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Love and War

           SomehowhiscareerinconnectionwithChicagogas,hisventuresome,ifunsuccessfulefforttoenterChicagosociety,hisself-acknowledgedPhiladelphiarecord,renderedthesensitivecohortsoftheultra-conservativeexceedinglyfearful.InSchryhart’sChronicleappearedanewscolumnwhichwasheaded,"PlainGrabofCityTunnelProposed."Itwasaverytruculentstatement,andirritatedCowperwoodgreatly.ThePress(Mr.Haguenin’spaper),ontheotherhand,wasmostcordialtotheideaoftheloop,whileappearingtobealittleuncertainastowhetherthetunnelshouldbegrantedwithoutcompensationornot.EditorHyssopfeltcalledupontoinsistthatsomethingmorethanmerelynominalcompensationshouldbemadeforthetunnel,andthat"riders"shouldbeinsertedintheloopordinancemakingitincumbentupontheNorthChicagocompanytokeepthosethoroughfaresinfullrepairandwelllighted.TheInquirer,underMr.MacDonald,junior,andMr.DuBois,wasinrumblingopposition.Nofreetunnels,itcried;nofreeordinancesforprivilegesinthedown-townheart.IthadnothingtosayaboutCowperwoodpersonally.TheGlobe,Mr.Braxton’spaper,wascertainthatnofreerightstothetunnelshouldbegiven,andthatamuchbetterroutefortheloopcouldbefoundonelargerandmoreserviceabletothepublic,onethatmightbemadetoincludeStateStreetorWabashAvenue,orboth,whereMr.Merrill’sstorewaslocated.

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