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"
Why
,
I
tell
you
what
's
the
matter
with
them
,
"
replied
Kaffrath
.
"
They
're
dirty
,
and
they
're
flimsy
,
and
the
windows
rattle
so
you
ca
n't
hear
yourself
think
.
The
track
is
no
good
,
and
the
filthy
straw
we
keep
in
them
in
winter
is
enough
to
make
a
person
sick
.
We
do
n't
keep
the
track
in
good
repair
.
I
do
n't
wonder
people
complain
.
I
'd
complain
myself
.
"
"
Oh
,
I
do
n't
think
things
are
as
bad
as
all
that
,
"
put
in
Onias
C.
Skinner
,
the
president
,
who
had
a
face
which
with
its
very
short
side-whiskers
was
as
bland
as
a
Chinese
god
.
He
was
sixty-eight
years
of
age
.
"
They
're
not
the
best
cars
in
the
world
,
but
they
're
good
cars
.
They
need
painting
and
varnishing
pretty
badly
,
some
of
them
,
but
outside
of
that
there
's
many
a
good
year
's
wear
in
them
yet
.
I
'd
be
very
glad
if
we
could
put
in
new
rolling-stock
,
but
the
item
of
expense
will
be
considerable
.
It
's
these
extensions
that
we
have
to
keep
building
and
the
long
hauls
for
five
cents
which
eat
up
the
profits
.
"
The
so-called
"
long
hauls
"
were
only
two
or
three
miles
at
the
outside
,
but
they
seemed
long
to
Mr.
Skinner
.
"
Well
,
look
at
the
South
Side
,
"
persisted
Kaffrath
.
"
I
do
n't
know
what
you
people
are
thinking
of
.
Here
's
a
cable
system
introduced
in
Philadelphia
.
There
's
another
in
San
Francisco
.
Some
one
has
invented
a
car
,
as
I
understand
it
,
that
's
going
to
run
by
electricity
,
and
here
we
are
running
cars
--
barns
,
I
call
them
--
with
straw
in
them
.
Good
Lord
,
I
should
think
it
was
about
time
that
some
of
us
took
a
tumble
to
ourselves
!
"
"
Oh
,
I
do
n't
know
,
"
commented
Mr.
Skinner
.
"
It
seems
to
me
we
have
done
pretty
well
by
the
North
Side
.
We
have
done
a
good
deal
.
"
Directors
Solon
Kaempfaert
,
Albert
Thorsen
,
Isaac
White
,
Anthony
Ewer
,
Arnold
C.
Benjamin
,
and
Otto
Matjes
,
being
solemn
gentlemen
all
,
merely
sat
and
stared
.
The
vigorous
Kaffrath
was
not
to
be
so
easily
repressed
,
however
.
He
repeated
his
complaints
on
other
occasions
.
The
fact
that
there
was
also
considerable
complaint
in
the
newspapers
from
time
to
time
in
regard
to
this
same
North
Side
service
pleased
him
in
a
way
.
Perhaps
this
would
be
the
proverbial
fire
under
the
terrapin
which
would
cause
it
to
move
along
.
By
this
time
,
owing
to
Cowperwood
's
understanding
with
McKenty
,
all
possibility
of
the
North
Side
company
's
securing
additional
franchises
for
unoccupied
streets
,
or
even
the
use
of
the
La
Salle
Street
tunnel
,
had
ended
.
Kaffrath
did
not
know
this
.
Neither
did
the
directors
or
officers
of
the
company
,
but
it
was
true
.
In
addition
,
McKenty
,
through
the
aldermen
,
who
were
at
his
beck
and
call
on
the
North
Side
,
was
beginning
to
stir
up
additional
murmurs
and
complaints
in
order
to
discredit
the
present
management
.
There
was
a
great
to-do
in
council
over
a
motion
on
the
part
of
somebody
to
compel
the
North
Side
company
to
throw
out
its
old
cars
and
lay
better
and
heavier
tracks
.
Curiously
,
this
did
not
apply
so
much
to
the
West
and
South
Sides
,
which
were
in
the
same
condition
.
The
rank
and
file
of
the
city
,
ignorant
of
the
tricks
which
were
constantly
being
employed
in
politics
to
effect
one
end
or
another
,
were
greatly
cheered
by
this
so-called
"
public
uprising
.
"
They
little
knew
the
pawns
they
were
in
the
game
,
or
how
little
sincerity
constituted
the
primal
impulse
.
Quite
by
accident
,
apparently
,
one
day
Addison
,
thinking
of
the
different
men
in
the
North
Side
company
who
might
be
of
service
to
Cowperwood
,
and
having
finally
picked
young
Kaffrath
as
the
ideal
agent
,
introduced
himself
to
the
latter
at
the
Union
League
.
