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Municipal Ownership stirs Chicago vote clash over tram bids
In a heated Chicago debate Mayor Dunne and allied Municipal Ownership forces push for a $75,000,000 ordinance to seize control of streetcar lines amid support for Union Traction. The piece hails Union Traction as a public service and urges voters to elect conscientious aldermen who will back tangible street improvements and fair franchise terms.
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Union Traction Company
Chicago
West Ride
Union Traction
Mesars
Eckels and Sampell
John M. Roach
12Th Street
Cara
Chicago City Railway Company
Eatra
Sfilandid
Ines
Chen
City Club
Franklin MacVeagh
Eugene E. Prussing
Citizen's Association
William Kent
Prussing
MacVeagh
Frank J. Loesch
Prossing
Mr. Prussing
Dunne
Traction Company
Mueller
Ald
Milton J. Foreman
Troquois Club
Traction Companies
Traction Companea
Ald. Foreman
City Railway and Union Traction Companies
Th'4
Amd
Traction Iimcombe