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"
It
's
this
way
,
"
said
Cowperwood
,
thoughtfully
.
"
I
'll
make
you
a
preferred
partner
in
all
the
ventures
that
I
control
if
you
do
as
I
suggest
.
The
street-railways
,
as
they
stand
now
,
will
have
to
be
taken
up
lock
,
stock
,
and
barrel
,
and
thrown
into
the
scrap
heap
within
eight
or
nine
years
at
the
latest
.
You
see
what
the
South
Side
company
is
beginning
to
do
now
.
When
it
comes
to
the
West
and
North
Side
companies
they
wo
n't
find
it
so
easy
.
They
are
n't
earning
as
much
as
the
South
Side
,
and
besides
they
have
those
bridges
to
cross
.
That
means
a
severe
inconvenience
to
a
cable
line
.
In
the
first
place
,
the
bridges
will
have
to
be
rebuilt
to
stand
the
extra
weight
and
strain
.
Now
the
question
arises
at
once
--
at
whose
expense
?
The
city
's
?
"
"
That
depends
on
who
's
asking
for
it
,
"
replied
Mr.
McKenty
,
amiably
.
"
Quite
so
,
"
assented
Cowperwood
.
"
In
the
next
place
,
this
river
traffic
is
becoming
impossible
from
the
point
of
view
of
a
decent
street-car
service
.
There
are
waits
now
of
from
eight
to
fifteen
minutes
while
these
tows
and
vessels
get
through
.
Chicago
has
five
hundred
thousand
populaion
to-day
.
How
much
will
it
have
in
1890
?
In
1900
?
How
will
it
be
when
it
has
eight
hundred
thousand
or
a
million
?
"
"
You
're
quite
right
,
"
interpolated
McKenty
.
"
It
will
be
pretty
bad
.
"
"
Exactly
.
But
what
is
worse
,
the
cable
lines
will
carry
trailers
,
or
single
cars
,
from
feeder
lines
.
There
wo
n't
be
single
cars
waiting
at
these
draws
--
there
will
be
trains
,
crowded
trains
.
It
wo
n't
be
advisable
to
delay
a
cable-train
from
eight
to
fifteen
minutes
while
boats
are
making
their
way
through
a
draw
.
The
public
wo
n't
stand
for
that
very
long
,
will
it
,
do
you
think
?
"
"
Not
without
making
a
row
,
probably
,
"
replied
McKenty
.
"
Well
,
that
means
what
,
then
?
"
asked
Cowperwood
.
"
Is
the
traffic
going
to
get
any
lighter
?
Is
the
river
going
to
dry
up
?
"
Mr.
McKenty
stared
.
Suddenly
his
face
lighted
.
"
Oh
,
I
see
,
"
he
said
,
shrewdly
.
"
It
's
those
tunnels
you
're
thinking
about
.
Are
they
in
any
shape
to
be
used
?
"
"
They
can
be
made
over
cheaper
than
new
ones
can
be
built
.
"
