Illinois Franchise Tales At Odds With Tax Rolls
A sprawling story traces the Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Minors venture in Chicago, detailing a $1,000,000 franchise, $5,000,000 in bonds, and a cash reserve claimed to fund construction. It notes assessable assets, calls for franchise taxation, and possible misalignment with the assessor and state board, while outlining city revenue impacts and political maneuvering surrounding public works and corporate rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chicago
Rookery
Ilnols Telephone and Telegraph Company
Istml
State Board of Equalization
Chicago Telephone Company
Inois Telephone and Telegraph Company
la Salle Street
Monroe Street
Washington
Randolph Street
Lake and State Streets
Dearborn
van Buren
Franklin and Adame
City Hall
State Board
Cook County
West Side Reform and Union Traction Critique Sparks Debate
A Woodlawn to West Side move by a park official prompts talk of reform in West Park. Walter Pieldhouse, linked to Gov. Yates, now heads the West Park Board as questions arise about park secretaries. Separately, the Union Traction Company faces scrutiny over its $32 million capital stock, large yet reportedly valueless, as it seeks favorable franchise terms while the city weighs its obligations and public rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Dawes
Washington
Journal
Mason
Dawes
Secretary of the Treasury
McKinley
West Side
Lincoln Park
West Park Board
West
Woodlawn
Roach
Union Traction Company
Board of Review
Chicago Drainage Board Critique by Hon Aleck Jones
The Tribune criticizes Aleck Jones for election to the Drainage Board amid mental drowsiness among Chicago voters. It urges rapid completion of the 89th street intercepting sewer to reduce sewage discharge once in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drainage Board
30Th Street
Supreme Court
Joliet
Walker
Jones
Aleck Jones
Chicago
The
Tribune
89Th Street
Veterans win end to old-age ban on West Park police
A Park Commission meeting abolished the rule barring men over 40 from serving on the West Park police for veterans. Twenty five veterans led by Judge Tuthill attended, the board suspended rules and heard the judge address the commissioners for several minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Park
Park Commission
Cook County
Tuthill
Railroads Consider Subway Linking North West South Side
A conference with Drainage Board and West Park Commission committees and engineers from the Pennsylvania Chicago Junction and Terminal Transfer Railroads discussed uniting the North West boulevard system with the South Side for a Marshall boulevard and List street subway. If they cannot agree a new proposal is due in ninety days, the subway project being an obstacle to completing the broader scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drainage Board
West Park Commission
Pennsylvania
Chicago Junction
Terminal Transfer
Marshall Boulevard
List Street
Enigmatic report on B H Coughlin linked deeds
A New York paper details Ald Coughlin's activities on a Colorado farm by Cheyenne Creek. For over four weeks Mr John works on a five acre plot described as small yet intense. He wears a brown Norfolk jacket and brown overalls during his labor on the Cheyenne Creek site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
B.H. Coughlin
Ald
Coughlin
John
Colorado
Cheyenne Creek
City to oppose Union Traction on ninety-nine year act
Corporation Counsel Walker leads city effort to challenge Union Traction Company over street ownership and traction powers. Key questions include franchise expiration in 1903, city power to revoke for breach, fares reduction, through transfers, horse and dummy act validity, and council authority. Supreme Court defense planned with special counsel Mason and Fyffe. Mason reelected U S Senator in Thornton Township vote with wide turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Traction Company
Walker
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Sait
Aft
Mason and Fyffe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Company
Sanitary District
West Town
South Park
Knopf
Harrison
League
Palos Park
Bobby” Burke
Farrell
Dr. Howard
Taylor
Fred Eldred
John C. Schubert
Edward Lahiff
Joseph P. Mahoney
Jimmy” Quinn
John J. Sloan
Thomas J. Webb
P. J. Lagin
Stock Yards
Whippy
South Chicago
Luke Colleran
Luke Kalas
Kalas
Colleran
South Side
Water Department
Health Department
Honore Palmer
Plenie Grounds
Charles Martin
Edward M. Carroll
John E. Owens
William EB. Kent
James T. Roach
John P. Tansey
James
Cole
West Yown
Hlinois Manufacturers’ Association
Martin B. Madden
Western Stone Company
James H. Channon
H. Channon & Co
John M. Cutter
Elgin Watch Company
W. B. Conkey
W. B. Conkey & Co
Harry Selz
Selz, Schwab & Co
William H. Rehm
National Brewing Co
Charles A. Planondon
A. Plamondon Manufacturing Co
Bernard A. Eckhart
Eckhart & Swan Milling Co
Levy Mayer
Association
Charles M. Walker
Mayer
Sabin
Telephone Company
Yates
North Side
North Siders
Carter Harrison
Robin Hood
First Ward
William A. Pinkerton
William E. Mason
United States Senate
Thornton
Republican Marching Club
Thornton Park
Repubiican
Ilinois
William Lorimer
Boutell
Sheriff BE
Magerstadt
Charles S. Deneon
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