Dunne boom grows in Chicago election scene across wards
The article details a heated Chicago ward battle with Dunne and Harrison factions. It lists platform planks for Dunne including municipal control of subways and water, no corporate money for subways, and wide reforms. It notes crowded Democratic aldermanic races, Smulski as Republican mayoral favorite, and Barnacles Union backing Harrison amid tax light talk and reform cries.
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North Side
Harrison
Masonic Temple
Lake Front
Chicago
Traction Fund
City
Halsted
Ashland Avenues
John F. Smulski
Smulski
Public Utility Commission
City Council Passes Budget Bill with Raises for Firemen and Police
The city council approved the budget allocating raises for firefighters and police officers. Eleven aldermen stood by the men who struggled and fought for better pay and conditions.
Chicago budget vote blocks 10 percent police pay raise
Chicago City Council passed the budget with no police or firemen pay raise. Alderman Britten pushed a 10 percent firemen raise but faced opposition and failure. The vote includes cuts to engines ladders and horses to save funds, with expected tax gains from real estate revaluation and department savings to balance the budget. A railroad terminal commission was created to study downtown congestion and terminal improvements.
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Chicago
Britten
Emerson
Ralse
Alderman Foreman
Railroad Terminal Commission
Foreman
Civic Federation backs tax recommendations amid political clash
The Civic Federation of Chicago endorsed Gov Dees special tax commission proposals in a Tuesday statement. The council debated mayoral budget items, including wage hikes for water department laborers and a two platoon system for the First Battalion, with votes split on each measure.
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Civic Federation of Chicago
Special Tax Commission
Gov. Dee
General Assembly
McInerney
Chicago sewer rot exposed in Wentworth avenue issue
The article blasts Harrison administration corruption and reveals rot beneath Chicago streets. It notes sewers in many areas flattening, missing gutter connections, and streets sinking toward blocked or unfinished sewer links. Three ton rocks lurk in the Wentworth avenue sewer.
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Harrison
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Wentworth Avenue
Chicago park police pension bill sparks speed control clash
Automobilists fear a crusade against speeding on Chicago boulevards after a Tuesday hearing of the state senate committee on parks and boulevards. The Clark bill would fund a South Park police pension largely from fines for speed and park ordinance violations. South Park officers urged extending the bill to all Chicago park systems, while South Park commissioners oppose the pension measure yet back senate bill.
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State Senate Committee On Parks and Boulevards
Clark
South Park
Thorne
Casey
Lincoln Park
Senate
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United States Grand Jury
Tribune
Lawrence Avenue
Barney’ Weber
Edward F. Dunne
Barnacles’ Union
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