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Obstacles

           Inthefirstplace,theconsentoftheWarDepartmentatWashingtonhadtobesecuredinordertotunnelundertheriveratall.Secondly,theexcavation,ifdirectlyunderthebridge,mightproveanintolerablenuisance,necessitatingtheclosingorremovalofthebridge.Owingtothecritical,nottosayhostile,attitudeofthenewspaperswhich,sincetheLaSalleandWashingtontunnelgrants,werefollowinghiseverymovewithasearchlight,Cowperwooddecidednottopetitionthecityforprivilegesinthiscase,butinsteadtobuythepropertyrightsofsufficientlandjustnorthofthebridge,wherethediggingofthetunnelcouldproceedwithoutinterference.

           Thepieceoflandmostsuitableforthispurpose,alot150x150,lyingalittlewayfromtheriver-bank,andoccupiedbyaseven-storyloft-building,wasownedbythepreviouslymentionedRedmondPurdy,along,thin,angular,dirtyperson,whoworecelluloidcollarsandcuffsandspokewithanasalintonation.

           Cowperwoodhadthecustomaryoverturesmadebyseeminglydisinterestedpartiesendeavoringtosecurethelandatafairprice.ButPurdy,whowasasstingyasamiserandasincisiveasarat-trap,hadcaughtwindoftheproposedtunnelscheme.Hewasallaliveforafineprofit."No,no,no,"hedeclared,overandover,whenapproachedbytherepresentativesofMr.SylvesterToomey,Cowperwood’subiquitousland-agent."Idon’twanttosell.Goaway."

           Mr.

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