Chicago Taxpayers Face Bill for Road Bond Scheme
An opinion piece argues Illinois road bond plans will force Chicago to pay a large share of costs. It cites Cook County bearing about 40 percent of bonds and interest while other counties shoulder the rest, and notes auto taxes and licenses may fund the program.
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Chicago
Illinois
Cement and
Macadem Trust
Oscar E. Hewitt
The
Herald
Cook
Cook County
State Board of Equalization
McLean
Peoria
la Salle
Sangamon
Vermilion
City Gas Standard Set For Five Years In Chicago
The aldermanic gas committee fixed a five year gas standard at 565 thermal units and lighting power of nine candles down from 600 units and twenty two candles. Aldermen Merriam Cross MacNichols Bowler Wallace OToole and Rea approved with Block Lawley and Atpatel opposing. The bill centers on lighting power with expert E W Bemis testifying the company plans three to six candles which is insufficient. The panel also passed Merriam motions requiring rate changes with standards and city inspection of gas company records at all times and city rights to fix gas rates.
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Chicago
Aldermanic
Merriam
Cross
MacNichols
Bowler
Wallace
O'Toole
Rea
Block
Lawley
Atpatel
E. W. Bemis
City considers AT&SF terminal plan with viaduct
The city council committee on local industries backs a $1.5 million fruit terminal project for a site between Eighteenth street and Archer avenue west of Clark street. The plan includes switch tracks an auction house, a viaduct on Blackwell street costing $400,000 and land swaps of six acres for 3.5 acres, with completion aimed within two years.
Food inquiry in Chicago prompts federal probe
President Wilson orders a nationwide inquiry into the high cost of food, prompting Chicago representatives of the federal secret service to report on price factors and distribution. The move aims to ease consumer burdens amid rising costs.
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Department of Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
Chicago
Henry T. Rainey
Congress
Illinois
Wilson
Federal
Save Carroll Avenue Defeat Rail Track Ordinance
City Council urged to reject the ordinance allowing two railroads to lay tracks on Carroll Avenue for six blocks arguing street use is limited while property owners seek spur lines for future development. Aldermen warn such privileges often favor existing industries, not vacant parcels.
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Carroll Avenue
Fearless Sanitary District Pledges Guard for Drainage Canal
Trustee George W. Paullin of the Chicago sanitary district vows vigilance to protect the drainage canal from any possible acts by cranks. He cites a conference with Adjt. Gen. Frank B. Dickson regarding the matter.
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George W. Paullin
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Adjt
Frank 8. Dickson
City Market terminal plan would ease congestion and costs
The Eagle reports a new fruit and vegetable wholesale terminal market to relieve congestion on South Water street and reduce costs on the south and west sides. The ordinance would authorize Santa Fe to establish the terminal in a district bounded by Eighteenth street Blackwell street Archer avenue and the river. The city would swap six acres for three and a half acres plus about $200000 in compensation, and Blackwell street would be opened for a new north south connection.
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N. K. Fairbank Company
Eighteenth Street
Fairbank Company
John F. Wallace
Terminal Commission
Blackwell Street
City Council
The
Eagle
South Water Street
Council Local Industries Committee
Santa Fe Railroad
Archer Avenue
Lowden Consolidation Bill Aims to Unify State Commissions
Governor Lowden pushes a consolidation plan to merge about 100 commissions and boards into nine departments. In the final committee session long past midnight changes kept three principal boards—Public Utility Commission, Industrial Commission, and one more—operating with independence under their own directors due to unresolved legal issues.
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Lowden
Public Utility Commission
Industrial Commission
Commission urges reform of registration cycle and ballots
The citizenship commission appointed by County Judge Scully recommends a general registration every four years instead of every two. It suggests saving up to 400,000 dollars next fall if legislature adopts its other plans and proposes registration offices in election offices and four ward offices. It also urges a separate ballot for presidential electors and changes to voter age disclosure and precinct voter limits.
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Citizenship Commission
Scully
Illinois Near Referendum on Statewide Prohibition in Legislature
Illinois lawmakers inch toward a statewide liquor referendum as the Senate endorses a plan and the House sits one vote short of the 77 needed. Debates surge over dry and wet camps, with contests dismissed and battles playing out in Galesburg and Chicago education issues looming.
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Illinois
Senate
House
Elections Committee
Galesburg
Basel
Springfield Bankers Hear Private Bank Legislation Move
Bankers from across the state attended a public hearing in Springfield on private bank legislation. The House committee on banks and buildings and loan associations led the session as lawmakers seek a state supervisory bill after Chicago scandals. The measure, drafted by William G. Thon and Henry W. Austin, aims for passage this session, reversing three prior failed attempts.
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Springfield
House
Committee On Banks and Buildings and Loan Associations
Chicago
William G. Thon
Senate
Henry W. Austin
Oak Park
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William G. Woolfolk
Gas Company
Woolfolk
Chicago Board of Aldermen
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Council Committee On
Clark Street
Santa Fe
Alderman Fisher
the Gas, Oil and Electric Light Committee
Corporation Counsel
Sanitary District
Drainage Board
Council Committee On Local Transportation
Walter L. Fisher
Joseph F. Haas
Edgar H. Parnell
Torrens
Mr. Parnell
Mr. Haas
J. F. Hecht
Cook County Real Estate Board
Louis A. Seeberger
Chicago Real Estate Board
Sergel
Sanitary District Board
Wallace G. Clark
Food Inquiry
New City Market
Great Fruit and Vegetable Mart
South Side
R. E. Blackwood
Civil Service Reform Association
Blackwood
Sergei
Sanitary
Paullin
State Mining Board
Shurtleff
Francis Stuyvesant Peabody
Gov. Lowden
Judge Scully
Board of Education
Baldwin
Hull
Carl Mueller
Lake View
Ralph C. Otis
Otis
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