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Cheap telephones and fights over a monopoly in Chicago
The article argues for cheap automatic telephone service led by Armour and Chicago subway receivers, contrasts it with the Bell monopoly, and notes Starrling's rise in elevated railroads. It critiques the Health Department, calls for boulevards' tax reforms, and outlines political and public-works debates in Chicago.
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Bell Monopoly
United States
Armour
Chicago
Harriman
Kennedy Todd
de Forest
New York
Chicago Subway
Subway
Bell
Ilies
Commissioner of Public Works
Health Department