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Love and War

           Consequently,thereportersaroundtheCityHallandthecouncil-chamber,whowereintouchwithAldermanThomasDowling,McKenty’sleaderonthefloorofcouncil,andthosewhocalledoccasionallyquiteregularly,infactattheofficesoftheNorthChicagoStreetRailwayCompany,Cowperwood’scomfortablenewofficesintheNorthSide,werenowgiventounderstandthattwoordinancesonegrantingthefreeuseoftheLaSalleStreettunnelforanunlimitedperiod(practicallyagiftofit),andanothergrantingarightofwayinLaSalle,Munroe,Dearborn,andRandolphstreetsfortheproposedloopwouldbeintroducedincouncilveryshortly.Cowperwoodgrantedaveryfloweryinterview,inwhichheexplainedquiteenthusiasticallyallthattheNorthChicagocompanywasdoingandproposedtodo,andmadeclearwhatasplendiddevelopmentitwouldassuretotheNorthSideandtothebusinesscenter.

           AtonceSchryhart,Merrill,andsomeindividualsconnectedwiththeChicagoWestDivisionCompany,begantocomplaininthenewspaperofficesandattheclubstoRicketts,Braxton,youngMacDonald,andtheothereditors.Envyofthepyrotechnicprogressofthemanwasasmuchafactorinthisasanythingelse.Itdidnotmaketheslightestdifference,asCowperwoodhadsarcasticallypointedout,thateveryothercorporationofanysignificanceinChicagohadaskedandreceivedwithoutmoneyandwithoutprice.

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