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City pier stone trade sparks municipal probe in 1914
Readable segments describe a public works dispute over stone filling for Chicago’s new pier. Officials question Voids and air spaces in stone deliveries, billing, and payments between the sanitary district, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, Western Stone Company, and the harbor commission as audit teams measure volumes and costs.
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Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Sanitary District
Harbor and Subway Commission
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company
Great Lakes Company
Western Stone Company
Edward Mahoney
Stone
James Cahill
W. O. Johnson
Harbor Commission
New City
BE. C. Shankland
Lawrence E. McGann
Great Lakes
George M. Wisner
City Pier
Wisner
Public Works
Efficiency Bureau
the Civil Service Commission
E. C. Shankland