Chicago Public Holidays and Gas Rate Debates Stir City
County Board president Aleck McCormick’s anti holiday stance sparks push for a living wage law for public workers. Utilities issues are raised as the state adopts a 565 BTU standard for gas, with debates over rate cuts and the city’s lack of a formal contract with Peoples Gas.
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County Board
McCormick
Trust Press
Trust
Chicago
Aleck MacCormick
Aleck McCormick
Indiana
Ilinois
Illinois
Board of Commissioners of
Cook County
Dunne
State Utilities Commission
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Montague Ferry
Public Service
Utilities Commission
State
Walter A. Shaw
Ferry
Utilities Board
Shaw
Department of Public Service
City Law Department
State Board
Public debate over Sanitary District report on light questions
Trustees clash as Clark opposes publishing a engineers report on sewage disposal and water power. Cooley and others defend public access noting the taxpayers’ right to understand the issue amid political gossip on spring election prospects.
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Clark
The
Sanitary District
Board of Trustees
Smyth
Committee of Engineers
Cooley
Cook County
Baldwin Wins State Senate Seat by 57 Votes
Democrats lost their bid for control after the official canvass showed Republican P. G. Baldwin defeating Democrat Thomas Byrne by 57 votes in the eleventh district. Hearings on two disputed districts are planned but unlikely to change the outcome. The Republican county committee will stay out of the mayoralty matter for now.
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State Senate
P. G. Baldwin
Thomas Byrne
Senator Lewis Wins Federal Reserve Bank for Chicago
United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis received praise for securing a Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago after a hard fight against Chicago exclusion. He resisted ambassadorships and patronage, choosing to pursue the prize for Illinois and the financial hub.
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United States
James Hamilton Lewis
la Salle Street
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Lewis
Federal Reserve Bank Board
Ilinois
Thanksgiving feast honoring Callistus 8 and board presidents
A Wednesday noon Thanksgiving event at the Chicago real estate board honored President Callistus 8 Ennis and all living former presidents. Music was played to aid digestion as programs displayed pictures of nine teen former presidents praised for elevating the board to peers among national real estate organizations.
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Callistus 8
Ennis
Chicago Real Estate Board
United States
Railway records no passenger fatalities in 1914 year
Chicago and North Western Railway carried more than 338 million passengers in the year ended June 30 1914 without a single passenger fatality. The result illustrates the safety first movement’s success.
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Chicago & North Western Railway
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