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"
Um
--
well
,
that
may
be
true
of
the
other
companies
.
The
South
Side
company
had
those
streets
long
ago
.
They
merely
connected
them
up
.
But
this
tunnel
,
now
--
that
's
a
different
matter
,
is
n't
it
?
The
city
bought
and
paid
for
that
,
did
n't
it
?
"
"
Quite
true
--
to
help
out
men
who
saw
that
they
could
n't
make
another
dollar
out
of
it
,
"
said
Cowperwood
,
acidly
.
"
But
it
's
of
no
use
to
the
city
.
It
will
cave
in
pretty
soon
if
it
is
n't
repaired
.
Why
,
the
consent
of
property-owners
alone
,
along
the
line
of
this
loop
,
is
going
to
aggregate
a
considerable
sum
.
It
seems
to
me
instead
of
hampering
a
great
work
of
this
kind
the
public
ought
to
do
everything
in
its
power
to
assist
it
.
It
means
giving
a
new
metropolitan
flavor
to
this
down-town
section
.
It
is
time
Chicago
was
getting
out
of
its
swaddling
clothes
.
"
Mr.
MacDonald
,
the
younger
,
shook
his
head
.
He
saw
clearly
enough
the
significance
of
the
points
made
,
but
he
was
jealous
of
Cowperwood
and
of
his
success
.
This
loop
franchise
and
tunnel
gift
meant
millions
for
some
one
.
Why
should
n't
there
be
something
in
it
for
him
?
He
called
in
Mr.
Du
Bois
and
went
over
the
proposition
with
him
.
Quite
without
effort
the
latter
sensed
the
drift
of
the
situation
.
"
It
's
an
excellent
proposition
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
do
n't
see
but
that
the
city
should
have
something
,
though
.
Public
sentiment
is
rather
against
gifts
to
corporations
just
at
present
.
"
Cowperwood
caught
the
drift
of
what
was
in
young
MacDonald
's
mind
.
"
Well
,
what
would
you
suggest
as
a
fair
rate
of
compensation
to
the
city
?
"
he
asked
,
cautiously
,
wondering
whether
this
aggressive
youth
would
go
so
far
as
to
commit
himself
in
any
way
.
"
Oh
,
well
,
as
to
that
,
"
MacDonald
replied
,
with
a
deprecatory
wave
of
his
hand
,
"
I
could
n't
say
.
It
ought
to
bear
a
reasonable
relationship
to
the
value
of
the
utility
as
it
now
stands
.
I
should
want
to
think
that
over
.
I
should
n't
want
to
see
the
city
demand
anything
unreasonable
.
Certainly
,
though
,
there
is
a
privilege
here
that
is
worth
something
.
"
Cowperwood
flared
inwardly
.
His
greatest
weakness
,
if
he
had
one
,
was
that
he
could
but
ill
brook
opposition
of
any
kind
.
This
young
upstart
,
with
his
thin
,
cool
face
and
sharp
,
hard
eyes
!
He
would
have
liked
to
tell
him
and
his
paper
to
go
to
the
devil
.
He
went
away
,
hoping
that
he
could
influence
the
Inquirer
in
some
other
way
upon
the
old
General
's
return
.
