Taxi Stand Protests Target City Hall Taxi Firms
Letter blasting La Salle Hotel and other cab operators for using public streets as stands denounces the city hall as failing to curb private firms. It questions legality of investigations into public schools and criticizes officials for pursuing self serving agendas while citing a court note on railroad rights from 1893 and 1914 ordinances.
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la Salle Hotel
Washington Street
City Hall
Madagascar
Chicago
Jake Against Charley in City Election Battle
Jake Loeb, head of the Board of Education, campaigns against Charley Merriam’s reelection as Seventh ward alderman. Loeb charges Merriam with bigotry, iconoclasm, self interest, and unfitness, accusing him of prioritizing political ambition and undermining public schools to gain union labor votes.
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Seventh Ward
Jake Loeb
Board of Education
Charley Merriam
Jake
Charles E. Merriam
City Loses Stub Fight Over Market Street Elevated
The City of Chicago failed to compel removal of the Market street stub of the Chicago and Oak Park elevated. Judges Baker Mack and Alschuler affirmed the district court ruling that the elevated road's rights in Market street were never legally abrogated. The case targeted Samuel Insull as receiver for the Oak Park line.
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Chicago
Market Street
Chicago & Oak Park
Federal Court of Appeals
Baker, Mack and Alschuler
District Court
Court of Appeals
Samuel Insull
Oak Park
City Council Passes 1917 Budget Amid Debate and Revisions
The city council approved the 1917 budget at Monday’s session despite opposition to the appropriation bill. Alderman Lawley failed to secure enough votes to strike provisions requiring council approval on expert services for the Michigan avenue project. A committee will probe the Fourteenth place and Newberry avenue explosion, with the next meeting set for February 19. Mayor Thompson formed a business group to review fiscal policy, while budget cuts drew varied opinions.
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Thompson
Lawley
Board of Local Improvements
Michigan Avenue Boulevard
Ettelson
Finance Committee
Utpatel
Szymkowski
Miller
Adamowski
Byrne
William J. Lynch
O'Toole
Rea
Michaelson
Blaha
Janice
Franz
Norris
Hickey
Fourteenth Place
Newberry Avenue
James Simpson
Julius Rosenwald
John W. O'Leary
Walter L. Fisher
Bernard W. Snow
Frank H. Armstrong
A. A. Strom
D. F. Kelly
Walter H. Wilson
Edward B. Butler
LaVerne W. Noyes
D. Floyd Clinch
Albert D. Lasker
Prospect of Butterine Tax Reduction Draws Consumer Joy
Local consumers hailed a proposed amendment to the federal revenue bill lowering the oleomargarine tax from 10 cents to 2 cents per pound. Retailers announced a substantial price decrease expected to follow, as lawmakers debated the reform.
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J. J. Sweeney
Randolph
Alfred R. Urion
Armour & Co
Underwood
County Budget Passed Amid Debate Over Salaries
Cook county approved a budget exceeding 12 million dollars with planned signing by President Peter Reinberg. The measure funds roads, hospital building, jurors, elections, industrial schools, and salaries totaling 4.7 million. Commissioner Frank Ragen opposed, seeking 10 percent raises for employees under 200 dollars monthly. his resolution failed.
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Cook County
Peter Reinberg
Frank Ragen
Election Department
Cook County Allocates Large Road and Bridge Budget for 1917
Cook county plans to spend 1 091 000 on roads and bridges in 1917 after the finance committee approves an extra 183 000. The panel also adds 23 560 for salaries of extra judges alongside 480 000 for the forty Circuit and Superior court judges.
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Cook County
Superior Court
Tax Sharks Target Chicago Taxpayers Prompt Probes
A Chicago board of assessors exposed a gang offering 50 percent tax reductions for cash commissions. Six reports in one week led to plans for detective work and prosecutions. A builder was told of halved assessment and warned of jail if the informer was found. Mayor Thompson accused business interests and a finance committee of pressuring for specific lawyers in the Michigan avenue case amid electrification talks for the Illinois Central Railroad. A new committee will oversee selecting an attorney for lake front terminal legal issues.
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Chicago
Board of Assessors
Thompson
Michigan Avenue
Supreme Court
Ald
John A. Richert
Ettelson
Wallace
Illinois Central Railroad
Ald. Merriam
Lake Front Terminal
Downstate Service Rates Set At $10 Daily In Courts
A brief item notes new court service fees set at ten dollars per day across the Circuit Superior Probate and County courts. The reform aims to standardize charges and simplify payments within state judicial offices.
City plans seven new ordinances to raise 250000 revenue
Aid Horne announces seven ordinances in the corporation counsel's office to generate about 250000 yearly for the city. Proposals license restaurants by seating, workshops by workers, and bring under city control loan sharks junk dealers meat product makers and vehicle agencies.
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Horne
Corporation Counsel's
City registers record high election costs in off-year
More than 19 600 names were enrolled on Tuesday with 13 992 men and 5 012 women. Taxpayers will pay about 265 000 for enrollment and revision, over 19 dollars per name. Officials blame multiple primaries and cold weather for the low turnout and fatigue in off-year elections.
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Election Board
Electrify Illinois Central Suburban Rail by Decade Plan
The council committee on railway terminals unanimously backed a report by John F. Wallace chairing the railway terminals commission. The plan calls for electrifying the Illinois Central suburban service within five years and complete electrification within ten years.
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Council Committee On Railway Terminals
John F. Wallace
Railway Terminals Commission
Ilinois Central
Pike Plan Lets City Raise Million Without Higher Taxes
City Comptroller Pike proposes a plan to cover a $1,000,000 sanitary district debt without tax increases. The annual budget, passed last Wednesday, commits to raising funds. The accountant's scheme involves cooperation with the board of education, suggesting a $1,000,000 cut in the buildings and grounds levy and a special tax to pay the judgment.
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Pike
Board of Education
Crooked tires alarm public in tire trade
Honest tire manufacturers and auto dealers warn of frauds in the tire business. Some sellers are said to use rotten or worked over tires and materials. An investigation is under way, with hopes of stopping the schemes.
Chicago legislature weighs Curtis convention and big merger bills
The Curtis constitutional convention measure advanced from committee with a 28 to 3 vote and strong support in the house as work continues toward a two-thirds adoption. Legislation includes a Chicago merger bill, a transportation zone plan, a home rule proposal, a town hall bill, a minimum wage measure, and liquor sale restrictions for dance halls.
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Committee On Judiciary
Friends of
Hull
Bureau of Public Efficiency
Chicago
Walter L. Fisher
G. A. Dahlberg
Medill McCormick
Frederic O. DeYoung
Harvey
Allan J. Carter
Evanston
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Charley
Chicago Board of Aldermen
Kenna
Coughlin
DePriest
Cullerton
Harry Hamlin
House
Frank Caviezel
Edmund D. Hulbert
Merchants’ Loan & Trust Co. Bank
Council
Mr. Ettelson
Work of
Illinois
Charles L. Fieldstack
Sanitary District Board
KF. Clettenberg
Senate
Samuel A. Ettelson
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