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"
On
the
map
,
Mr.
Haguenin
,
I
have
indicated
a
plan
which
,
if
we
can
gain
the
consent
of
the
city
,
will
obviate
any
quarrel
as
to
the
great
expense
of
reconstructing
the
bridges
,
and
will
make
use
of
a
piece
of
property
which
is
absolutely
without
value
to
the
city
at
present
,
but
which
can
be
made
into
something
of
vast
convenience
to
the
public
.
I
am
referring
,
as
you
see
"
--
he
laid
an
indicative
finger
on
the
map
in
Mr.
Haguenin
's
hands
--
"
to
the
old
La
Salle
Street
tunnel
,
which
is
now
boarded
up
and
absolutely
of
no
use
to
any
one
.
It
was
built
apparently
under
a
misapprehension
as
to
the
grade
the
average
loaded
wagon
could
negotiate
.
When
it
was
found
to
be
unprofitable
it
was
sold
to
the
city
and
locked
up
.
If
you
have
ever
been
through
it
you
know
what
condition
it
is
in
.
My
engineers
tell
me
the
walls
are
leaking
,
and
that
there
is
great
danger
of
a
cave-in
unless
it
is
very
speedily
repaired
.
I
am
also
told
that
it
will
require
about
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
put
it
in
suitable
condition
for
use
.
My
theory
is
that
if
the
North
Chicago
Street
Railway
is
willing
to
go
to
this
expense
for
the
sake
of
solving
this
bridge-crush
problem
,
and
giving
the
residents
of
the
North
Side
a
sensible
and
uninterrupted
service
into
the
business
heart
,
the
city
ought
to
be
willing
to
make
us
a
present
of
this
tunnel
for
the
time
being
,
or
at
least
a
long
lease
at
a
purely
nominal
rental
.
"
Cowperwood
paused
to
see
what
Haguenin
would
say
.
The
latter
was
looking
at
the
map
gravely
,
wondering
whether
it
was
fair
for
Cowperwood
to
make
this
demand
,
wondering
whether
the
city
should
grant
it
to
him
without
compensation
,
wondering
whether
the
bridge-traffic
problem
was
as
serious
as
he
pointed
out
,
wondering
,
indeed
,
whether
this
whole
move
was
not
a
clever
ruse
to
obtain
something
for
nothing
.
"
And
what
is
this
?
"
he
asked
,
laying
a
finger
on
the
aforementioned
loop
.
"
That
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
"
is
the
only
method
we
have
been
able
to
figure
out
of
serving
the
down-town
business
section
and
the
North
Side
,
and
of
solving
this
bridge
problem
.
If
we
obtain
the
tunnel
,
as
I
hope
we
shall
,
all
the
cars
of
these
North
Side
lines
will
emerge
here
"
--
he
pointed
to
La
Salle
and
Randolph
--
"
and
swing
around
--
that
is
,
they
will
if
the
city
council
give
us
the
right
of
way
.
I
think
,
of
course
,
there
can
be
no
reasonable
objection
to
that
.
There
is
no
reason
why
the
citizens
of
the
North
Side
should
n't
have
as
comfortable
an
access
to
the
business
heart
as
those
of
the
West
or
South
Side
.
"
"
None
in
the
world
,
"
Mr.
Haguenin
was
compelled
to
admit
.
"
Are
you
satisfied
,
however
,
that
the
council
and
the
city
should
sanction
the
gift
of
a
loop
of
this
kind
without
some
form
of
compensation
?
"
"
I
see
no
reason
why
they
should
n't
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
in
a
somewhat
injured
tone
.
"
There
has
never
been
any
question
of
compensation
where
other
improvements
have
been
suggested
for
the
city
in
the
past
.
The
South
Side
company
has
been
allowed
to
turn
in
a
loop
around
State
and
Wabash
.
The
Chicago
City
Passenger
Railway
has
a
loop
in
Adams
and
Washington
streets
.
"
"
Quite
so
,
"
said
Mr.
Haguenin
,
vaguely
.
"
That
is
true
.
But
this
tunnel
,
now
--
do
you
think
that
should
fall
in
the
same
category
of
public
beneficences
?
"
