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Controlling works debate stirs flood fears and ward goals
In a heated session, Braden argues for river controls near the mouth to prevent a Johnstown like flood. opponents warn of contractor profits and the need to avoid risky Lockport failure. The Nineteenth Ward improves and repaves streets under new Association leadership with Hull House support, while talks on an elevated American Railway franchise continue amid mystery over backers and routes.
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Johnstown
Braden
Drainage Board
Chicago
Ossian Guthrie
Guthrie
Jones
Lockport
Illinois Valley
Carter
Wenter
John Powers
Nineteenth Ward Improvement Association
John McHenry
William Gleason
Leary
Q. J. Chott
Paul J. Morand
Nineteenth Ward
A. Bergeson
Haberkorn
A. K. Meyer
Meyer
Henpartisan Hnes
Nelve
Alderman Powers
Association
Gleason
Horan’s Hall
Harrison and
Halsted Streets
American Railway Company
Stock Yards
Englewood
South Chicago
Matthew Sinclair
Sinelhir
Union Loop
State
van Buren Street
Charles ‘I. Yerkes
Badenoch
Sinclair
Bennett
Carey
Butterworth
Dixon
Yerkes
Union Loop Company