Gas Trust Shapes Reform Plan in Chicago Utility Clash
Chicago debates public control versus state regulation as Mayor Harrison pushes the city to lead “the field” against gas trusts. He argues for lower rates, better service, and public ownership to curb private profits. the issue frames the next election and state politics with calls for municipal action and a assess to the gas industry.
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Philadelphia
Harrison
Chicago
Illinois
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Department of Public Service
Utilities Commission
City Law Department
State Board
Sanitary District Debates Public Ownership and Utilities
Chicago civic debate centers on public ownership of utilities and rate policies. Key figures like Mayor Harrison and Alderman Merriam advocate non partisan control, civil service merit, and state-city balance. A separate panel’s report questions current rates, suggesting possible rises, while trustees clash over its conclusions and potential impact on Chicago’s hydroelectric plant.
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Thomas A. Smyth
Sanitary District
Chicago
Sanitary
Harrison
Merriam
Public Service Department
Evanston
Utilities Commission
Drain Age Board
Clark
Commission On Sewage Disposal and Water Power Development
The
Light Trust
George W. Paullin
Committee of the Whole
Commonwealth Edison Co
Fighting Trust
Lighting Trust
Leland Hotel
Springfield
People’s Gas Light & Coke Co
Lyman E. Cooley
Cooley
Commission of Experts
General Assembly
United States
Economy Light & Power Co
Dresden
Deneen
Eidhmann
Chicago Corporation
Congress
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Gas Trust
Sanitary Board
Union Park
Legislature
George W. Harris
Harris
Tom Smyth
State Utilities Commission
Montague Ferry
Public Service
Walter A. Shaw
Ferry
Utilities Board
Shaw
Senate
Board of Trustees
John Ericson
William Artingstall
L. K. Sherman
H. H. Walker
Artingstall
Treasury Department
Washington
Rivers McNeill
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
MccNeill
McNeill
Chicago Daily News
Municipal
Wilson Avenue
39Th Street South
Franklin Street
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co
Carter H. Harrison
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