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An Hour of Defeat

           Inthesecondplace,itsohappenedthatbecauseofthisswellingtideofmunicipalenthusiasm,thisrenaissanceoftheWest,Chicagohadfinallybeenchosen,atadateshortlyprecedingthepresentcampaign,asthefavoredcityforanenormousinternationalfairquitethelargestevergiveninAmerica.MensuchasHand,Schryhart,Merrill,andArneel,tosaynothingofthevariousnewspaperpublishersandeditors,hadbeenenthusiasticsupportersoftheproject,andinthisCowperwoodhadbeenonewiththem.Nosooner,however,hadtheawardactuallybeengrantedthanCowperwood’senemiesmadeittheirfirstconcerntoutilizethesituationagainsthim.

           Tobeginwith,thesiteofthefair,byaidofthenewanti-Cowperwoodcouncil,waslocatedontheSouthSide,attheterminusoftheSchryhartline,thusmakingthewholecitypaytributetothatcorporation.SimultaneouslythethoughtsuddenlydawnedupontheSchryhartfactionthatitwouldbeanexcellentstrokeofbusinessiftheNewYorkelevated-roadideawerenowintroducedintothecitynotsomuchwiththepurposeofmakingmoneyimmediately,butinordertobringthehatedmagnatetoanunderstandingthathehadaformidablerivalwhichmightinvadetheterritorythathenowmonopolized,curtailinghisandthusmakingitadvisableforhimtocloseouthisholdingsanddepart.BlandandinterestingweretheconferencesheldbyMr.SchryhartwithMr.Hand,andbyMr.HandwithMr.Arneelonthissubject.

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