Council Race on Alderman Seats Draws Crowded Field
Broad field of candidates across Chicago wards signals a heated aldermanic contest as redistricting looms. Details name incumbents and hopefuls in multiple wards, with party dynamics and future city governance shaping the spring race.
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William E. Dever
Michael Zimmer
Frank Koraleski
Thomas Scully
Zimmer
Scully
Koraleski
Dever
Kovaleski
George F. Harding, Jr
W. J. Welleaskey
John H. Montgomery
Foreman
Joseph Marshall
Lewis Hamburg
Dailey
Sheahan
Theodore Long
Harry J. Coleman
Charles Schoeneman
Louis Levy
Emergon
Dennis J. Egan
Cullerton
Fred Rohde
Peter J. Hoffman
Arthur W. Fulton
James H. Lawley
William T. Maypole
John T. Dixon
D. W. Harkin
Henry Atpatel
Henry F. Kruger
Michael Grace
Joseph Strauss
Kunz
Alderman Brennan
John Powers
John T. Ker
Nicholas R. Finn
Stewart
Francis W. Taylor
Carl E. Forsburg
Baylor
Jacob Hey
Nicholas J. Schmitz
Krumholz
Leo Wenlecki
Dunn
Thomas W. Gilmore
Capp
Littler
Matt Mueller
Michael McInerny
Kearns, Fisher and
Reading
William F. Ryan
John 8. Clark
Girard A. Ellinson
Irwin R. Hazen
Discharge of Traction Receivers Sparks Merger Rumors
Chicago traction turmoil ignites talk of a nationwide consolidation as Blair targets a three step merger of the L lines and two major surface systems. Receivers of the Consolidated Traction Company are discharged amid court and corporate maneuvers. The Illinois State Teachers Association opens its fifty seventh annual convention urging restoration of the 2 mill tax for schools and uniform textbook purchases. Municipal Court reports 1909-10 receipts of 795 111.94 with total court cost 756 000.
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Mr. Blair
Chicago Railways Company
Chicago City Railway Company
Blair
New York
Cook County Traction Company
Weatinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Chicago Railways Companies
Consolidated Traction Company
Securities Company of New York
Grosscup
Illinois
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Chicago
Orchestra Hall
General Assembly
Seyferlich Named Fire Marshal and Fills Staff
Charles F. Seyferlich was appointed fire marshal at a City Council meeting on Tuesday evening and immediately filled four staff positions. The rapid move echoes Mayor Busse’s earlier selection of Chief Horan as successor, addressing key vacancies created by last Thursday’s fire while two battalion chief posts await temporary filling pending exam grading.
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Charles F. Seyferlich
Busse
Horan
Seyferlich
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Legal Department
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