Busby on Future Chicago Transit Needs and Growth
Chicago transit advocate Leonard A. Busby projects population growth to 3 million in ten years and revenue rides rising to 1.24 billion, urging immediate action for doubled facilities. He compares Chicago’s 14 percent rapid transit share with New York’s 25 percent and outlines a unified system, rapid transit expansion, and surface-line improvements including downtown subways.
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Leonard A. Busby
Chicago Surface Lines
Chicago
New York
Jackson proposes Halsted to Wilson double track subway
George W. Jackson former head of George W. Jackson Inc presented to Mayor Thompson a proposal to build a Chicago subway. The plan covers Halsted Belmont Ashland Sheridan Jackson State and Randolph streets with a double track system for 24,990,980 dollars.
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George W. Jackson
George W. Jackson, Inc
Thompson
City of
Chicago
Halsted Street
Belmont
Ashland
Wilson Avenues
Sheridan Road
Jackson Boulevard
State and
Randolph Streets
Twenty banks to take taxes arranged by county treasurer
County treasurer Henry Stuckart has arranged with twenty banks to accept tax payments from April 1 to May 1. Banks listed include South Side State Bank Forty-third Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, Koch & Co. Twenty-sixth and South Halsted, Roseland Bank 11108 South Michigan Avenue, The Calumet Trust and Savings Bank One Hundred and Eleventh Street and Longwood Drive, and Citizens' State Bank of Lake View Lincoln Avenue and Melrose Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stuckart
South Side
People's Stockyards State Bank
Forty-seventh
Ashland Avenue
Sixty
Roseland Bank
Michigan Avenue
Calumet Trust and Savings Bank
One Hundred and Eleventh Street
Longwood Drive
North Side
Citizens’ State Bank of Lake View
Lincoln Avenue
Melrose Street
Lincoln Trust and Savings Bank
Aetna State Bank
Halsted Street
Phillips State Bank
Clark Street
Ravenswood National Bank
Ravenswood
Wilson Avenues
West Side
Lawndale State Bank
Madison and Kedzie State Bank
Madison Street
Logan Square Trust and Savings Bank
Milwaukee Avenue
Home Bank and Trust Company
Milwaukee
Ashland Avenues
American State Bank
Blue Island Avenue
Jefferson Park National Bank
City Council pass curb rules to curb taxicab stands
Two ordinances to ease congestion in the downtown loop were approved. Parking of vehicles is banned in the loop during morning and evening peak hours, with loading zones set at major intersections to allow boarding and alighting without interference. The measures take effect May 1, despite some opposition and a one week deferral.
Chicago City Council Plans Bridges and Cleanups in 1917
The finance committee authorized 1 447 881 for bridge work with 6 245 118 on hand. Franklin Orleans and Wells streets bridges are planned first at 946 500 and 1 240 000 respectively. Other major bridges depend on construction progress or actions by elevated railways and the sanitary district. Alderman Michaelson sought 5 000 for ash removal. Buck blamed petty graft by city team owners for alley dirt. The council outlawed crowded baby farms with a health committee measure urged by the Juvenile Protective Association. Judiciary committee cleared Aldermen Kennedy and Rodriguez of treasonous speech charges after hearings. Two high cost of living resolutions, by Rodriguez, propose city purchases of ice, coal and foodstuffs to cut costs and seek Congress action on dollar decline and interstate food price regulation.
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City Council
Bennett
Franklin-Orleans Street
Wells Street
Madison Street
Clark Street
la Salle Street
Polk Street
van Buren Street
M. A. Michaelson
R. M. Buck
Chicago
Willis ©. Nance
Juvenile Protective Association
William Rodriguez
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Schuettler
Chicago Police Department
House Committee On Municipalities
Morgan Collins
Thomas Meany
Pension Commission
James W. Breen
Corporation Counsel
Boyer
Carl Mueller
City council debates subway plans linked to New York firm
Council members and press note agitation against proposed subway scheme as a New York company seeks a city franchise. Protests arrive as identical resolutions name labor bodies. Simon O'Donnell admits being approached to spread the resolutions and secure adoption while noting traction lines could belong to the city in twenty years.
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Subway Commission
New York
Simon O'Donnell
Chicago Building Trades Council
O'Donnell
Peoples Gas Light Co Leases Site For Plant
A lease was made by the sanitary district to Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co for 27.38 acres on the canal north bank near the city limits to erect a new plant. Frontage 4,249.6 feet, depth 302.47 feet. Annual rent 5,436 for five years rising to 6,845 for 49 years. total term rent 640,000. Several local banks and trustees listed as part of the lease. Vehicle parking prohibited within the corner lot line. Loading zones designated along State, Dearborn, Clark, La Salle, Randolph, Washington, Madison streets.
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Sanitary District
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
Gas Company
State Street
Randolph Street
Washington
Dearborn Street
Washington Street
Randolph
Clark Street
Madison
Monroe
la Salle Street
Madison Street
Dearborn
Hensch en for Treasurer at Union League Club election
A ticket for the Union League Club annual election on March 26 lists officers and directors. President Howard G. Hetzler, Vice President A. D. Sheridan, Second Vice President F. B. Johns tone, Treasurer Henry S. Henschen, Secretary Warren Gorrell, Directors for three years include David L.
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Union League
Howard G. Hetzler
A. D. Sheridan
F. B. Johnstone
Henry 8. Henschen
Warren Gorrell
David L
Vote on Five Bond Issues in April Election
Voters will decide on five bond measures in the April election. The largest seeks 1,000,000 for loading stations and incinerators for waste disposal. Other issues include 750,000 for contagious disease hospital additions, 250,000 for Chicago and Cook County School for Boys extensions, 200,000 for improvements at two bathing beaches, and 150,000 for building the first batch of public comfort stations.
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Chicago and Cook County
Prohibition Bill Faces Vote Amid Pension and Banking Push
In the legislature, a vote on the statewide prohibition referendum bill was set for March 28 or 29 as supporters, with seven pledged deputies, pressed for more. Separate hearings debated police pensions with proposed raises, widow pensions, and park police plans, while a private bank incorporation bill sought to force all bankers to incorporate with varied capital rules and borrowing allowances.
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House
Thomas KE. Lyon
Senate
W. A. Cameron
Elliott
Clarence F. Buck
Brundage
Chicago Loop
Free Text Book Bill Proposed in State House
Alfred Van Duser of Chicago filed a broad free text book bill in Springfield. The measure would require the state to provide free texts for high school and common school pupils and bar boards of education from using non adopted books. Charles L. Allen brought the bill to Springfield.
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Guardians of Liberty
Chicago
Charles A. Young
Board of Education
Republican
John P. Altgeld
G. A. Dahlberg
Superintendent of Public Instruction
University of Iinois
New York
Philadelphia
House Committee On Education
Free Text Book Commission
Alfred van Duser
Springfield
Charles L. Allen
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BUSBY
Jackson
Chicago Board of Aldermen
the City Council
Kennedy
Rodriguez
Kathryn Rutherford
Alderman Kennedy
Alderman Rodriguez
Rutherford
Steel Trust
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
People's Gas Light CO
Henschen
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