Reformer Bartlett and City Purchases Scrutiny
Mayor Busse backs full inquiry by the Merriam Commission into city purchases and the Purchasing Agent’s Office. Bartlett, Fisher, and related firms face calls to reveal dealings, with 1908 junk sales questioned and collusion alleged among contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bartlett
Walter L. Fisher
McGovern
Cummings
Mr. Fisher
Wilson
Bartlett
Fisher
Coleman
William A. Prosser
East Sixty-Sixth Street
Prosser
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co
Chris
Carr
Hanberg
T. A. Cummings Foundry Company
Western Engineers’ Supply Company
Robert R. Campbell
Christian Carr, Jr
Standard Oil Company
M. H. Rogers & Co
Mueller Coal Company
J. W. Fernald Company
McLaughlin Building Material Company
Parker-Washington Co
George B. Limbert & Co
John Mohr & Sons
Machinist Supply Company
D. J. Gallagher & Co
W. H. Salisbury
H. Channon Company
Chicago Fire Hose Company
American Development and Engineering Company
Chicago Steel and Brass Company
Merriam Commission
Grand Jury
Comptroller's Office
W. H. Gants
William Coleman
Garden City Land Company
General Electric Company
Western Electric Company
Ilinola Fireproof Covering Co
Meacham & Wright
National Tube Company
Peerless Light Company
R. R. Campbell
Peter Olsen & Co
Dunne and Harrison
Busse
Commission
Merriam
Snow
Finn
Walter H. Wilson
City of
Chicago
David R. Forgan
A. C. Bartlett
Frank I. Bennett
Willam A. Tilden
Howard W. Hayes
Cummings Foundry
Department of Supplies
Marshall Field Co Faces Fire and Tax Allegations
A Chicago critique denounces Marshall Field & Co for alleged building code violations and unsafe egress at its wholesale house. The piece notes a single Adams street door serving over 5,000 daily, lacking visible fire escapes, while contrasting with theaters that require multiple exits and fire personnel. It also questions tax payments and privilege for the rich.
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Marshall Field & Company
Chicago
State Street
Marshall Field & Co
Fifth Avenue
Franklin Street
Adams and
Quincy Streets
Adams Street
Union Depot
Trafic
City Building Department
Eagle foes Bryan but cites Tribune notice
A Chicago brewery tied to Bryan supporters left advertising after the Eagle denounced W. J. Bryan as a prohibitionist. The Tribune printed a note from Lincoln dated November 18, 1909, previewing Bryan’s forthcoming Commoner broadside against saloons and personal liberty.
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Chicago
Bryan
Eagle
Thia
W. J. Bryan
Chicago Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
Iberty
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The
Harvester Trust
H. H. Kohlsaat
Pellagra
William McLaren
Public Service
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Swifts
Armour
Lincoln Ice Company
Sixth
William J. Moxley
Carl L. Barnes
Ind
Frank 8. Ryan
Anthony Karella
William Street
Professor Snow