Финансист

Chapter XVI

           

           TherewasonelinebeinglaidouttowithinafewblocksofhisnewhometheSeventeenthandNineteenthStreetlineitwascalledwhichinterestedhimgreatly.Herodeonitoccasionallywhenhewasdelayedordidnotwishtotroubleaboutavehicle.Itranthroughtwothrivingstreetsofred-brickhouses,andwasdestinedtohaveagreatfutureoncethecitygrewlargeenough.Asyetitwasreallynotlongenough.Ifhecouldgetthat,forinstance,andcombineitwithButler’slines,oncetheyweresecuredorMollenhauer’s,orSimpson’s,thelegislaturecouldbeinducedtogivethemadditionalfranchises.HeevendreamedofacombinationbetweenButler,Mollenhauer,Simpson,andhimself.Betweenthem,politically,theycouldgetanything.ButButlerwasnotaphilanthropist.Hewouldhavetobeapproachedwithaverysizablebirdinhand.Thecombinationmustbeobviouslyadvisable.Besides,hewasdealingforButlerinstreet-railwaystocks,andifthisparticularlineweresuchagoodthingButlermightwonderwhyithadnotbeenbroughttohiminthefirstplace.Itwouldbebetter,Frankthought,towaituntilheactuallyhaditashisown,inwhichcaseitwouldbeadifferentmatter.Thenhecouldtalkasacapitalist.Hebegantodreamofacity-widestreet-railwaysystemcontrolledbyafewmen,orpreferablyhimselfalone.

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