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Wanted — Fifty-year Franchises

           shares,adirectorofoneofhislocalcountybanks,asilentpartnerintheEffinghamHerald,hewasapersonageinhisdistrict,onemuchreveredbylocalswains.Yetamoregameandrascallytypewasnottobefoundinallrurallegislation.

           ItwasoldGeneralVanSicklewhosoughtoutSouthack,havingrememberedhimfromhisearlierlegislativedays.ItwasAverywhoconductedthenegotiations.Primarily,inallstateschemingatSpringfield,SenatorSouthackwassupposedtorepresenttheC.W.I.,oneofthegreattrunk-linestraversingthestate,andincidentallyconnectingChicagowiththeSouth,West,andEast.Thisroad,havingalargelocalmileageandbeinganxioustoextenditsfranchisesinChicagoandelsewhere,wasdeepinstatepolitics.ByacuriouscoincidenceitwasmainlyfinancedbyHaeckelheimer,Gotloeb&Co.,ofNewYork,thoughCowperwood’sconnectionwiththatconcernwasnotasyetknown.GoingtoSouthack,whowastheRepublicanwhipinthesenate,Averyproposedthathe,inconjunctionwithJudgeDickensheetsandoneGilsonBickel,counselfortheC.W.I.,shouldnowundertaketosecuresufficientsupportinthestatesenateandhouseforaschemeintroducingtheNewYorkideaofapublic-servicecommissionintothegoverningmachineryofthestateofIllinois

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