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A Matter of Tunnels

           

           Becauseofthishewasnaturallyinterestedtoobserveoneday,inthecourseofhisperegrinations,thatthereexistedintwoplacesundertheChicagoRiverinthefirstplaceatLaSalleStreet,runningnorthandsouth,andinthesecondatWashingtonStreet,runningeastandwesttwonowsoggyandrat-infestedtunnelswhichwereneverusedbyanybodydark,dank,drippingaffairsonlyvaguelylightedwithoil-lamp,andoozingwithwater.Uponinvestigationhelearnedthattheyhadbeenbuiltyearsbeforetoaccommodatethissametideofwagontraffic,whichnowcongestedatthebridges,andwhicheventhenhadbeenrapidlyrising.Beingforcedtopayatollintimetowhichaslighttollincash,exactedfortheprivilegeofusingatunnel,hadseemedtotheinvestorsandpublicinfinitelytobepreferred,thistraffichadbeenofferedthisopportunityofavoidingthedelay.However,likemanyanotherhandsomecommercialschemeonpaperorbubblinginthehumanbrain,theplandidnotworkexactly.Thesetunnelsmighthaveprovedprofitableiftheyhadbeenproperlybuiltwithlong,low-per-cent.grades,wideroadways,andasufficiencyoflightandair;but,asamatteroffact,theyhadnotbeenjudiciouslyadaptedtopublicconvenience.NormanSchryhart’sfatherhadbeenaninvestorinthesetunnels,andAnsonMerrill.

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