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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