AtD translation: put him onto the stub

[Mike Jing]

P194.29-34   It turned out Deuce knew more than the rep expected about how
much the company might be ready to let go of. “Course if you don’t have the
spendin authority, we could put him onto the stub instead, leave him off up
on Dallas Divide, say, cost of the ticket to Montrose plus my percent, or
for a little bit more, clear on out of the state and you’d never see him
again. Save you some money, maybe trouble later on—”

What does "put him onto the stub" mean here?