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Busse ends it stop to railroad street grab in Chicago
City council reports detail the Western Indiana Railroad occupying ten miles of streets and alleys without authorization. Mayor Busse pledges action to recover land and compel vacating trespasses while council also handles lighting reports and other transit and city-finance matters.
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Western Indiana Railroad
Busse
Indiana
Custom House Place
12Th
14Th Street
Polk and Taylor
Custom House
Plymouth Pirco Soc
Dearborn Street
Grove Street
23D
Dist Street
Stewart Avenue
Butler Street
80Th Street
81St Street
Wallace and Parnell
Wallace and
Vincennes Road
87Th Street
Ohio Street
Os 28Th Street
Cullerton
State Tax Commission
Merriam Commission
Bureau of Electricity
Chicago
Williams Subway
Chicago Subway & Arcade Company
Foell
Supreme Court
Bureau of Compensation
Carter H. Harrison
Bernard W. Snow
Edward F. Dunne
W. D. Barge
Chicago Railways
Oak Park