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Mr.
Tiernan
was
equally
emphatic
.
"
The
police
was
no
good
to
me
,
"
he
declared
,
firmly
.
"
They
let
the
other
fellows
beat
up
me
men
.
I
only
polled
six
thousand
when
I
should
have
had
nine
.
"
But
no
one
believed
them
.
While
McKenty
meditated
as
to
how
in
two
years
he
should
be
able
to
undo
this
temporary
victory
,
and
Cowperwood
was
deciding
that
conciliation
was
the
best
policy
for
him
,
Schryhart
,
Hand
,
and
Arneel
,
joining
hands
with
young
MacDonald
,
were
wondering
how
they
could
make
sure
that
this
party
victory
would
cripple
Cowperwood
and
permanently
prevent
him
from
returning
to
power
.
It
was
a
long
,
intricate
fight
that
followed
,
but
it
involved
(
before
Cowperwood
could
possibly
reach
the
new
aldermen
)
a
proposed
reintroduction
and
passage
of
the
much-opposed
General
Electric
franchise
,
the
granting
of
rights
and
privileges
in
outlying
districts
to
various
minor
companies
,
and
last
and
worst
--
a
thing
which
had
not
previously
dawned
on
Cowperwood
as
in
any
way
probable
--
the
projection
of
an
ordinance
granting
to
a
certain
South
Side
corporation
the
privilege
of
erecting
and
operating
an
elevated
road
.
This
was
as
severe
a
blow
as
any
that
had
yet
been
dealt
Cowperwood
,
for
it
introduced
a
new
factor
and
complication
into
the
Chicago
street-railway
situation
which
had
hitherto
,
for
all
its
troubles
,
been
comparatively
simple
.
In
order
to
make
this
plain
it
should
be
said
that
some
eighteen
or
twenty
years
before
in
New
York
there
had
been
devised
and
erected
a
series
of
elevated
roads
calculated
to
relieve
the
congestion
of
traffic
on
the
lower
portion
of
that
long
and
narrow
island
,
and
they
had
proved
an
immense
success
.
Cowperwood
had
been
interested
in
them
,
along
with
everything
else
which
pertained
to
public
street
traffic
,
from
the
very
beginning
.
In
his
various
trips
to
New
York
he
had
made
a
careful
physical
inspection
of
them
.
He
knew
all
about
their
incorporation
,
backers
,
the
expense
connected
with
them
,
their
returns
,
and
so
forth
.
Personally
,
in
so
far
as
New
York
was
concerned
,
he
considered
them
an
ideal
solution
of
traffic
on
that
crowded
island
.
Here
in
Chicago
,
where
the
population
was
as
yet
comparatively
small
--
verging
now
toward
a
million
,
and
widely
scattered
over
a
great
area
--
he
did
not
feel
that
they
would
be
profitable
--
certainly
not
for
some
years
to
come
.
What
traffic
they
gained
would
be
taken
from
the
surface
lines
,
and
if
he
built
them
he
would
be
merely
doubling
his
expenses
to
halve
his
profits
.
From
time
to
time
he
had
contemplated
the
possibility
of
their
being
built
by
other
men
--
providing
they
could
secure
a
franchise
,
which
previous
to
the
late
election
had
not
seemed
probable
--
and
in
this
connection
he
had
once
said
to
Addison
:
"
Let
them
sink
their
money
,
and
about
the
time
the
population
is
sufficient
to
support
the
lines
they
will
have
been
driven
into
the
hands
of
receivers
.
That
will
simply
chase
the
game
into
my
bag
,
and
I
can
buy
them
for
a
mere
song
.
"
With
this
conclusion
Addison
had
agreed
.
But
since
this
conversation
circumstances
made
the
construction
of
these
elevated
roads
far
less
problematic
.
In
the
first
place
,
public
interest
in
the
idea
of
elevated
roads
was
increasing
.
They
were
a
novelty
,
a
factor
in
the
life
of
New
York
;
and
at
this
time
rivalry
with
the
great
cosmopolitan
heart
was
very
keen
in
the
mind
of
the
average
Chicago
citizen
.
Public
sentiment
in
this
direction
,
however
naive
or
unworthy
,
was
nevertheless
sufficient
to
make
any
elevated
road
in
Chicago
popular
for
the
time
being
.
In
the
second
place
,
it
so
happened
that
because
of
this
swelling
tide
of
municipal
enthusiasm
,
this
renaissance
of
the
West
,
Chicago
had
finally
been
chosen
,
at
a
date
shortly
preceding
the
present
campaign
,
as
the
favored
city
for
an
enormous
international
fair
--
quite
the
largest
ever
given
in
America
.
Men
such
as
Hand
,
Schryhart
,
Merrill
,
and
Arneel
,
to
say
nothing
of
the
various
newspaper
publishers
and
editors
,
had
been
enthusiastic
supporters
of
the
project
,
and
in
this
Cowperwood
had
been
one
with
them
.
No
sooner
,
however
,
had
the
award
actually
been
granted
than
Cowperwood
's
enemies
made
it
their
first
concern
to
utilize
the
situation
against
him
.
To
begin
with
,
the
site
of
the
fair
,
by
aid
of
the
new
anti-Cowperwood
council
,
was
located
on
the
South
Side
,
at
the
terminus
of
the
Schryhart
line
,
thus
making
the
whole
city
pay
tribute
to
that
corporation
.
Simultaneously
the
thought
suddenly
dawned
upon
the
Schryhart
faction
that
it
would
be
an
excellent
stroke
of
business
if
the
New
York
elevated-road
idea
were
now
introduced
into
the
city
--
not
so
much
with
the
purpose
of
making
money
immediately
,
but
in
order
to
bring
the
hated
magnate
to
an
understanding
that
he
had
a
formidable
rival
which
might
invade
the
territory
that
he
now
monopolized
,
curtailing
his
and
thus
making
it
advisable
for
him
to
close
out
his
holdings
and
depart
.
Bland
and
interesting
were
the
conferences
held
by
Mr.
Schryhart
with
Mr.
Hand
,
and
by
Mr.
Hand
with
Mr.
Arneel
on
this
subject
.
Their
plan
as
first
outlined
was
to
build
an
elevated
road
on
the
South
Side
--
south
of
the
proposed
fair-grounds
--
and
once
that
was
popular
--
having
previously
secured
franchises
which
would
cover
the
entire
field
,
West
,
South
,
and
North
--
to
construct
the
others
at
their
leisure
,
and
so
to
bid
Mr.
Cowperwood
a
sweet
and
smiling
adieu
.
