colins prediction held true and over the next few months myron lawless , with the able assistance of his son and what seemed like a small army of intermediaries sold most of his bearcliff holdings at three or four times what he had paid for them , much of itvia their intermediaries , of course , for on the surface no one was buying or selling anythingto johnson , clarke , and evans , now convinced that bearcliff was indeed the decided upon route ; while at the same time acquiringfrom the same three partners , eager to offload their bad holdingswhat in the end turned out to be a sizeable portion of greyfield , both in and around the only logical place for a station , the lowland just west of main street , and those of the outlying areas , which would surely be developed for housing and industry once the railroad arrived .