Chicago Water Waste Sparks Call for New Tunnels and Meters
The Chicago Bureau of Efficiency reports that over 300 million gallons daily fail to reach faucets due to corroded mains and aging pumps. Officials urge three new 25,000,000 gallon pumps and lakefront tunnels linked to modern pumping stations, plus widespread water meters to curb waste and protect homes from future fires.
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Chicago
Chicago Bureau of Efficiency
East
Chicago Avenue
North Side
Frank J. Wilson
Lake View
Ata Lon
Water Meter Trust
Grataien
New York
Chicago Pray for Deliverance from Bell Monopoly Charges
A protest against the Bell monopoly in Chicago alleges the parent company controls the local telephone and Western Electrical firms. It criticizes proposed rate hikes and pay‑in‑advance phones, urges aldermen to review past city relations with the firms, and cites a 1911 expert report critiquing inflated charges and self serving profits.
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Bell
Local Telephone Company
The
Western Electrical Company
Bell Telephone Company
Bonda
Chicago
Telephone Company
Council
Seyferlich
Bell Telephone Monopoly
Bell Telephone
Electrical Company
Electric Company
Telephone
Bauler Pushes Municipal Ownership Of Telephone Service
Alderman Herman J. Bauler urges a referendum on city ownership of the telephone system unless the Chicago Telephone company accepts a new rate schedule before the April aldermanic election. He argues the city could buy the existing automatic system and run it municipally.
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Harrson
Huron Mount Teins
Michigan
Chicago
Traeger
Public Works
McGann
Sexton
Young
Harrison
Ald
Herman J. Bauler
Chicago Telephone Company
Bauler
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Committee On Water
Czarnecki
Charles H. Mitchell
Roger Sullivan
National Democratic
Civil Service
Subway Engineering Commission
Local Transportation Committee
John Ericson
BE. C. Shankland
James J. Reynolds
Arnold
Subway Commission
Ericson
James A. Hose
William H. Stead
James 8. McCullough
Brand's Park
Robert B. Burke
Bureau of Engineering
Bion J. Arnold
Peter Reinberg
Foreman
Commission of Subway Engineers
Thirtyfirst Street
Walter Clyde Jones
Bell Company
Marshall Field & Co
Northwestern Railroad
Telephone Trust
Chicago Daily News
National Senate
Interstate Commerce Comittee
Kenyon
Charles H. Wacker
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