Chicago Telephone Rates Opposed by City Protest
A Chicago editorial condemns the Bell Telephone trust raising city rates and expanding pay-in-advance devices. It cites profits and monopolistic ties with Western Electric, calls for true telephone competition, and urges a city complaints bureau to improve service and curb abuses.
City County and States County Democracy
A strong critique of the Telephone Trust in the United States alleging monopoly practices and high rates. It cites investigations by Attorney General Wickersham and Justice Department agents, calls for rate reductions, and details about dividends and proposed bonds to expand the network. The piece argues for cheaper service and public benefit over corporate profits.
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Chicago Telephone Company
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Bernard B. Sunny
Telephone Trust
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Charles F. DeWoody
Department of Justice Secret Service
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Wickersham
Bell Syndicate
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County offices listed for new court house district
A long list of city and county offices with floor and room numbers appears, including Clerk of Superior Court on the 8th floor and County Treasurer on the 2nd floor. The document also endorses candidates like Maclay Hoyne for State's Attorney and other local figures, urging voters to back reform and oppose graft.
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Recorder of Deeds
Clerk Superior Court
Circuit Court
Clerk Circuit Court
Probate Court
Firth
Board of Review
Board of Assessors
President County Board
Civil Service Commission
Juty Commission
Law Library
North End
South End
Local Transportation Committee
Bureau of
Center
Municipal Court
New City Hall
Cook County Democracy Lists Officers and Congressional Committees
The Cook County Democratic organization in Chicago presents its roster of leaders and major committees. It includes President Miles J. Devine, Secretary Robert B. Burke, Treasurer Peter Crot, and Executive Committee chair Daniel J. McMahon, along with numerous district and congressional slate members across all districts.
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Chicago
Cook County Democracy
Miles J. Devine
Robert BH. Burke
Peter Crot
Thomas J. Powers
James H. Farrel
George F. Mulligan
J. D.mcgregor
Anthony Krygowski
Fred van Arsdale
John G
P. J. Coffey
Frank Zerrisek
Harry Sehlick
Hd. Jedlicka
Isaac Cohan
Max Kutchal
Joseph Mendel
A Nacker
Matthew Smith
BE. J. McCarty
John Fennen
Peter Hoffman
James J. Hallman
John Waska
Wm. J. Poshek
James F. Denny
Tom Fitzgerald
Nicholas Stokes
William Altemeier
James H. Ryan
Geo. McKenzie
Joseph Wirth
John J. Brady
Jacob Ports
James W. Casey
John J. O'Donnell
Ralph C. White
Frank L. White
Byman Liderman
Frank T. Scanlan
Clarence Dullard
W. F. Cummings
Dam
Dowling
John W. Christie
Francis P. Burnett
William George Booles
L. R. Buckley
Geo. C. Waterman
J. C. Dooley
Richard P. Hickey
M. J.tierney
Maz le Beau
Fred B. Zimmerman
Geo. McMahon
Michael McCarty
C. Baldacci
Harry D. Stone
EB. H. Comer
N. G
Henry Hogan
Martin F. Norton
X. H. Kadow
Matthew In Glark
Nick Sarno
Morris M. Kankowits
Frank Navigato
Timothy Finn
Michael Martin
Anthony Tortoriello
William A. Navigato
Joseph de Stefano
Alphonse L. Cummings
August Wein Ter
John Schwartz
James J. Monson
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Fair State, Adams and Dearborn Sts
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Bell Telephone Company
