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Wanted — Fifty-year Franchises

           Howwonderfulitisthatmengrowuntil,likecolossi,theybestridetheworld,or,likebanyan-trees,theydroprootsfromeverybranchandarethemselvesaforestaforestofintricatecommerciallife,ofwhichathousandmaterialaspectsaretheevidence.Hisstreet-railwaypropertieswerelikeanettheparasiteGoldThreadlinkedtogetherastheywere,anddrainingtwoofthethreeimportant"sides"ofthecity.

           In1886,whenhehadfirstsecuredafoothold,theyhadbeencapitalizedatbetweensixandsevenmillions(everydeviceforissuingadollaronrealpropertyhavingbeenexhausted).To-day,underhismanagement,theywerecapitalizedatbetweensixtyandseventymillions.Themajorityofthestockissuedandsoldwassubjecttoafinancialdevicewherebytwentypercent.controlledeightypercent.,Cowperwoodholdingthattwentypercent.andborrowingmoneyonitashypothecatedcollateral.InthecaseoftheWestSidecorporation,acorporateissueofoverthirtymillionshadbeenmade,andthesestocks,owingtothetremendouscarryingpoweroftheroadsandtheswellingtrafficnightandmorningofpoorsheepwhopaidtheirhard-earnednickels,hadamarketvaluewhichgavetheroadanassuredphysicalvalueofaboutthreetimesthesumforwhichitcouldhavebeenbuilt.TheNorthChicagocompany,whichin1886hadaphysicalvalueoflittlemorethanamillion,couldnotnowbeduplicatedforlessthansevenmillions,andwascapitalizedatnearlyfifteenmillions.

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