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Love and War

           WhowerethemenortheorganizationprovidingtheenormoussumsnecessarytopaysixhundreddollarspershareforsixhundredandfiftysharesofthetwelvehundredandfiftybelongingtotheoldWestDivisioncompany,andthirtypercent.peryearonalltheremainder?Wherewasthemoneycomingfromtocablealltheselines?Itwassimpleenoughiftheyhadonlythought.Cowperwoodwasmerelycapitalizingthefuture.

           Beforethenewspapersorthepubliccouldsuitablyprotest,crowdsofmenwereatworkdayandnightinthebusinessheartofthecity,theirflaringtorchesandresoundinghammersmakingafitfulbedlamicworldofthatregion;theywerelayingthefirstgreatcableloopandrepairingtheLaSalleStreettunnel.ItwasthesameontheNorthandWestSides,whereconcreteconduitswerebeinglaid,newgripandtrailercarsbuilt,newcar-barnserected,andlarge,shiningpower-housesputup.Thecity,solongusedtotheoldbridgedelays,thestraw-strewn,stovelesshorse-carsontheirjumpingrails,wasagogtoseehowfinethisnewservicewouldbe.TheLaSalleStreettunnelwassoonaglowwithwhiteplasterandelectriclights.ThelongstreetsandavenuesoftheNorthSidewerethreadedwithconcrete-linedconduitsandheavystreet-rails.Thepowerhouseswerecompletedandthesystemwasstarted,evenwhilethecontractsforthechangesontheWestSidewerebeinglet.

           Schryhartandhisassociateswereamazedatthisswiftnessofaction,thisdizzyphantasmagoriaoffinancialoperations

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