FTP, name this novel in which the Pacific and Southwestern Railroad is likened to the titular creature, a work of Frank Norris.
One character in this work surprisingly doubles the pay of one of his workers after a manager urges his firing and explains to another character that he liked the picture with the same name as that character's poem better because it said the best that could be said on the subject.  Another character in this work is killed when he falls into an open hatch on a ship after a crewmember explains the efficiency of a mechanical packing method to him.  In this work, Dyke's gun misfires when he attempts to shoot S. Behrman, Annixter is killed in a gunfight, and the betrayal of Lyman ruins the powerful ranch owner Magnus Derrick.  The Toilers is the eventual product of the inspiration found in the west by the poet Presley.  FTP, name this novel in which the Pacific and Southwestern Railroad is likened to the titular creature, a work of Frank Norris.
One character in this work surprisingly doubles the pay of one of his workers after a manager urges his firing and explains to another character that he liked the picture with the same name as that character's poem better because it said the best that could be said on the subject.  
The Octopus