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Obstacles

           MacDonald,enragedatthedo-nothingattitudeofthecouncil,invadedthatbodyanddemandedofAldermanDowling,stillleader,whythismatteroftheChicagogeneralordinanceswasstilllyingunconsidered.Mr.Dowling,alarge,mushy,placidmanwithblueeyes,anironframe,andabeefysmile,vouchsafedtheinformationthat,althoughhewaschairmanofthecommitteeonstreetsandalleys,heknewnothingaboutit."Ihaven’tbeenpayin’muchattentiontothingslately,"hereplied.

           Mr.MacDonaldwenttoseetheremainingmembersofthissamecommittee.Theywerenon-committal.Theywouldhavetolookintothematter.Somebodyclaimedthattherewasaflawinthepetitions.

           Evidentlytherewascrookedworkheresomewhere.Cowperwoodwastoblame,nodoubt.MacDonaldconferredwithBlackmanandJordanJules,anditwasdeterminedthatthecouncilshouldbeharriedintodoingitsduty.Thiswasalegitimateenterprise.Anewandbettersystemoftractionwasbeingkeptoutofthecity.Schryhart,sincehewasofferedaninterest,andsincetherewasconsiderablechanceofhisbeingabletodominatethenewenterprise,agreedthattheordinancesoughttobeactedupon.Inconsequencetherewasarenewedhubbubinthenewspapers.

           ItwaspointedoutthroughSchryhart’sChronicle,throughHyssop’sandMerrill’spapers,andthroughtheInquirerthatsuchasituationwasintolerable.

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