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A Matter of Tunnels

           Heforeverbusiedhimselfwithvariousaspectsofthescenequiteasapoetmighthaveconcernedhimselfwithrocksandrills.Toownthesestreet-railways!Toownthesestreet-railways!Sorangthesongofhismind.

           Likethegassituation,theChicagostreet-railwaysituationwasdividedintothreepartsthreecompaniesrepresentingandcorrespondingwiththethreedifferentsidesordivisionsofthecity.TheChicagoCityRailwayCompany,occupyingtheSouthSideandextendingasfarsouthasThirty-ninthStreet,hadbeenorganizedin1859,andrepresentedinitselfamineofwealth.Alreadyitcontrolledsomeseventymilesoftrack,andwasannuallybeingaddedtoonIndianaAvenue,onWabashAvenue,onStateStreet,andonArcherAvenue.Itownedoveronehundredandfiftycarsoftheold-fashioned,straw-strewn,no-stovetype,andoveronethousandhorses;itemployedonehundredandseventyconductors,onehundredandsixtydrivers,ahundredstablemen,andblacksmiths,harness-makers,andrepairersininterestingnumbers.Itssnow-plowswerebusyonthestreetinwinter,itssprinkling-carsinsummer.Cowperwoodcalculateditsshares,bonds,rolling-stock,andotherphysicalpropertiesastotalinginthevicinityofovertwomilliondollars.ThetroublewiththiscompanywasthatitsoutstandingstockwasprincipallycontrolledbyNormanSchryhart,whowasnowdecidedlyinimicaltoCowperwood,oranythinghemightwishtodo,andbyAnsonMerrill,whohadnevermanifestedanysignsoffriendship.

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