Redistricting Chicago Ward Lines Moves Ahead
Chicago aldermen press the long running bid to redraw ward boundaries. North Side plan published favors Democrats in three wards and Republicans in two, while South and West Side maps await action. The subcommittee includes Aldermen Reinberg Bauler and Clettenberg.
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North Side
Oak Street
Wells Street
Schiller Street
Sedgwick Street
North Avenue
the Lake
the River
Wisconsin Street
Center Street
Racine Avenue
Clybourn Place
River
The
Lake
Addison Street
Ashland Avenue
School Street
Lincoln Avenue
North
Halsted Street
Twenty-fourth
North Halsted Street
Twenty-fifth
Rogers Avenue
Howard Avenue
Ridge Road
Devon Avenue
Clark Street
Twenty-sixth
Noh Kedzie Avenue
Reinberg
Bauler
Clettenberg
Phone Slavery and the Bell Monopoly in Chicago
Chicago residents face rising telephone rates tied to Bell Telephone controlling the local company and Western Electrical. An aldermanic probe questions ownership, services charged, and a plan to raise rates while critics call for fair pricing and audit of the monopoly’s profits.
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Bell Telephone
Chicago
Local Telephone Company
Bonde
Telephone Company
Bell
Seyferlich
Bell monopoly controls local phone firm and Western Electrical
A learned 1911 telephone expert report notes the Bell monopoly dominates the local telephone company and Western Electric, a manufacturing arm. In 1904 a contract required the local company to buy all supplies from the electrical firm, which then supplied Bell licensed appliances. The arrangement shows parent and subsidiary monopolies profiting at public expense.
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Bell Telephone Monopoly
Local Telephone Company
Western Electrical Company
Bell Telephone
The
Electrical Company
Bell Monopoly
Electric Company
Telephone
Bell Telephone Company
Municipal penny telephones face aldermanic election ultimatum
The Chicago Daily News editorial from July 17 1911 argues that all government granted patents should be forfeited if used to form a trust and calls for municipal ownership of telephones. Alderman Herman J Bauler pushes for a rate overhaul and warns action before the upcoming election if the Chicago Telephone company does not agree to a new schedule.
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Ference Committee
Congress
Illinois
Springfield
Deneen
Telephone Trust
Chicago Daily News
National Senate
Interstate Commerce Comittee
Kenyon
Ald
Herman J. Bauler
Chicago Telephone Company
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Cook County
William H. Stuart
Stuart
Alaska
Porto Rico
Philippines
New Mexico
Arizona
District of Columbia
Republians
United States
Cullom
Washington
Carter H. Harrison
A. J. Sabath
Sabath
Champ Clark
Harrison
Harmon
Wilson
Board of Local Improvements
Busse
John Minnegan
Albert F. Keeney
Vincent J. Josnakowski
Bell Company
Local Telephone
Council
Marshall Field & Co
Northwestern Railroad
William A. Pinkerton
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
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