Show cy 0 0 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 oc 9 19 1 A D dinner that thai A cost cos 6 c o oooo o A chicago man dined at a great new york hotel a I 1 few months ago lie iia had but one guest and his I 1 cli ocl called for only ortho tip an extremely modest amoul for a dirner at the hotel ld iri lt it lata latar howe dinner aloner hall hail actually cos cosof tile lie man mail manfrom from chicago A a little matter of ind and that it will be admitted makes the meal ineal a historic one so far at least cast as cost Is conce concerned raed tho the chicago man in question hall had gone to new york to complete the purchases or of an entire block lit tho ahe business bus lacEs part of the city ile iio was representing largo large western capitalists capital lits who wished to mako maka an anve investment it ment lie ile went about ills ilia work vork shrewdly working through half a dozen doen or more local real estate brokers each of whom was in trusted with the business of getting an option on one or moro more of the of property khilch made ILI up tho the block the whole deal was under the general direct direction lon of the man from chica ga and ills hla attorney a I 1 now new yok lawyer of wide reputation leput atlon the chicago roan man mado made his office lu in tho the hotel to ills his room each of the real estate bi brokers came every day clay to repart progress and to receive directions for their future operations everything the plan on which the chicago pro motor was working required lor for its completion tile the purchase of every foot of tho the block as improvements wore were pa 11 it 11 e 1 which would cover its entire surface every evening the Cli climaco leazo man and ills hla now new york lawyer dined together at tho the hotel and talked over the resa ot of tho the day after a month had been spent in the securing ot of options for six months it was found that practically all the property pro party involved had b been 1011 secured there remained remain ed in fact only 1 a I single pot plot with forty teo frontage and it i depth of a little more mon than feet feel unfortunate unfortunately this w apte of property lay right light in the tao cence of bf the mock block atilt and stretched back so that it cut tho the block almot squarely in two if the block was to be ba covered with tho the single great building which tho illo plans called for the possession of that lot and the old four story building which occupied it was vas absolutely it must not be imagined that no efforts hall hail been made to get an m option on oil tills this he to the whole property the broker assigned to that piece had exhausted ills his ingenuity Inge nalty in trying to got get an option from the first he ha found tile tho old man alio N iio owned th piece unwilling to give nn lin option at any figure ito iio would sell yes but hla his price at the first interview wai vai which was just more than the maximum set by tho the pro motor moter from chicago so tho the broker had been obliged to report hla his failure an and d had been finally told it made no difference tho the property was not at all essential nl and the chicago people dill did not intend to be hold held up finally after everything else was well in hand tho the man from dom chicago sent his lawyer around to see the tha owner of the forty feet frontage ile ho was autho authorized to buy the property outright paying it if that should prove nece necessary sEary to get it strangely Sti angely enough when the lawyer A MM they sat at a small table called ho he was told that the place was lao BO longer for sale nt at it hall had gone up greatly since the ilie brokers last interview in tact fact it would tako taka an even to buy it the lawyer went back bach and reported report eit to his principal and ana tho the latter throw up lils his hands nover never said tho the chicago malt mait I im in willing to be robbed to a r L extent but when it canles to w a plain tit case of holdup like this athla I 1 quit well build all around tho the me nio isly little fur ty feet atilt and let it stay there Cur certainly tairi well never pay more than twice what the pro property porty is 13 warth for the privilege of owning at thea b naked listed to go down tt tc the lining dining room with him two men sat down at it a little t table atho athe ami a good dinner was ordered bordere d and during courses they di als usco tho the business in hand almost all the mablei wore vcra filled and they tallied tailed with the freedom and security whar walca cornea comes from aiom the pro serice of a arp and abosy coisy clord now iov I 1 think said ad the lawyer that you had hotter better send over to nor mv and pay the 10 for that orty ort ff fiot ot youve really got get to have it t stoner sio or later and every day you put oft asi the purchase matas mat as it more akely that tho the arico will go up it if jt it i roi b sets lets c cut t that you intend to cover the whole block with a single building have to pay more than twice as much for the property As a roetter ef cf fact yett yen codd bett bettor afford to ray pay for tho the piece than to have your whole plan spoiled by riot not citing it you cant build a dc vent looking building and left leave ve that little squat at four story building in the middle of it it would look like 1110 tile the deuce my lly adelca Is to buy the property at and buy it now at tho next table to the lawyer and th the 0 pron promoter ictor sat eat a young man inan who just then aia w 13 the proud possessor of an even ills his ears cars were quick and lie he strained them to catch every ward that massaid was said presently ho he left the table and tho the room As the ilsuk of tile the lawyers argument tho the nan man from chicago was final ly convinced that it would be to bis best interest to pay for the missing piece of lanil land and he author N 1 4 A 1 1 4 12 J ill let you have it for OCO izod the attorney atto iney to call the next act morning and get a deed for it the two men eat long over thear ir coffee and cigars feeling rell relieved eyed that the tha end of a all L their and hy bork ark was at last fairly ln in then the chicago promoter paid tho the check for and went to bod bad the lawyer drove home hoine with the determination of on his way to the office and clo closing up the deal for tile the last forty feet A little before 11 II ho he called at the obice of tho the owner 1 I have come lie he said to accept your offer to r sell ell that forty feet for OCO 1 I am ready to pa pay y for it today to day and want you to have the papers made out at once olice im sorry said tho the other but I 1 dont own that property now I 1 sold it tills this morning to a man who called tit at my house before I 1 came downtown for IN who bought it the tiame name of tho the young man who hall had sat at the next table in tho the hotel hotd dining room was given and the lawyer hurtled over to see him ile he was sitting silting at a big desk in a handsome hand liand same iio he readily admitted that he was tho the present owner of the forty feet in question and said that he ha had bought it for art an investment how flow much will ivill you take for it 1 im riot not at all anxious to sell but if it will be any object to you ill let it go today to day for the lawyer took a cab for the hotel and saw his principal tho the chicago man cursed softly to himself and announced that abat it if it hall had come coma to aa a grime game of highway robbery lie he propose knowingly to play the part of tho the sucker sucher ile he pay the that evening the two lined dined tog together gother again and again tho the lav lawyer urged him to close the deal without further delay it if you dont look out cut some of the other people in will get wise he said and then thera will be the devil to pay better make the best beit of a bad bu bustness and lot let mo me pay the ft was finally given to pay the exorbitant amount and next morning the lawyer paid his second call sorry said the youth my price today to day is for that lot it is increasing in value right abong 11 so the affair went along for several lays days tho tha asking price jumping up every day finally in sheer desperation the man from chicago and his lawyer wont went together to call on the new owner of the forty toot foot strip since you want it so bady badly ho said ill knock off the 2500 or increase for far today to day and let you have tile tho property for and nt at that figure the deal wms was finally matter made how on earth did you yon got get on oil to this deal asked the chicago man of the roan man wha had held him up why you see sec I 1 sat sal at tho the next table to you at tie the hotel the other night and I 1 hely help hearing all that was said what I 1 he hearit heard ard made der cos aw think that the forty foot strip WU was certainly a good buy so I 1 went virt out early next morning and bought it well said the roan man fm fraai CliT cago tt with a sigh that tittle little dinner seems ill have cost mo me just M 11 11 1 ita chicago tribune |