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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1899
Page
2
The spring allotments include eighteen wards subsidized with a total £46,000 paid to outgoing aldermen seeking re election. Each of eighteen received £2,000. Officials say no further disbursements will be made though routine sums will go to the “cheap skate aldermen” as charitable levies.
The piece urges Sangamon County Grand Jury action to probe gas frontages and consolidation with a focus on bribery, legislative managers, and protections. It lists suspects, witnesses, and prominent citizens tied to reforms as it ties Chicago gas price hikes to a 1807 graft, calling for indictments before June 1900.
A heated appeal from Chicago voters blasts the Gas Trust for a price hike and street usage fees. It accuses lawmakers and bribery of enabling a monopoly, urges repeal of the Consolidation and Frontage Bills, and warns of a potential rise to 3 dollars per 1000 cubic feet after July 1, 1899. It paints the Trust as harming hospitals, schools, churches, soldiers’ widows, orphans, and the aged.
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