West Side fights over Pennsylvania depot plan gains backers
Prominent West Side business leaders endorse the Pennsylvania depot proposal arguing it will spur development and raise property values. Critics claim it will ruin access and lower West Side property values, while petitioners insist the plan is the best path for immediate growth and a unified Chicago terminal system.
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Pennsylvania
West Division
Pennsylvania Depot
West Side
South Side
Andrew J. Graham
Graham & Sons
Northwestern
Graham
Carter H. Harrison
City of
Chicago
Bell Telephone Trust Faces Strong Public Backlash in City Edict
Readers are warned about aldermen seen as selling out to the Bell monopoly. Reports cite strike actions by Chicago operators, New York rate cuts, and Chicago council records showing pension plans and profit growth. Citizens promise to resist monopolistic charges and demand fair service.
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New York
Interborough
Tellphone
Up State Public Service Commission
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Long Island
Chicago
Boston
Mass
Bell System
St. Louis
Southwestern Telephone Company
Bell
Kinloch
Telephone Trust
Council
Thiz
Bell Companies
United States
Bell Telephone System
Lincoln Park area names spark debate over street titles
The letter questions why Lincoln Park street names like North Clark Street are not extended to form Lincoln Park Southwest or similar variants. It criticizes a proposed 6 cent call increase and a $500000 reduction plan, arguing subscribers would gain little. The text mentions Chicago Telephone Training School and plans to distribute Kansas City and Chicago girls among exchanges where vacancies exist.
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Coln Park
North Clark Street
Lincoln Park
North Avenue
Lake View Avenue
Kansas City
Chicago
Chicago Aldermen Come to St Louis to Break Phone Strike
Several Chicago aldermen who fought for home rule in Springfield arrived in St Louis to assist in breaking the phone strike. They claim the Phone Trust is harmless and credit it with helping Chicago out of a hole, presenting themselves as its friends.
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Hoyne
South Side
Metropolitan
Union Elevated
Northwestern
Chicago
Telephone Trust
St. Louis
Kansas City
Union Station
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Bell
Springfield
Phone Trust
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Great West Side
Twelfth Street
Kinzie Street
Weat Side
Harbor and Subway Commission
George Weston
Board of Supervising Engineers
A. L. Drum
James J. Reynolds
Subway Commission
John E. Owens
Lincoln Park West
North Park Avenue
Park Board
Lin
Albert J. Hopkins
Sherman
United States Senate
Illinois
Bell Telephone Trust
Bell Telephone
The
Chicago Telephone Training School
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