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Cowperwood
,
however
,
remained
cool
and
thoughtful
.
Should
he
pay
young
MacDonald
?
he
asked
himself
.
Addison
knew
of
no
influence
that
he
could
bring
to
bear
.
Finally
,
after
much
thought
,
he
decided
to
proceed
as
he
had
planned
.
Consequently
,
the
reporters
around
the
City
Hall
and
the
council-chamber
,
who
were
in
touch
with
Alderman
Thomas
Dowling
,
McKenty
's
leader
on
the
floor
of
council
,
and
those
who
called
occasionally
--
quite
regularly
,
in
fact
--
at
the
offices
of
the
North
Chicago
Street
Railway
Company
,
Cowperwood
's
comfortable
new
offices
in
the
North
Side
,
were
now
given
to
understand
that
two
ordinances
--
one
granting
the
free
use
of
the
La
Salle
Street
tunnel
for
an
unlimited
period
(
practically
a
gift
of
it
)
,
and
another
granting
a
right
of
way
in
La
Salle
,
Munroe
,
Dearborn
,
and
Randolph
streets
for
the
proposed
loop
--
would
be
introduced
in
council
very
shortly
.
Cowperwood
granted
a
very
flowery
interview
,
in
which
he
explained
quite
enthusiastically
all
that
the
North
Chicago
company
was
doing
and
proposed
to
do
,
and
made
clear
what
a
splendid
development
it
would
assure
to
the
North
Side
and
to
the
business
center
.
At
once
Schryhart
,
Merrill
,
and
some
individuals
connected
with
the
Chicago
West
Division
Company
,
began
to
complain
in
the
newspaper
offices
and
at
the
clubs
to
Ricketts
,
Braxton
,
young
MacDonald
,
and
the
other
editors
.
Envy
of
the
pyrotechnic
progress
of
the
man
was
as
much
a
factor
in
this
as
anything
else
.
It
did
not
make
the
slightest
difference
,
as
Cowperwood
had
sarcastically
pointed
out
,
that
every
other
corporation
of
any
significance
in
Chicago
had
asked
and
received
without
money
and
without
price
.
Somehow
his
career
in
connection
with
Chicago
gas
,
his
venturesome
,
if
unsuccessful
effort
to
enter
Chicago
society
,
his
self-acknowledged
Philadelphia
record
,
rendered
the
sensitive
cohorts
of
the
ultra-conservative
exceedingly
fearful
.
In
Schryhart
's
Chronicle
appeared
a
news
column
which
was
headed
,
"
Plain
Grab
of
City
Tunnel
Proposed
.
"
It
was
a
very
truculent
statement
,
and
irritated
Cowperwood
greatly
.
The
Press
(
Mr.
Haguenin
's
paper
)
,
on
the
other
hand
,
was
most
cordial
to
the
idea
of
the
loop
,
while
appearing
to
be
a
little
uncertain
as
to
whether
the
tunnel
should
be
granted
without
compensation
or
not
.
Editor
Hyssop
felt
called
upon
to
insist
that
something
more
than
merely
nominal
compensation
should
be
made
for
the
tunnel
,
and
that
"
riders
"
should
be
inserted
in
the
loop
ordinance
making
it
incumbent
upon
the
North
Chicago
company
to
keep
those
thoroughfares
in
full
repair
and
well
lighted
.
The
Inquirer
,
under
Mr.
MacDonald
,
junior
,
and
Mr.
Du
Bois
,
was
in
rumbling
opposition
.
No
free
tunnels
,
it
cried
;
no
free
ordinances
for
privileges
in
the
down-town
heart
.
It
had
nothing
to
say
about
Cowperwood
personally
.
The
Globe
,
Mr.
Braxton
's
paper
,
was
certain
that
no
free
rights
to
the
tunnel
should
be
given
,
and
that
a
much
better
route
for
the
loop
could
be
found
--
one
larger
and
more
serviceable
to
the
public
,
one
that
might
be
made
to
include
State
Street
or
Wabash
Avenue
,
or
both
,
where
Mr.
