Expiring Aldermen Fuel Spring Election Hopes
Thirty five aldermen face term expirations next April with many seeking renomination and re election. Democrats and Republicans plot city wide primary campaigns for City Treasurer and City Clerk. Local leaders expect a vigorous race in each ward as the new primary law pushes candidates to declare early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Traeger
Tle
Ernst Hummel
Charles F. Gunther
Adam Ortselsen
Charles J. Vopicka
James A. Hogan
John R. McCabe
Ward
Michael Kenna
George F. Harding
sRep
Milton J. Foreman
John W. McNeal
Alexander J. Burke
Linn H. Young
Frank I. Bennett
P. H. Moynihan
D. J. Egan
Thomas F. Scully
Edward F. Cullerton
Michael Zimmer
Arthur W. Fulton
James H. Lawley
Herman F, Krueger
Branley H, Kunz
Dem
Lewia D
Bitte
John J, Brennan
John Powers
John P, Stewart
Mrep
Francia W, Taylor
Arthur Josetti
Jacob A. Hey
Albert Hahne
Winfield P. Dunn
William F. Lipps
Henry J. Siewert
Francia D. Connery
John Downey
Michael McInerney
Patrick J. O'Connell
Spring elections spark drive to boost street repairs and finance
Chicago officials push for improved transport links and stricter oversight of street car routes and theater locations. A building code revamp, wheel tax debate, and calls for banking regulation shape a busy political agenda in the metropolis.
Council demands report on La Salle and Washington street tunnels
Chicago City Council adopts a resolution urging the board of supervising engineers to report on tunnel reconstruction plans and push the La Salle and Washington street bores to completion to ease loop congestion. Aldermen Foell Krueger and others urge speedy action and noise reduction measures near schools and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervising Engineers
la Salle
Washington Street
Foell
Taylor
Clettenberg
Josett
LaSalle Street
Krueger
West Side
North Side
Loop
Foreman
Cullerton
Chicago Telephone Company
Pringle
Committee On Gas, Oil and Electric Light
Bennett
Hanberg
Brundage
Robert B. Burke
Harrison
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Albert J. Fisher
Seeee
William C. Hunt
Joseph F. Kohout
Frank L. Race
Jos
Ublir
Loop Protective Association
Busse
Committee On
South Side Elevated Railroad Company
Commissioner of Public Works
Congress Street
J. W. Fernald
E. E. Hooper
Deneen
Adlal EB. Stevenson
Statehouse
Springfield
Local Transportation Committee
Halsted Street
Finn
Chicago Railways Company
Chicago
Chicago and Southern Traction Oil
Judiciary cou-Company
Dunn
Chicago Avenue
Twenty-fifth Ward
Downey
Maerstadt
Wide Tire Association
B. Maxwell
Chicago Wide Tire Association
Fred A. Busse
Campbell
Commissioner Evans
Albert J. Hopkins
People of
Illinois
Doherty
Secretary of State
West Park
John F. Smulski
Mr. Smulski
Frank D. Connery
Twenty-eighth
Connery
Andrew J. Ryan
Sgift
Banka
Hibernian Banking Association
The
Illinois Trust and Saviage Bank
Graham & Sons
Union Trust Company
South Chicago Savings Bank
Commercial National
Continental National
Drovers Deposit National
Fort Dearborn National
National Bank of the Republic
United States
City Council
Washington
la Salle Street
Brennan
Burke
Finance Committee
Edward M. Cummings
John A. Planer
Supreme Court
Postoffice
New West Side Postoffice
John J. Brennan
Commercial Club
Association of Commerce
Union League Club
Federation of Labor
Real Estate Board
West Park Commission
Industrial Club
James FE. Stuart
FE. J. West
Secretary of the Treasury
Alderman Brennan
Washington Street Bridge
City Hall
Fulton and
Evans
Bridewell
Committee On Gas, Oil and Electric
Brittan
Alderman Thomson
Ravenswood
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