The men of Atlantis received him enthusiastically. This was true even of one [[Andrew Stockton]], a foundry owner who realized that Henry Rearden must inevitably put him out of business. Henry made immediate plans to settle his employees (those who had followed him) in the valley, a process that involved building individual houses for them all. (Galt's Gulch did not have a dedicated homebuilder, but the Rearden workforce could probably build houses for themselves readily enough.) Then he plunged into an effort to rebuild Rearden Steel, knowing that his old plant was now shut down and would soon be in no condition to operate, with government men to try to run it. | The men of Atlantis received him enthusiastically. This was true even of one [[Andrew Stockton]], a foundry owner who realized that Henry Rearden must inevitably put him out of business. Henry made immediate plans to settle his employees (those who had followed him) in the valley, a process that involved building individual houses for them all. (Galt's Gulch did not have a dedicated homebuilder, but the Rearden workforce could probably build houses for themselves readily enough.) Then he plunged into an effort to rebuild Rearden Steel, knowing that his old plant was now shut down and would soon be in no condition to operate, with government men to try to run it. |