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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1899
Page
2
Chicagoans face a July 1 price rise to 83 per 1 000 feet as the Gas Trust consolidates companies into a monopoly. Critics assert $250 000 in bribes funded the 1895 frontage measure to empower a lasting monopoly and claim the public bears the cost.
Protesters accuse the Gas Trust of using bribes to pass consolidation and frontage measures. They warn of a potential price rise to 3 dollars per thousand feet and urge the Legislature to repeal the laws to restore competition and protect hospitals, asylums, churches, and Soldiers' widows.
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