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Newspaper

Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1911

Page

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City Council Adopts Gas Rate Plan After Stormy Session

The Chicago city council adjourned after a heated meeting that ran past midnight. A new five year gas rate was approved at an average 70 15 cents, with 75 cents first year and 68 cents last year. The council also passed a fireworks prohibition and several other ordinances before adjourning to September 25.

Vice Commission Sethness Charles O Dibelka James B Huttmann Henry W Library Board Roulston Robert J Henlus Dr. Max Kaycki Philip M Skota Gridewell Board Burger A. A John Traeger Welsskopf M. A A. J. Sabath Aller Mathias Home Brewing Company Spencer George J Chicago Pneumatic Postal Tube Company Foell McWeeny Ting

Chicago Writes to Break the Bell Phone Monopoly

Chicago residents protest a Bell monopoly controlling the local telephone and Western Electrical companies. A city report claims inflated charges and forced payments. aldermen are urged to oppose rate hikes and investigation into officials’ ties to the firms.

Bell Local Telephone Company The Western Electrical Company Bell Telephone Company Local Telephone Pany Chicago Telephone Company Bell Monopoly Seyferlich Bell Telephone Monopoly Bell Telephone Electrical Company Electric Company Telephone

Telephone Patents and Trusts Stir 1911 Debate

An editorial in the Chicago Daily News July 17 1911 argues government patents used to form trusts should be forfeited. It cites Senator Kenyon urging Sherman antitrust changes and mentions Alderman Bauler and a penny telephone idea amid gas league politics and court scrutiny of rates.

Council Chicago Telephone Company Marshall Meld & Co Northwestern Railroad Telephone Trust Chicago Daily News National Senate Interstate Commerce Comittee Kenyon Ald Herman J. Bauler Bayler Edward W. Bemis W. J.,hagoyah

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ALIEN Harrison School Library Bridewell New City Finance Committee Geiger Francis D. Connery Snow Ge, Harry A West Side coUnLy Vuliuing Square Henry Ericsson Marquette Club Taft Lincoln New York Traeger Bell Company Traction Fund Alexander H. Revell
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