Health and water flow drive Chicago canal dispute
Chicago fights for permission to divert more Lake Michigan water through the drainage canal for sanitary needs. Rep Madden and city officials press Taft and Stimson, arguing health hinges on proper sewer drainage while navigation interests oppose the move.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Taft
Stimson
Mudden
White House
War Department
Magden
Harrison
Sanitary District
Great Lakes
Madden
Public utilities protest over Chicago phone charges
A Chicago council committee debate targets the Chicago Telephone Trust over 700000 a year in surplus earnings. Authors urge rate cuts, pension and wage raises, and a public utilities commission to curb high rates. They call for automatic service and rebates, citing city residents paying excessive long distance costs.
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Council
Lincoln Park Commissioners
Pine Street
Ohio Street
Chicago Avenue
Charles H. Wacker
Walter D. Moody
Chicago Plan Commission
George A. Schilling
Board of Local Improvements
Ald
James B. Bowler
T. K. Long
Committee On Gas, Oil and Electric Light
Edward W. Bemis
Chicago Telephone Company
E. W. Bemis
Bemis
Chicago
Public Utilities Commission
Illinois
Big Telephone Trust
Telephone Trust
Telephone Rates Fight and Public Outcry Over Trust Tactics
Readers raid the alleged Phone Trust over high rates and outdated equipment. Bemis' report fails to satisfy subscribers as critics fear a gimmick to placate the public. The trust supposedly keeps old lines to inflate costs while resisting automatic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemis
Automatic Telephone Service For A Big City
A city adopts an automated telephone system promising privacy and reduced wrong number calls and delays. The plan highlights streamlined connections and faster contact between residents and services.
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FOR City Health
Canal
Kunz
West Twelfth Street
South
Fortieth Avenue
William G. Beale
Elevated Railroads
Committee On
Blair Syndicate
Elevated
Beale
Mr. Beale
Woodrow Wilson
Commercial Club
Blackstone Hotel
Circuit Court
Nicholas G. Conybear
N. G. Conybear & Co
River Street
William L. O'Connell
Alexander A. McCormick
House
Sabath
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Congress
Senate
United States
Middle
Far West
Meridian
Miss
Ross Collins
Mississippi
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
Kentucky
American Telephone & Telegraph Company of
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company of
American Company of New York
Board of
W. H. Weber
Weber
James J. Reynolds
Henry D. Capitain
Frank Ryan
Robert M. Sweitzer
Albert J. Hopkins
United States Senate
Ilinois
James Hamilton Lewis
Ilnois
Phone Trust
E Ohn T, Connery
Friends of the Telephone Trust
Ben
Illinois Tunnel Telephone Company
England
Australia
New Zealand
Trust
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