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A Matter of Tunnels

           

           Outsideofthebridgecrushandthetunnelsabovementioned,therewasoneotherspecialconditionwhichhadbeenforsometimepastattractingCowperwood’sattention.ThiswasthewaningenergyoftheNorthChicagoCityRailwayCompanythelackofforesightonthepartofitsdirectorswhichpreventedthemfromperceivingthepropersolutionoftheirdifficulties.Theroadwasinaratherunsatisfactorystatefinanciallyreallyopentoacoupofsomesort.Inthebeginningithadbeenconsideredunprofitable,sothinlypopulatedwastheterritorytheyserved,andsoshortthedistancefromthebusinessheart.Later,however,astheterritoryfilledup,theydidbetter;onlythenthelongwaitsatthebridgesoccurred.Themanagement,feelingthatthelineswerelikelytobepoorlypatronized,hadputdownpoor,little,light-weightrails,andrunslimpsycarswhichwereascoldasiceinwinterandashotasstove-ovensinsummer.Noattempthadbeenmadetoextendthedown-townterminusoftheseverallinesintothebusinesscentertheystoppedjustovertheriverwhichbordereditatthenorth.(OntheSouthSideMr.Schryharthaddonemuchbetterforhispatrons.HehadalreadyinstalledaloopforhiscableaboutMerrill’sstore.)AsontheWestSide,strawwasstrewninthebottomofallthecarsinwintertokeepthefeetofthepassengerswarm,andbutfewopencarswereusedinsummer.Thedirectorswereaversetointroducingthembecauseoftheexpense.

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