Taxed to Death and Cab Stand Plan in Chicago
County Clerk Sweitzer tells Senate committee that 97 percent of Cook County taxpayers would pay a 1.2 million levy if a validating act passes. Chicago votes recount erase Merriam win. aldermanic dispute over misdated petition signatures. cab stands ordinance expands taxi "loop" service with fifty stands citywide.
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Robert M. Sweitzer
Cook County
Sweitzer
Senate Judiciary Committee
Assembly
John D. Hertz
Shaw and
Yellow Cab Companies
Chicago
Lowden Declines to Back Suffrage Alliance Plan
Governor Frank O. Lowden declined to back the suffrage amendment alliance urging legislative action. He said he favors suffrage but believes it will be provided in the new state constitution drafted by a constitutional convention.
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Frank O. Lowden
Suffrage Amendment Alliance
Mayor Denies Report on Garden Movement Appointment
Mayor Thompson denies a report he pushed Mrs. Louise Osborne Rowe for a city garden committee post. He says there is no truth to the claim and clarifies he recommended her to Perry G. Holden for her garden work with children last year.
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Thompson
Louise Osborne Rowe
Banks Solid and Patriotic Rally At La Salle Hotel
Representatives of 14 000 central west banks gathered at the Hotel La Salle to pledge support for Uncle Sam as the nation’s economic and financial strength is showcased amid wartime mobilization and fundraising efforts.
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Central West
Hotel la Salle
Uncle Sam
Traction bill redraft prompts hearing on Chicago L and Surface lines
City council traffic committee reviews a revised franchise bill merging the L and Surface lines. A public hearing heard objections from Northwest Side Business leader Tomaz F Deuther who seeks more time to study reports. Officials cite three year totals for track and paving costs and tax payments.
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Chicago
Merriam Petition Ruled Out By Election Board
Election commissioners rejected the independent petition of Alderman Charles E. Merriam of the Seventh ward after the final ruling. The decision removes Merriam from the ballot, shifting local race dynamics.
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Merriam
John N. Kimball
Seventh Ward
Ald
Charles E. Merriam
City council weigh bond issue and transit plans in fall session
Finance committee backs a 500000 bond for library branch expansion and reviews two subway plan options by Jarvis Hunt and George W. Jackson. Santa Fe railroad fruit terminal talks set at 4.50 per sq ft compensation. Monorail pilot proposed on northwest side linking Humboldt park branch to North Austin. Telephone bureau projects 75000 yearly savings from rate revision and switchboard eliminations.
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Library Board
Finance Committee
Traction and Subway Commission
Council Committee On
Jarvis Hunt
Chicago
George W. Jackson
Walter L. Fisher
Traction Commission
Santa Fe Railroad
Council
Homer W. Davis
America
Humboldt Park
North Lawndale
West North Avenues
North Austin Avenue
Chicago 1
Germany
City Telephone Bureau
Commissioner of Public Service
City Council
Edward W. Bemis
Chicago to gain 30000 more street lights under new plan
Chicago and Joliet officials reach agreement on expanding lighting to double current facilities. Government ratification expected next week. Banks' conference notes patriotism and readiness to back wartime finance. Surface lines report 1916 17 earnings up 5 million, with 30 miles of extensions built.
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Chicago
Joliet
Wallace G. Clark
L. A. Busby
Union Station Work Resumed After Arbitration Pact
On Monday work resumed on the union passenger station after a strike since July. An arbitration settlement between railway officials and Simon O'Donnell of the Building Trades Council affects several thousand workers and is expected to channel $11,000,000 in wages into construction. The Pennsylvania railroad freight terminal steel work, a key Chicago plan element, must finish before passenger facilities rise.
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Simon O'Donnell
Building Trades Council
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
President Otto Rice Receives City Key at Laundry Association Meet
The Illinois Laundry Owners' Association held its 23rd annual convention at the Sherman Hotel. Mayor Thompson was made a member and gave the city key to Otto Rice, president of the association, as about 700 attendees heard his remarks on prices labor and workers.
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Illinois Laundry Owners’ Association
Sherman
Thompson
Lake Shore
Otto Rice
St Nois Association
Rice
Farm Loan Board Sets 5 Percent Rate for Farmers
The farm loan board announced a 5 percent interest rate on all loans made to farmers by federal land banks and a 4 percent rate on bonds to be issued by the land banks.
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The
Farm Loan Board
Road bond plan and election law revisions advance in Illinois
The Illinois legislature debates a $60,000,000 road bond funded by higher automobile licenses with phased rate hikes through 1920 and beyond, backed by Gov. Lowden. The plan aims to build about 4,000 miles of hard roads and place 70 percent of residents within five miles of a road. Law changes would cut elections, move primary dates, and expand absent voting as a bureau prepares a broader reform package.
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Illinois Highway Improvement Association
Springfield
William G. Edens
Chicago
Guv. Lowden
Legislative Reference Bureau
Buck
Senate Elections Committee
House Committee On Elections
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BANKS
Wilson
Tomaz F. Deuther
Northwest Side Commercial Association
Chicago Traction and Subway Commission
Fisher
Deuther
Mr. Deuther
Chicago Board of Aldermen
Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati
Edmund D. Hulbert
Merchants Loan & Trust Co
Oldcat Bank
Central States Bankers’ Association
Andrew Smith
Indianapolis
Illinois Laundry Owners Association
Illinois
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