Taxpayers' anger at Local Improvements board burdening Chicago
A critical letter to the Chicago authorities denounces the Board of Local Improvements for boosting contractor profits and raising taxpayers quotas. The page lists proposed year 1900 appropriations and salaries, accusing officials of waste and favoritism while urging reform and tighter oversight amid intense political maneuvering in Cook County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
Chicago
Wm. D. Kerfoot
John A. May
West Town Salary Scandal Leads Grand Jury Probe
A long article details alleged payroll plunder in West Town and other Chicago districts. It cites high salaries, political patrons, and possible indictments of justices of the peace and town officials as a new Grand Jury opens.
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West Town
The
Eagle
Springfield
Grand Jury
South Town
North Town
Lake View
Lake and Hyde Park
Jefferson
Chicago
West
Real Estate Board
Special Investigating Committee
Grand
Justices of the Peace
Graham & Bode
Graham & Sons
T. E. Ry
John Biniak
D. F. Considine
Ed Warwick
Leininger
Cervena
Ellert
Cook County Machine Fears Drag Into Dispute
The Cook County political machine fears exposure from the Tanner Cullen clash as Lorimer's stance appears to align with Tanner. Edgar County sightings of James TL Monaghan and EB J McCarthy, both Lorimer loyalists from Cook County, suggest orders from Lorimer guiding their presence.
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Tanner
Cullom
Cook County Machine
Lorimer
James TL
Monaghan
EB. J. McCarthy
Edgar County
Cook County
McCarthy
Tenth Ward
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Herts
Pease
Smyth
Mason
Senate
Mayon
Ilinois
Col. Elwood
John W. Gates
John Lambert
FOR Gas Trust
Tanessee
Gas Light and Coke Company
Union
Texas
W. H. Hinrichsen
Elmore V. Hurst
Rock Island
Hliness Democracy
Selon H. Case
Peter A. Rowe
Rowe
Case
Ale R. Porter
Prohibition
Daniel Wax Mills
Harvey 8. Brackett
Supreme Courts of
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
States
Alan
Swats
Washington Park
Chicago Journal
Marquette Club
George B. Adams
Ald
Rudolph Hurt
Eighth Ward
Ucket
Thomas J. Dixson
Third Ward
Ald. Henry 8. Fitch
Frank G. Logan
William C. Boyden
Orrin N. Carter
Ald, Pettibone
William Eisfeldt
B.J. Brundage
Wiliam Sullivan
George M. Boyd
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Irwin
Republican County Board
I Drainage
Braden
James A. Hogan
Chicago Bar Association
Grosscup
Kohlsa
Auditorium Hotel
Lyman B. Ray
Morris
GAS Trust
Elmore W. Hurst
West Siders
West Town Office
Fifth Congressional District
John F. Smulski
Congress
Peoria
Hennessey
McCullough
Rose
Berry
Williamson
Northcott
Perry County
Hen- Wobboy
Total
United States
Harrison
James O'Brien
O'Brien
Nineteenth Ward
Democratic Club
Jim O'Brien
Charles Burmeister
North Side
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