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Chicago Public Utilities Row Flares in Aldermen Clash
A fiery editorial attack denounces the Illinois public utilities bill and calls for retirement of aldermen who supported it. The piece links the fight to home rule, Pennsylvania rail plans, and a battle over a West Side terminal, urging voters to punish backers at the polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telephone Trust
Long Green
State of
Illinois
Chicago
Aldermen
Andrew J. Graham
Pennsylvania
Harbor and Subway Commission
Ellis Geiger
Madison Street
Halsted Street
West 22d Street
Pennsylvania Group of Railroads
Joseph Wood
Pennsylvania Company
J. J. Turner
Pittsburgh
A. J. Earling
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Darius Miller
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
West Side
Geiger
Iroquois Club
Union League
Iroquois
Pennsylvania Lines
Thomas Rodd
Commissioner of Public Works
M. Rodd
Madison Street Betwen Canal Street
McGann Saild
War Department
Mr. McGann
The
St. Louis
Springfield
Phone Trust