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Chapter XVI

           Asamatteroffactthestreet-railwaybusinessinPhiladelphiawasnotsufficientlydevelopedatthistimetosuggesttoanyonethegrandschemeofunionwhichcamelater.YetinconnectionwiththisnewarrangementbetweenStenerandCowperwood,itwasStrobikwhonowcameforwardtoStenerwithanideaofhisown.AllwerecertaintomakemoneythroughCowperwoodheandStener,especially.Whatwasamiss,therefore,withhimselfandStenerandwithCowperwoodastheirorratherStener’ssecretrepresentative,sinceStrobikdidnotdaretoappearinthematterbuyingnowsufficientstreet-railwaysharesinsomeonelinetocontrolit,andthen,ifhe,Strobik,could,byeffortsofhisown,getthecitycounciltosetasidecertainstreetsforitsextension,why,thereyouweretheywouldownit.Only,later,heproposedtoshakeSteneroutifhecould.Butthispreliminaryworkhadtobedonebysomeone,anditmightaswellbeStener.Atthesametime,ashesaw,thisworkhadtobedoneverycarefully,becausenaturallyhissuperiorswerewatchful,andiftheyfoundhimdabblinginaffairsofthiskindtohisownadvantage,theymightmakeitimpossibleforhimtocontinuepoliticallyinapositionwherehecouldhelphimselfjustthesame.Anyoutsideorganizationsuchasastreet-railwaycompanyalreadyinexistencehadarighttoappealtothecitycouncilforprivilegeswhichwouldnaturallyfurtheritsandthecity’sgrowth,and,otherthingsbeingequal,thesecouldnotberefused.

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