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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1912
Page
1
A Chicago contractor Bemis reports favoring nickel first phones claiming cost savings for the telephone company while critics say the plan hurts the public safety emergency calls. The piece cites a 150 inquiry sample with 31 responses and notes fire and police dispatch concerns.
Chicago leaders challenge the Bell monopoly’s control over the local phone company and Western Electrical. The editorial urges aldermen to resist rate increases, expose ties to the Bell trust, and push for a new audit of the Telephone Trust’s books.
The plan assigns aldermen by ward with three seats for the 8th 6th and 18th wards and one for the 34th 7th 224th and 85th wards. Readjustment scheduled for the 1913 election. other wards to have two aldermen. It references vacancies in the 224 ward and notes on De Paul University trustee roles.
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