Taxed to Death and Taxi Stands Expand in Chicago
County Clerk Sweitzer urges a validating act to collect 1 200 a year from 97 percent of Cook County taxpayers, while Chicago approves a taxi stand expansion adding 50 curb spaces by May 1 to improve service and rates. The Merriam recount dispute ends with a Seventh ward result and Alderman Kimball condemns the tally as unfair.
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Robert M. Sweitzer
Cook County
Sweitzer
Senate Judiciary Committee
Assembly
Lowden declines to back suffrage alliance stance
Governor Frank O. Lowden says he favors woman suffrage but will not support the alliance aiming to persuade the current legislature. He believes suffrage should be addressed in a new state constitution drafted by a constitutional convention.
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Frank O. Lowden
Suffrage Amendment Alliance
Mayor denies report on appointing Mrs. Rowe to garden committee
Mayor Thompson rejects claims he sought to place Louise Osborne Rowe on the city garden movement committee. He says there is no truth, though he did recommend her to Perry G. Holden as a committee member for her garden expertise and past child garden work.
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Thompson
Louise Osborne Rowe
City Garden Movement
Banks Solid and Patriotic Meet in Central West
Representatives of 14 000 banks gathered at the Hotel La Salle to pledge support for Uncle Sam and to vouch for the strength and stability of the nation’s financial muscle amid overflowing coffers and patriotic resolve.
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Central West
Chicago
Wilson
Hotel la Salle
Uncle Sam
Traction dispute delays city rail franchise hearing
The city council transport committee redrafts the L and Surface lines merger bill and holds a public hearing on the thirty twenty year franchise. Northwest Side association secretary Tomaz Deuther seeks delay to study the report from the traction and subway commission while objecting to the scope and costs of unified operation and paving and tax payments noted in three years of activity.
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Chicago
Tomaz F. Deuther
Northwest Side Commercial Association
Chicago Traction and Subway Commission
Fisher
Deuther
Avine
City Telephone Bureau
Commissioner of Public Service
City Council Finance Committee
Edward W. Bemis
Merriam Petition Ruled Out by Election Commissioners
The election commissioners rejected the independent petition of Alderman Charles E. Merriam of the Seventh ward after the final review, leaving Merriam's candidacy in question. The ruling follows procedural checks and affects the Seventh ward race.
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Ald
Charles E. Merriam
Seventh Ward
City explores bonds and monorail for Chicago expansion
City finance committee backs bond issue for library branches and urban upgrades. Proposals include monorail transit, street openings near Humboldt Park, and telephon e bureau reforms to cut costs. Savings cited from revised rates and auxiliary board eliminations.
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Finance Committee
Smith
Proposals Presented For Subway Plans In Chicago
Two plans to substitute other traction methods for the naissance proposal were shown to the council committee on local transportation. Architect Jarvis Hont discussed building subways by special assessments. George W. Jackson offered to build subways at about 1 million dollars per mile and pledged a 5 million dollar bond. The committee took no action. Walter J. Bisher argued the first plan would create an independent service preventing a single city fare policy.
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Fermal
Sid Homer W Daivis
Chicago
America
Humboldt Park
North Lawndale
West North Avenues
North Austin Avenue
Jarvis Hiunt
Traction and Subway Commission
Council
Jarvis Hont
George W. Jackson
Walter J. Bisher
Traction Commission
Santa Fe Railroad Fruit Terminal Plan Stalls
After months of council review the Santa Fe railroad plan for a large fruit terminal on the south side was shelved as the compensation committee set at 4.50 per square foot for the project space.
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Santa Fe
Council Committee On
Lights to Transform Chicago as Trustees Back Power Plan
Sanitary trustees and officials reach an agreement to boost street lighting, doubling capacity and adding 50 000 more lights to Chicago. The plan targets power generation equivalent to 200 000 tons of coal annually, funded by power sales to factories and users with no public cost. The article notes strong bank backing and potential government bond support amid the sixth annual conference of related associations.
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Chicate
Sanitary
Dollet
Wallace G. Chirk
Chicago
Joliet
Union Station Work Resumes After Long Strike
Union passenger station work restarts as strikes ending July cause delays. Officials and Building Trades Council head Simon O'Donnell settle disputes by arbitration. Wages in construction expected to reach 11.0 million. Pennsylvanian railroad terminal steel work must finish before station erection. The Chicago plan includes passenger station freight Houses viaducts and bridges.
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Simon O'Donnell
Building Trades Council
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Hew Phassenger
Sone
President Otto Rice Heads Illinois Laundry Association Convention
The Illinois Laundry Owners Association held its 23rd annual convention at the Hotel Shore. Mayor Thompson received the association’s city key and joined as a member while hundreds of laundry workers and foremen from other states attended. Rice spoke on price regulation and labor pressures since the war, noting worker shortages and efforts to attract better staff.
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Ulinois Lavindry Owners Association
Fia
Hotel Shor Main
Thompson
Lamndry
Lake Shore
Otto Rice
HK Hols Association
Goa Lundrymen
Marty Lon Board Announces Towns Trade Toward Hirers
The board announces trade shifts affecting rural towns nationwide. Officials project substantial increases or limits in rates and bounds. Citizens weigh potential impact on local industries and community services.
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Marty Lon Board
Iiterest Ecomall
Legislature Debates Bond Issue for State Road Fund
The article details a legislative proposal expanding motor vehicle funding through higher license and registration fees to support road construction. It notes opposition about taxing motorists and the need for public endorsement, with advocates citing bond credibility and state finance constraints.
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Setvenie
Sprtnadel
Tide Road Fund
Dall
Simul Electric
Elec
di Cael Eaunis
Lowther
Psu
Sircuss
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John D. Hertz
Shaw and
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Merriam
John N. Kimball
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Lowden
BANKS
Chicago Board of Aldermen
Procter & Guimble
Cincinnati
Edmund D. Hulbert
Merchants Loan & Trust Co
Central States
Delutions
Leen Shites
Andrey Oh
Tainelis
Rob
Sloos
Wis
Dal
Illinois Laundry Owners Association
Illinois
Lee
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