Milk Trust Crushes The Poor With New Pasteurization Scheme
Chicago aldermen push a drastic pasteurization ordinance to regulate milk temperature during transport, while rail interests warn of higher costs. Alderman Nance leads the effort amid cries of price hikes and public suffering. The piece ties the drive to past corruption and calls for scrutiny of city officials and reformers involved with vice commissions.
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Chicago
Milk Trust
the Milk Trust
Nance
John G. Drennan
Illinois Central
Drennan
Alderman Nance
Mr. Drennan
People of Chicago Demand Lower Telephone Rates Reform
Chicago citizens press the city council to curb the Bell monopoly and lower phone charges. The council audits and criticizes the Bell network, noting high dividends and profits while residents pay steep rates, urging competition and accountability in the telephone field.
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Chicago
Chicago Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone
Electrical Company
Bell Monopoly
Telephone Gang
Council
Pal & Gabe
Telephone Company
Chicago’s stalled bridge plan and city finances pace
City council committees show divided support for bridge funding with half the cost assumed by the Sanitary District and city. Opposition erodes as harbor and wharf duties shift, while Bemis cites awaiting the Chicago Telephone Company assessment of its properties delaying a full report on rate revisions.
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Chicago River
van Buren Street
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad Company
Sanitary District
Lawrence E. McGann
Public Works
Alderman Littler
Bemis
City
Chicago Telephone Company
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Clark
Missouri
Telephone Trust
National
Roger C. Sullivan
Supreme
George A. Cooke
Justice Cooke
Illinois Supreme Court
Robert J. Grier
Monmouth
Fouth
Vice Commission
Harrigan
Elevated
Civil Service Commission
Littler
Thomson
South Park Commissioners
Illinois Central Railroad
Circuit Court
Chicago Avenue
Twelfth Street
Halsted Street
Bell
Local Telephone Company
The
Western Electrical Company
Bell Company
Council Committee On Gas, Oil and Electric Light
Illinois Tunnel Company
Grafters Union
Kickham Scanlan
Lake Front
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