Defy the Mayor clashes over Chicago Civil Service reform
A heated struggle pits Aldermen and reformers against Mayor Thompson over the Civil Service Commission and the efficiency division. The commission suspends J. L. Jacobs and cuts twelve staff, claiming duplication and cost savings. The mayor warns no new appointments as he contemplates home rule and utility oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Civil Service Commission
Percy B. Coffin
City and Civil Service Commission
Council
Efficiency Bureau
Capt. Coffin
Thompson
Ald. Merriam
J. L. Jacobs
Finance Committee
Law Department
James J. McComb
Willam Stocker
Pierce Avenue
City graft probes. real estate advisors and mayor face scrutiny
The article reports on city officials paying five real estate advisers about $7,000 each over four months to value property for a boulevard project, while the mayor seeks cost controls. It covers police department reassignments, salary debates, and posts for a new West Side post office site visit by federal inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Avenue Boulevard
Thompson
Michael J. Faherty
North Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Mr. Dupee
Police Department
Funkhouser
Healey
Gleason
Washington
Chicago
John C. Koons
Otto Praeger
D. A. Campbell
James BE. Stuart
Clinton, Halsted, Lake and
van Buren Streets
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James Miles
E. T. Olsen
Commission
Elizabeth Orr
Jacobs
A. M. Swanson
Olsen
Coffin
T. E. Madsen
E. F. Hiller
W. G. Heckathorne
F. J. Flanagan
P. H. Myers
M. W. Kurson
C. Christianson
Louis Witt
Ruth Richart
F. P. Kevil
D. W. Roderick
F. H. Cenfield
the Herald
Lundin
George J. Feser
Board of Local Improvements
Christopher Mamer
David W. Clark
A. W. Miller
George C. Schilling
Illinois
Downstate
Senate
House
Dunne
Charles E. Merriam
Charles H. Wacker
Chicago Plan Commission
Twelfth Street
Civil Service
Fred Lundin
James A. Pugh
Eugene R. Pike
Merriam
P. D. O'Brien
South Clark Street
W. P. O'Brien
Central Station
John J. Halpin
Cottage Grove Avenue
East 31St Street
Detective Bureau
Patrick D. O'Brien
South Clark
Patrick J. Gibbons
Shakespeare
Morgan A. Collins
Detective Headquarters
Bureau
O'Brien
Lucey
Brady
Kickham Scanlan
Appellate Court
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