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05 Dec 1914

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Chicago Eagle

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Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1914

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Gas Trust influence on legislation and local elections

The piece notes the Gas Trust as easily engaged in shaping gas legislation, stresses lower gas bills as a key issue in the next election, and details county election results with multiple county officials and judges elected or re-elected, including Stuckart, Scully, Traeger, McInerney, Catlin, Boening, and others, plus a looming judicial election law controversy and primary questions.

MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE

Gas Trust Henry Stuckart Edward Litzinger Stuckart Litszinger Charles 8. Peterson Sweitzer Lewis D. Sitts Charles F. Thomas Thomas F. Scully John E. Northup Scully Northup William A. Cunnen William Prentiss John E. Traeger George K. Schmidt Traeger Schmidt Frederick 8. Oliver James 8. McInerney McInerney Franklin 8. Catlin Louis Boening Progressive Circuit Court Edward Osgood Brown John P. McGoorty Thomas G. Windes C. M. Walker Frank Baker Lockwood Honore George Kersten Merritt W. Pinckney Tuthill John Gibbons Frederick A. Smith Adeler J. Petit Kickham Scanlan Jesse A. Baldwin Theodore Brentano Superior Court Charleston James H. Cartwright Oregon William M. Farmer Vandalia Judge Farmer Supreme Circuit Harrison Deneen State Supreme Court
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Publicity win for Smyth over Sanitary District report

President Thomas A. Smyth won Monday to publish engineer Cooley and associates report on water power and sewage disposal. The piece argues municipal ownership harms taxpayers and criticizes past mismanagement, while noting bank bids for city deposits and a debate on long term rates.

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Ericson Artingstall Sherman Sanitary Smyth Clark George W. Weber Thomas A. Smyth Sanitary District Cooley Chicago John E. Traeger Traeger
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Vigilance needed to curb graft in Chicago reform era

An editorial urges a vigilant stance against corrupt reformers and praises civil service reform yet warns it creates an office holding class. It argues many public servants seek pensions and profit, and predicts striped men among grafters. It also discusses gas heating standards and the potential shift to coke oven gas for cheaper production in Chicago.

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State Utilities Commission Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company Montague Ferry Public Service Utilities Commission Walter A. Shaw Ferry Utilities Board United States Chicago Civil Service State Public Utilities Commission Illinois District of Columbia Missouri Nevada New Hampshire Pennsylvania Washington Wisconsin B. M. Ferguson People’s Company
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Thomas Scully John Traeger Peter Reinberg Henry Horner Frank Ryan Robert Sweitzer John Cervenka Dunne Thomas Rich West Side William Mazurek Charles H. Weber North-Side Gustav Berkes Sidney Summerfield South-Side John Howland Bartley Gilbride South Side Alfonso Laurine Shaw Department of Public Service Council City Law Department The State Board Republican Organization B. A. Eckhart John R. Thompson William Hale Thompson Marcus Kavanagh John T. Lenfesty Henry C. Beitler Fred W. Upham Harry Olson Edward Hotel James A. Pugh Mr. Thompson Pugh Honest President Sanitary District Public Works Department Harbor General South Park Waterfront Department Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company State Streets Fellows Sam
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