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As
a
matter
of
fact
the
street-railway
business
in
Philadelphia
was
not
sufficiently
developed
at
this
time
to
suggest
to
any
one
the
grand
scheme
of
union
which
came
later
.
Yet
in
connection
with
this
new
arrangement
between
Stener
and
Cowperwood
,
it
was
Strobik
who
now
came
forward
to
Stener
with
an
idea
of
his
own
.
All
were
certain
to
make
money
through
Cowperwood
--
he
and
Stener
,
especially
.
What
was
amiss
,
therefore
,
with
himself
and
Stener
and
with
Cowperwood
as
their
--
or
rather
Stener
's
secret
representative
,
since
Strobik
did
not
dare
to
appear
in
the
matter
--
buying
now
sufficient
street-railway
shares
in
some
one
line
to
control
it
,
and
then
,
if
he
,
Strobik
,
could
,
by
efforts
of
his
own
,
get
the
city
council
to
set
aside
certain
streets
for
its
extension
,
why
,
there
you
were
--
they
would
own
it
.
Only
,
later
,
he
proposed
to
shake
Stener
out
if
he
could
.
But
this
preliminary
work
had
to
be
done
by
some
one
,
and
it
might
as
well
be
Stener
.
At
the
same
time
,
as
he
saw
,
this
work
had
to
be
done
very
carefully
,
because
naturally
his
superiors
were
watchful
,
and
if
they
found
him
dabbling
in
affairs
of
this
kind
to
his
own
advantage
,
they
might
make
it
impossible
for
him
to
continue
politically
in
a
position
where
he
could
help
himself
just
the
same
.
Any
outside
organization
such
as
a
street-railway
company
already
in
existence
had
a
right
to
appeal
to
the
city
council
for
privileges
which
would
naturally
further
its
and
the
city
's
growth
,
and
,
other
things
being
equal
,
these
could
not
be
refused
.
It
would
not
do
for
him
to
appear
,
however
,
both
as
a
shareholder
and
president
of
the
council
.
But
with
Cowperwood
acting
privately
for
Stener
it
would
be
another
thing
.
The
interesting
thing
about
this
proposition
as
finally
presented
by
Stener
for
Strobik
to
Cowperwood
,
was
that
it
raised
,
without
appearing
to
do
so
,
the
whole
question
of
Cowperwood
's
attitude
toward
the
city
administration
.
Although
he
was
dealing
privately
for
Edward
Butler
as
an
agent
,
and
with
this
same
plan
in
mind
,
and
although
he
had
never
met
either
Mollenhauer
or
Simpson
,
he
nevertheless
felt
that
in
so
far
as
the
manipulation
of
the
city
loan
was
concerned
he
was
acting
for
them
.
On
the
other
hand
,
in
this
matter
of
the
private
street-railway
purchase
which
Stener
now
brought
to
him
,
he
realized
from
the
very
beginning
,
by
Stener
's
attitude
,
that
there
was
something
untoward
in
it
,
that
Stener
felt
he
was
doing
something
which
he
ought
not
to
do
.
"
Cowperwood
,
"
he
said
to
him
the
first
morning
he
ever
broached
this
matter
--
it
was
in
Stener
's
office
,
at
the
old
city
hall
at
Sixth
and
Chestnut
,
and
Stener
,
in
view
of
his
oncoming
prosperity
,
was
feeling
very
good
indeed
--
"
is
n't
there
some
street-railway
property
around
town
here
that
a
man
could
buy
in
on
and
get
control
of
if
he
had
sufficient
money
?
"
Cowperwood
knew
that
there
were
such
properties
.
His
very
alert
mind
had
long
since
sensed
the
general
opportunities
here
.
The
omnibuses
were
slowly
disappearing
.
The
best
routes
were
already
preempted
.
Still
,
there
were
other
streets
,
and
the
city
was
growing
.
The
incoming
population
would
make
great
business
in
the
future
.
One
could
afford
to
pay
almost
any
price
for
the
short
lines
already
built
if
one
could
wait
and
extend
the
lines
into
larger
and
better
areas
later
.
And
already
he
had
conceived
in
his
own
mind
the
theory
of
the
"
endless
chain
,
"
or
"
argeeable
formula
,
"
as
it
was
later
termed
,
of
buying
a
certain
property
on
a
long-time
payment
and
issuing
stocks
or
bonds
sufficient
not
only
to
pay
your
seller
,
but
to
reimburse
you
for
your
trouble
,
to
say
nothing
of
giving
you
a
margin
wherewith
to
invest
in
other
things
--
allied
properties
,
for
instance
,
against
which
more
bonds
could
be
issued
,
and
so
on
,
ad
infinitum
.
It
became
an
old
story
later
,
but
it
was
new
at
that
time
,
and
he
kept
the
thought
closely
to
himself
.
None
the
less
he
was
glad
to
have
Stener
speak
of
this
,
since
street-railways
were
his
hobby
,
and
he
was
convinced
that
he
would
be
a
great
master
of
them
if
he
ever
had
an
opportunity
to
control
them
.
"
Why
,
yes
,
George
,
"
he
said
,
noncommittally
,
there
are
two
or
three
that
offer
a
good
chance
if
a
man
had
money
enough
.
I
notice
blocks
of
stock
being
offered
on
'
change
now
and
then
by
one
person
and
another
.
It
would
be
good
policy
to
pick
these
things
up
as
they
're
offered
,
and
then
to
see
later
if
some
of
the
other
stockholders
wo
n't
want
to
sell
out
.
Green
and
Coates
,
now
,
looks
like
a
good
proposition
to
me
.
If
I
had
three
or
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
I
thought
I
could
put
into
that
by
degrees
I
would
follow
it
up
.
It
only
takes
about
thirty
per
cent
.
of
the
stock
of
any
railroad
to
control
it
.
Most
of
the
shares
are
scattered
around
so
far
and
wide
that
they
never
vote
,
and
I
think
two
or
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
would
control
that
road
.
"
He
mentioned
one
other
line
that
might
be
secured
in
the
same
way
in
the
course
of
time
.
Stener
meditated
.
"
That
's
a
good
deal
of
money
,
"
he
said
,
thoughtfully
.
"
I
'll
talk
to
you
about
that
some
more
later
.
"
And
he
was
off
to
see
Strobik
none
the
less
.
Cowperwood
knew
that
Stener
did
not
have
any
two
or
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
invest
in
anything
.
There
was
only
one
way
that
he
could
get
it
--
and
that
was
to
borrow
it
out
of
the
city
treasury
and
forego
the
interest
.
But
he
would
not
do
that
on
his
own
initiative
.
Some
one
else
must
be
behind
him
and
who
else
other
than
Mollenhauer
,
or
Simpson
,
or
possibly
even
Butler
,
though
he
doubted
that
,
unless
the
triumvirate
were
secretly
working
together
.
But
what
of
it
?
The
larger
politicians
were
always
using
the
treasury
,
and
he
was
thinking
now
,
only
,
of
his
own
attitude
in
regard
to
the
use
of
this
money
.
No
harm
could
come
to
him
,
if
Stener
's
ventures
were
successful
;
and
there
was
no
reason
why
they
should
not
be
.
Even
if
they
were
not
he
would
be
merely
acting
as
an
agent
.
In
addition
,
he
saw
how
in
the
manipulation
of
this
money
for
Stener
he
could
probably
eventually
control
certain
lines
for
himself
