Taxi Outrages at Alderman Steffen Committee Hearings
Alderman Steffen chaired police committee hearings on taxicab overcharging in Chicago. Witnesses recounted drivers inflating fares, with one man claiming a 2:10 PM ride lasted an hour and thirty five minutes despite watch comparisons. The committee ordered fare investigations and named members to study the issue.
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Walter P. Steffen
Council Police
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Sheldon W. Govier
Alds
Cermak
Dorney
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Hoyne
Edward N. Nockels
Chicago Federation of Labor
Vote Against All Bond Issues This Fall
Chicago taxpayers face heavier debt after the next November election as reformers push a plan to fund widening and improving major streets. The committee lists costs for Western avenue, Onico avenue, South Water street, Ashland avenue, Robey street, and the Michigan boulevard link, criticizing the plan as a heavy burden on the public and alleging contractor and labor interests profit.
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Onico Avenue
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Ashland Avenue
Robey Street
Michigan Boulevard
Judge Scully Plans Expert Meeting On Slayings Risk
Judge Thomas F. Scully will convene officials and experts including Dr. Herman Adler state criminologist Charles Thorne director of welfare Chief Garrity Chief Justice Harry Olson Coroner Peter Hoffmann and County Board President Peter Reinberg. They aim to reduce conditions allowing criminals like Thomas R Fitzgerald to roam freely and seek temporary county relief funded by the state after the next legislature session.
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Thomas R. Fitzgerald
Janet Wilkinson
Herman M. Adler
Charles H. Thorne
Department of Public Welfare
Garrity
Harry Olson
Peter M. Hoffman
Peter
Mayor Thompson on Air Ship Regulation
Mayor Thompson advocates Chicago laws to govern dirigibles and inflamma ble gas airships. He calls for designated aerial routes and licensed aircraft regulations, opposing overflight of inflammable airships and urging timely traffic rules.
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Wrigley to Build World's Largest Gum Factory
Chicago will host the world’s largest chewing gum factory as William Wrigley Jr. Co. starts work on a new plant at Thirty-fifth Street and Ashland Avenue. The facility will be double the size of the current operation and is due to be completed in about a year.
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William Wrigley, Jr. Company
Thirty-fifth Street
Ashland Avenue
Warn convention candidates to avoid pledges
The Civic Federation issued a bulletin urging constitutional convention hopefuls not to pledge themselves on proposals likely to arise. It says the proper pledge is to work for the people's welfare and warns against insidious attempts by organizations to commit candidates. The bulletin emphasizes modernization of antiquated constitutional provisions while preserving coherence.
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Civic Federation
Fads Raise Tax Sparks Chicago's Burdens and Reform Debate
A Chicago news piece condemns costly public schemes and outlines a proposed 3.8 million tax on South Water Street landlords. It reviews tax shifts for a North Side home and recounts legal fights over funding for police, fire, and pensions, plus civic measures from the Illinois General Assembly. The article also highlights changes to Chicago’s aldermanic structure, ward reductions, and election-day holidays, with timelines through 1926. It ends by praising Frank A. Johnson of Grennan Cake Corporation as a rising political figure.
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Frank A. Johnson
Grennan Cake Corporation
Chicago
Local Civic Amenities Listed in City Plan
A catalog of public facilities includes garden recreation hall restaurant hospital welfare department hand ball courts library clubrooms smoking rooms gymnasium and shower baths, indicating a broad site network for community services and leisure. The list highlights multipurpose spaces designed for recreation health and welfare activities within the urban layout.
Steffen pushes plan for women’s court and central detention
Chairman Walter P. Steffen urged the council police committee to back a special court for women. He said combining the three women’s detention homes into a single building with an attached court could save public funds. Acting Chief Alcock and Aldermen Steffen Eaton and Passmore inspected the homes. the committee supported the idea but postponed final action for more study.
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Walter P. Steffen
Council Police Committee
Alcock
Steffen
Eaton
Passmore
Put De Vry Back As Head Of 700 4 000 Elks
An organized movement to reinstate Cy De Vry as keeper of Lincoln Park zoo began. Four thousand Chicago Elks support petitions to Lincoln Park commissioners, urging reappointment after thirty one years in the post. Edwin R Landon of Standard Fire Escape Company is noted as a solid Chicago figure.
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Cy de Vry
Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago Elks
Lincoln Park Commissioners
DeVry
Edwin R. Landon
The
Standard Fire Escape Company
Chicago
Abandon Subways and Boost Surface Line Fares
Chicago must surrender its 55 percent of the Chicago Surface Lines gross receipts amounting to over thirty-five million dollars to the surface lines. Higher salaries for conductors and motormen would follow, while the fare would remain at six cents with universal transfers. The move aims to fund better street car service without burdening riders with higher fares.
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Chicago
Civic groups urge Springfield report on two laws for November vote
The Chicago conference committee of civic organizations presents a report detailing its work in Springfield and explains two laws that will be voted on in the upcoming November election. The document is signed by Cornelius Lynde, chairman, and Joseph Cummins, secretary.
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Springfield
Cornelius Lynde
Joseph Cummins
McAvoy Company Introduces Alpha Temperance Drink
The McAvoy Company is manufacturing a temperance beverage named Alpha noted for strengthening and invigorating qualities. It also produces dealcoholized Malt Marrow, a drink said to be universally popular among consumers.
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He McAvoy Company
the McAvoy Company
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