Radical overhaul urged for Chicago Fire Department
A Chicago editorial argues for a radical change in fire department management to curb losses and tax impact. It denounces an entrenched aristocracy, calls for promoting young men, and cites 1900 losses and staffing disparities as evidence of systemic inefficiency.
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Chicago Fire Department
Chicago Fireman
Chicago
Adam Wolf
Board of County Assessors
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LaSalle Street
Fire Department
Visitors From Abroad to Receive Courteous Chicago Fire Treatment
The Chicago Fire Department pledges courteous service to international visitors at headquarters mirroring the friendly treatment extended to Chicago firemen who travel from home.
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Chicago Fire Department
Chicago
Chief Swenle’s $6000 Salary Spans Twenty Two Years
The text notes Chief Swenle earned six thousand dollars each year for twenty two years and dismisses any reason to lament the amount.
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Swenle
Chicago Relies on 300 Tire Makers
The piece notes Chicago would struggle without its many tire makers but praises that the city sustains a large workforce of over three hundred tire men ensuring continued supply.
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Chicago
Fresh Blood Sought for Chicago Fire Department Leadership
Officials note that more fortunes have been made by Chicago Fire Department leaders in the last twenty years than earlier, while outsiders visiting the Chief Marshal are to be asked to sit. The Contractors' Combine and Crafters' Union tire of opposing Robert Burke as the honest Democratic leader dominates last Friday night.
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Chicago Tire Department
Chicago
Chicago Fire Department
Robert BE. Burke
Chicago Finance Company
Chicago Police Department
Daily Papers
Eagle
Police Department
Police chief condemns deadbeats and loan sharks
Chief of Police O Neill denounces debtors who borrow from reputable lenders like the Chicago Finance Company and accuses police of crippling financial institutions. He calls the situation a public scandal and urges action against undue harassment by authorities.
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O'Neill
Chicago Finance Company
Harrison League Dominates Chicago Democratic Meetings
The Carter Harrison League swept ward clubs with a landslide win, electing all regular club officers. Leaders touted Burke and Ay as champions of the County Democracy while naming candidates for local offices and praising the Chicago Finance Company amid debates on police debts and reform.
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Marshal Parrell
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Chicago
James J. Ay
Carter TH. Harrison League
County Democracy
Tammany
Carter HL. Harrison
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