Part 1, Chapter 1, Section 3

Upon arriving in New York, Dagny Taggart meets with James Taggart to state that she cancelled the Orren Boyle contract for the Rio Norte Line steel and placed an order with Hank Rearden for the brand-new alloy called Rearden Metal (p 20). Dagny makes this move to out-compete the Phoenix-Durango, which won the Wyatt Oil contract that had been in the hands of Taggart Transcontinental (p 21). James buckles to Dangy’s decision only when he is assured that she takes full responsibility for her decisions (p 23).

Dagny returns to her office and immediately has Eddie Willers get Ayers Music Publishing Company on the phone (p 24). Dagny asks Mr. Ayers if Richard Halley ever wrote a fifth conerto, but he has not. Next she has a meeting with Owen kellogg, who had “the face of a man with whom she could deal.” Dangy is about to offer Mr. Kellogg the post of Superintendent of the Ohio Division (p 26) but Mr. Kellogg resigns before she can do so (p 25). He offers no reason for his choice to quit except, “Who is John Galt?”