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A Matter of Tunnels

           Betweenthestreetendsthatabuttedonitandconnectedthetwosidesofthecityranthisamazingstreamdirty,odorous,picturesque,compactofaheavy,delightful,constantlycrowdingandmovingboattraffic,whichkeptthevariousbridgesmomentarilyturning,andtiedupthestreettrafficoneithersideoftheriveruntilitseemedattimesasthoughthetangleofteamsandboatswouldneveranymorebestraightenedout.Itwaslovely,human,natural,DickensesqueafitsubjectforaDaumier,aTurner,oraWhistler.Theidlestofbridge-tendersjudgedforhimselfwhentheboatsandwhentheteamsshouldbemadetowait,andhowlong,whileinadditiontotheregularpedestriansagroupofidlersstoodatgazefascinatedbythecrowdofmasts,thecrushofwagons,andthepicturesquetugsintheforegroundbelow.Cowperwood,ashesatinhislightrunabout,annoyedbyadelay,ordashedswiftlyforwardtogetoverbeforeabridgeturned,hadlongsincenotedthatthestreet-carserviceintheNorthandWestSideswasbadlyhampered.TheunbrokenSouthSide,unthreadedbyariver,hadnosuchproblem,andwasgrowingrapidly.

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