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Chicago Eagle in Chicago, Illinois

01 Jun 1912

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Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1912

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1

Out for Graft Elevated Rails Push Ad Business

City Council tackles vast issues as Corporation Counsel Sexton declares elevated railroads have no right to run news stands or sell advertising on platforms or cars without a city grant. Mayor vetoes a firearms ordinance with a milder substitute while debates over tobacco contracts, public works funding, and harbor improvements occupy the session.

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Elevated Sexton A. L. Gettys Harrison Committee On Judiciary Civil Service Commission Ald. Coughlin Ahern Ald Cermak Illinois Central Railroad South Park Board International Navigation Congress North Side Longwood Avenue Longwood Drive
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Phone Robbery and the Chicago Bell Monopoly Exposed

In a spirited critique, Charles H. Wacker denounces the Bell Telephone Trust and Western Electrical Company for high rates and profits extracted from Chicagoans. He urges rate reductions, calls out city officials, and warns that aldermen backing rate hikes risk electoral defeat. The piece cites dividend figures, corporate growth, and a push for public ownership or competition to end the alleged abuse.

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Chicago American Telephone Trust Chicago Telephone Company Bell Telephone Company Local Telephone Western Electrical Company Local Telephone Company Bell Telephone Telephone Company Bell Monopoly Telephone Gang Courief Telephone Trust J. Ogden Armour Illinois Tunnel Company Illioois Tunnel Company
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Corporation Council Anthony New York Lorimer Roosevelt Boston Tribune City Electrician Ray Palmer Chicago Traction Leonard A. Busby W. W. Gurley Chigorcago City Railway Chicago Railways Companies City Department Council Committee On Gas, Light and Oil Hotel LaSalle Wacker Ilinois Central Railroad Company Twelfth Street Washington Thomas Gallagher House South Shore Ryan South Park Chicago Bar Association Bell The Bell Company Charles H. Wacker Co-operative Realty Club Edgar B. Tolman Association Joseph R. Burtt George B. Swift
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