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Chicago Gas

           TheonethingthatmostattractedhisattentionwastheChicagogassituation,becausetherewasachancetostepinalmostunheraldedinanasyetunoccupiedterritory;withfranchisesoncesecured—thereadercanquiteimaginehow—hecouldpresenthimself,likeaHamilcarBarcaintheheartofSpainoraHannibalatthegatesofRome,withademandforsurrenderandadivisionofspoils.

           Therewereatthistimethreegascompaniesoperatinginthethreedifferentdivisionsofthecity—thethreesections,or"sides,"astheywerecalled—South,West,andNorth,andofthesetheChicagoGas,Light,andCokeCompany,organizedin1848todobusinessontheSouthSide,wasthemostflourishingandimportant.ThePeople’sGas,Light,andCokeCompany,doingbusinessontheWestSide,wasafewyearsyoungerthantheSouthChicagocompany,andhadbeenallowedtospringintoexistencethroughthefoolishself-confidenceoftheorganizeranddirectorsoftheSouthSidecompany,whohadfanciedthatneithertheWestSidenortheNorthSidewasgoingtodevelopveryrapidlyforanumberofyearstocome,andhadcountedonthecitycouncil’sallowingthemtoextendtheirmainsatanytimetotheseotherportionsofthecity.

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