Chicago Traction Bypass Cries for Reform Amid Overcrowded Lines
A citywide outcry targets the Chicago Railways Company over poor traction service and crowded cars on lines such as Clark Street and Milwaukee. City expert Buckley details times and overcrowding, while political calls urge reform, lower rates, and public ownership.
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Chicago Railways Company
City
Buckley
Clark Street
North Avenue
Madison Street
Kedzie Avenue
Halsted Street
Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago Avenue Line
Twelfth Street
Evanston Avenue
Welle-Sheffield
Beilfuss
Telephone Trust in Chicago Sparks Public Outcry and Debate
The city confronts a vast telephone monopoly as critics accuse aldermen and the Bell system of diverting nine million dollars meant for users into company salaries and pensions. The Interstate Commerce Commission probes rates and practices while a council investigator questions expert Bemis’s proposed cuts and a referendum demand grows.
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Chicago
The
Telephone Trust
Council
Wilson
Taft
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bell Telephone Combination
United States
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Bemis
E. W. Bemis
Council Committee On Gas, Oil
Recall Law Greets Pressure on Terms of Office
The push by officials for longer terms is stirring public demand for a recall law. With a recall in place, incumbents' terms could be adjusted to reflect popular will.
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Democratic National Congressional Committee
Washington
Lloyd
Missouri
David E. Finley
South Carolina
House Committee On
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
House
District of Columbia
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Juul
Chicago
Desplaines
North Branch
Chicago tax scheme moves from council to legislature
The plan to quadruple city taxes cleared the Chicago city council and now awaits state legislative action to raise the public burden further.
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Chicago
Telephone Service as City Nerve and Privacy Shield
The piece argues that an automatic telephone system serves as the essential city service ensuring privacy and eliminating wrong numbers and related delays for urban life. It emphasizes efficiency and modernity of automated switching in metropolitan communication.
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Traction Matters
Chicago Railways
Chicago Railways Management
Merriam
Phone Trust
Chicago Railways Combine
Connery
Chicago Ways Company
William Lorimer
Lorimer
Illinois
Nean
James Hamilton Lewis
Rust the Trust
Bell Companies
Lewis
Brother Bemis
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