Harrison
Council
American Telephone Trust
San Francisco
Oliver Grand Jury
Board of Supervisors
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Home Telephone Company
William Kent
Information Bureau
Inquirer
Local Telephone Company
Western Electrical Company
Bell Telephone
Telephone Company
Electrical Company
Bell Monopoly
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Board of Election Commissionera
Charles H. Kellerman
Anthony Czarnecki
Howard
Taylor
William H. Stuart
Charles H. Mitchell
Board of Examiners
Board of Inspectors of Public Vehicles
Board of Local Improvements
Law Department
Eat End
Morehend
City Council
Committee On Local Transportation
Special Park Commission
City Electrician
City Statistician
Bureau of Compensation
Corporation Counsel
Bureau of Engineering
Department of Electricity
Finance Committee
Fire Department
Maclay Hoyne
James A. Pugh
Andrew McAnsh
Grafters’ Union
T. A. Cummings
Walter T. Stanton
Stanley H. Kunz
Hugh J. Kearns
Albert G. Wheeler
M. J. Faherty
Frank H. Novak
Mr. Novak
Edward F. Dunne
John J. McLaughlin
Lyndon Evans
Stephen A. Malato
Ambrose A. Worsley
Arthur W. Fulton
Congress
John E. Owens
Cook County
Benjamin M. Mitchell
Charles Krutckoff
Krutckoff
County Board of Assessors
Joseph F. Connery
County Recorder
August Lughow
August Luchow
Frank Weeger
North Clark Street
Joseph EB. Bidwill, Jr
John Haderlein
Robert J. Roulston
Richard 8. Folsom
Albert Schonbeck
Charles ©. Breyer
James McAndrews
John T. Keating
Simon O'Donnell
Frank W. Solon
Edward H. Morgan
James K. Bowers
Charles Wesley
N. G. Conybear
Daniel J. McMahon
John A. Mahoney
Thomas Drury
Patrick J. Wall
Nicholas Lorch
Frank Ploner
Edward J. Roark
Stephen C. Dooley
Walter V. Magnus
John L. McNamara
James R. Pyne
William Moffat
Frank J. Ryan
John A. King
Stanley H. Glomski
F. B. Reichardt
H. E. L. Doggett
Molesworth King
Luke P. Colleran
Congressional Committee
Bartholomew Scanlan
H. Haddock
Henry Krug
Louis Seelig
J. J. McLaughlin
Jas. F. Ryan
E. J. Courtney
Peter Zilligan
Louis L. Lettiere
Sami. Ohlsen
Ernest Langtry
John F. Carroll
Austin Waldron
John Joyce
W. H. Armstrong
John W. Wursenburg
David O'Shea
Fred M. Sturgeon
J. H. Montgomery
Wm. F. Mahoney
A. J. Marshall
Henry A. Johnson
Fred Buxbaum
Francis J. Woolley
H. Wedesweiler
Jake Zimmerman
F. A. van Arsdale
Andrew Donovan
Bart Delatto
John T. Convey
John W. McNeal
Henry Eckhardt
2Nd Congressional District
Henry ©. Schlacks
Edward Smith
Stephen Hunt
Henry Osborn
Chas
B. Hill
Albert Schaffner
John McCann
John I. Driscoll
Henry F. Hayes
John J. Curran
Thomas L. Byrne
Dr. J. B. Weintraub
John F. Nolan
F. B. Robinson
John D. Green
Frank Arnold
Robt
J. Cranston
Thos
F. Rowan
John Kavanagh
Louis Mueller
Howe
James Bumber
Chas. V. Richards
W. Corkell
Eugene EB. Hartigan
Michael F. Ryan
B. Conroy
Mathew Raven
George W. Hinckley
F. H. Chambers
M. J. McCoy
Wm. J. Molherney
D. E. Mulvey
James Hyland
4Th
John B. Brensas
James Ryan
B. H. Hélde
Walter Shea
John H. Burns
Val. Schmitt Schmitt
Wm. T. Wallace
Jas. M. Furlong
J. M. Fitsgerald
M. C. Buckley
John V. Schmitt Schmitt
Wm. E. Furlong
Everette Jennings
Marius Olsen
Martin J. Sweeney
James Hynes
John G. Baker
Martin Garski
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G. A. Canisius
Thomas EB. Golden
Andrew A. Collins
C. E B. Hayne
J. P. Fitsgerald
Fred Schulz
W. H. Lauff
Geo. J. Byrnes
John 68. Schneller
Norman P. Brodie
Daniel F. Rice
Michael P. Lowen
John B. Bercher
Carl W. Westerlind
Daniel L. Cruise
Chas. Oakley
Oscar Anderson
Geo. A
Edward J. Healey
Chas. Dougherty
F. C. Adams
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