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Street-railways at Last

           

           Meanwhile,Cowperwood,ontheadviceofKaffrath,wasapproachingIsaacWhite,ArnoldC.Benjamin,andOttoMatjesdirect—talkingwiththemasiftheyweretheonlythreehedesiredtodealwith.AlittlelaterThorsenandKaempfaertwerevisitedinthesamespirit,andagreedinsecretfeartosellout,orratherleaseattheveryadvantageoustermsCowperwoodoffered,providinghecouldgettheotherstodolikewise.Thisgavethelatterastrongbackingofsentimentontheboard.FinallyIsaacWhitestatedatoneofthemeetingsthathehadbeenapproachedwithaninterestingproposition,whichhethenandthereoutlined.Hewasnotsurewhattothink,hesaid,buttheboardmightliketoconsiderit.AtonceThorsenandKaempfaertwereconvincedthatallJohnsonhadsuggestedwastrue.ItwasdecidedtohaveCowperwoodcomeandexplaintothefullboardjustwhathisplanwas,andthishedidinalong,bland,smilingtalk.Itwasmadeplainthattheroadwouldhavetobeputinshapeinthenearfuture,andthatthisproposedplanrelievedallofthemofwork,worry,andcare.Moreover,theywereguaranteedmoreinterestatoncethantheyhadexpectedtoearninthenexttwentyorthirtyyears.ThereuponitwasagreedthatCowperwoodandhisplanshouldbegivenatrial.Seeingthatifhedidnotsucceedinpayingtheproposedinterestpromptlythepropertyoncemorebecametheirs,sotheythought,andthatheassumedallobligations—taxes,waterrents,oldclaims,afewpensions—itappearedinthelightofaratheridyllicscheme.

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