francis x bushman is cane herbert litten is bowers Ruth parrot is missus egan joe deval is charlie franklin pinkie parker as sanders and leo clary as harrigan The music is composed and conducted by eddie dunsteader. 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