Chicago Telephones Under Fire in City Hall Debate
A long Chicago debate rails against the telephone monopoly and calls for municipal ownership. Alderman Bauler pushes a penny telephones plan and a public referendum, while critics cite the 1911 editorial view and a 1908 San Francisco corruption report. The council weighs rate hikes, device removals, and a possible municipal system as residents seek cheaper, fairer service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
Herman J. Bauler
Chicago Telephone Company
Bauler
Harrison
Council
Chicago
American Telephone Trust
Tobacco Trust
Standard of Trust
Telephone Trust
Chicago American
New York Times
New York City
Armour
Great Packet
New York
United States
Klondike
Bell
Telephone Company
Harriman
Kennedy Todd
de Forest
Chicago Subway
Subway
National Post Office
Central
Ald. Britten
23D
Sexton
Corporation
Charles M. Thomson
San Francisco
Oliver Grand Jury
Board of Supervisors
Pacifi Telephone and Telegraph Company
Home Telephone Company
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
William Kent
Capitain
Thomson
Nance
Chicago Federation of Labor
City Electrician
Commissioner of Public Works
Finance Committee
Aldermen
Murray and Kearns
Chicago 1912 political scene shows crowded districts
A dense roster of candidates across districts outlines a 1912 political battle. Names include Madden Childs Wentworth Metcalf Smith Maher Moss McGrath Eckles Greer Burres Mann Behan Hulls Foster Walker Williams Vaughan Ferguson Worrell Benall O Reilly Delaney Kindred Cox Walsh Roche Alba Hoyne Clark Chant Malato Werber Drexler West Gansbergen Brennan Nelson Boynton Shiflersmith Moderwell Finnegan Gist Buchanan Glecke Collins Malato Enghard Finnegan etc plus a calendar of 1912 filings and primaries. The City Council considers milk bottle weights and street sign costs amid broader election planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F Madden
Michitte
Decsercerenecerese
Frank H. Childs
Calu- ME
E. C. Wentworth
Herbert C. Metcalf
Pliny B. Smith
Michael E. Maher
Ter
Leopold Moss
Dearborn
James B. McGrath
Park
H. E. Eckles
Sherman St
Joseph H. Greer
Michigan
Joseph R. Burres
God
Rod James R. Mann
Merrill
Louis J. Behan
Prairie
Morton D
P. J. O'Reilly
John F. Delaney
Dom
Chas. G. Kindred
Logest Cox
Stewart T
Michael G. ‘Walsh
Union
Bel- Gon
James P. Brennan
Oscar
Elson
State At
Dem
J. R. Boynton
LaSalle
Frank Shiflersmith
N. Clark Bt
BOC
C. M. Moderwell
Everett Marsh
Chicago political notes point to 1912 races and candidates
An array of Chicago politicians and allies are profiled as likely contenders for 1912. Frank Lowden may back Chicago to host the Republican National convention. Edward F. Dunne leads the Democratic gubernatorial race. William Ritchie and Albert Hopkins are highlighted as top figures. Local graft debates and aldermanic filings loom as campaigns begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Lowden
Repubican National
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Ces
Marshall Field & Co
Northwestern Railroad
Chicago Daily News
National Senate
Interstate Commerce Comittee
Kenyon
Edward W Bemis
W. J. Hagenah
Ald. Bauler
Seventy Cent Gas League
A. R. Marriott
The
Chicago Title and Trust Company
James P. Roche
W. List St. . H. P
Scott Vandyke
Epro
Joseph J. Kral
W. Ubeh
Bog
Fred W. Blocki
Carl L. Barnes
Alderman A. W. Fulton
W. J. Moxley
J. C. Cosgrove
Independence
Adelbert McPherson
W. Amams
John J. Bryant
Riverside
Edmund J. Stack
N. 40Th
J. Clark
W. Diva
George Chant
William A. Peterson
W. G. Webster
Frederick Lund N. Gist
F. Buchanan
N. Tral Park
Eincunssseeves
J. F. Glecke
Barrington
John Collins
W. Huron
Ldermanic
Congress
County Board of Assessors
Municipal Court
William Ritchie
Grosscup
Taft
Ritchie
Albert G. Wheeler
Edward Osgood Brown
Isaac N. Powell
Frank 0. Lowden
Illinois
George Duddleston
Fred W. Blocks
George W. Paullin
Far’ Rer
Irwin R. Hazen
Thirty-fifth Ward
Him
Henry J. Kolze
Sanitary’ Board
Albert J. Hopkins
Waras
Edward F. Dunne
Cook County
Edward F. Dunnes
Bench
Bar
Thomas A. Smith
R. John C. Spry
Arthur W. Fulton
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