Merrill
's
store
was
located
.
So
it
went
,
and
one
could
see
quite
clearly
to
what
extent
the
interests
of
the
public
figured
in
the
majority
of
these
particular
viewpoints
.
Cowperwood
,
individual
,
reliant
,
utterly
indifferent
to
opposition
of
any
kind
,
was
somewhat
angered
by
the
manner
in
which
his
overtures
had
been
received
,
but
still
felt
that
the
best
way
out
of
his
troubles
was
to
follow
McKenty
's
advice
and
get
power
first
.
Once
he
had
his
cable-conduit
down
,
his
new
cars
running
,
the
tunnel
rebuilt
,
brilliantly
lighted
,
and
the
bridge
crush
disposed
of
,
the
public
would
see
what
a
vast
change
for
the
better
had
been
made
and
would
support
him
.
Finally
all
things
were
in
readiness
and
the
ordinance
jammed
through
.
McKenty
,
being
a
little
dubious
of
the
outcome
,
had
a
rocking-chair
brought
into
the
council-chamber
itself
during
the
hours
when
the
ordinances
were
up
for
consideration
.
In
this
he
sat
,
presumably
as
a
curious
spectator
,
actually
as
a
master
dictating
the
course
of
liquidation
in
hand
.
Neither
Cowperwood
nor
any
one
else
knew
of
McKenty
's
action
until
too
late
to
interfere
with
it
.
Addison
and
Videra
,
when
they
read
about
it
as
sneeringly
set
forth
in
the
news
columns
of
the
papers
,
lifted
and
then
wrinkled
their
eyebrows
.
"
That
looks
like
pretty
rough
work
to
me
,
"
commented
Addison
.
"
I
thought
McKenty
had
more
tact
.
That
's
his
early
Irish
training
.
"
Alexander
Rambaud
,
who
was
an
admirer
and
follower
of
Cowperwood
's
,
wondered
whether
the
papers
were
lying
,
whether
it
really
could
be
true
that
Cowperwood
had
a
serious
political
compact
with
McKenty
which
would
allow
him
to
walk
rough-shod
over
public
opinion
.
Rambaud
considered
Cowperwood
's
proposition
so
sane
and
reasonable
that
he
could
not
understand
why
there
should
be
serious
opposition
,
or
why
Cowperwood
and
McKenty
should
have
to
resort
to
such
methods
.
However
,
the
streets
requisite
for
the
loop
were
granted
.
The
tunnel
was
leased
for
nine
hundred
and
ninety-nine
years
at
the
nominal
sum
of
five
thousand
dollars
per
year
.
It
was
understood
that
the
old
bridges
over
State
,
Dearborn
,
and
Clark
streets
should
be
put
in
repair
or
removed
;
but
there
was
"
a
joker
"
inserted
elsewhere
which
nullified
this
.
Instantly
there
were
stormy
outbursts
in
the
Chronicle
,
Inquirer
,
and
Globe
;
but
Cowperwood
,
when
he
read
them
,
merely
smiled
.
"
Let
them
grumble
,
"
he
said
to
himself
.
"
I
put
a
very
reasonable
proposition
before
them
.
Why
should
they
complain
?
I
'm
doing
more
now
than
the
Chicago
City
Railway
.
It
's
jealousy
,
that
's
all
.
If
Schryhart
or
Merrill
had
asked
for
it
,
there
would
have
been
no
complaint
.
McKenty
called
at
the
offices
of
the
Chicago
Trust
Company
to
congratulate
Cowperwood
.
"
The
boys
did
as
I
thought
they
would
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
had
to
be
there
,
though
,
for
I
heard
some
one
say
that
about
ten
of
them
intended
to
ditch
us
at
the
last
moment
.
"
