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issued, of a then selling or market value of $9,000,000 ; 
how this vast sum represented to the railway promoters and 
owners a clear profit of nearly $8,000,000, or an amount 
equal to about one-half of the entire real and personal rata- 
bles of East Orange. 
The accuracy of these facts was not questioned or the 
correctness of the figures denied. They were elaborated 
upon by Milo R. Maltbie, the street railway expert, who of- 
fered indisputable evidence in support of the value of such 
franchises. 
But the die was cast. It was evident that it had been 
cast for passing the ordinance before the meeting had con- 
vened. Facts and arguments were alike unavailing. The 
whip of the corporation, through the party machine, had 
been snapped. All the combined elements of good citizen- 
ship were there helpless. The roll was called. Down went 
the gavel. Again the curtain, with the lobbyists jubilant, 
the Park Commission unseen in the dim distance, and the 
forces that make for destruction in the cities of this coun- 
try, for the third time, in the ascendency. 
