Subway Schemes Stir Chicago Council and Public
A Chicago press exposes a push by Armour and allies to win a vast subway franchise. They boast 41 “live ones” aldermen and aim to bore tunnels through every street to supply heat light and power. Critics warn the deal would create a city monopoly with little compensation and fuel ongoing political and legal battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Council
Chicago Subways Gang
Tinols Tunnel Company
Chicago
Armour
Subway
Sammy McRoberts
United States
Kenyon
South Omaha
Banda
Mr. Armour
Dearborn viaduct runways and tax dodger critique rise
The article rails against the Dearborn avenue viaduct runways and private tax dodging by railroads and wealthy institutions. It praises Mayor Busse for resisting subway schemes and calls for universal personal property tax payments while critiquing corporate power and city finances. It cites Board of Review figures on Chicago personal property and Swift & Co as context for tax debates.
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Dearborn Avenue
Daily Papers
Wall Street
Chicago
Board of Review
Nelson Morris
Chicago Securities
Swift & Ce
Swift & Co
Carton
Swift
Morris
At &F
Benjamin Andrews Denounced as Hangworthy by School Chief
The Harrison administration’s leaders are labeled as cheap by critics, but EB Benjamin Andrews, the superintendent of schools, stands out as the human soda fountain. He again distinguishes himself with a harsh demand that anyone who speaks against the very rich be hanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Nourse
Benjamin Andrews
Harrizon
Andrews
Lorimer Seeks Waterways Tax To Help Contractors
William Lorimer, the West Side congressman famed for opposing high taxes and prohibition measures, now advocates a sweeping tax on the people to fund waterways. Newspapers report the Chicago and Northwestern Railway is purchasing over 5 million dollars in real estate for new trackage and a new depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lorimer
West Side
Contractors’ Union
Daily Papera
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Armour Sausages Battle With Michigan Ban In 1907
A Chicago Sunday Tribune extract reports Judge Coolidge of Niles Michigan refused Armour & Co to lift an injunction blocking sausage sales in Michigan on grounds sausages were adulterated. It covers Armour Swift packers quarrels, Sulzberger Sulzberger dynamics, and a 1907 meat packers meeting condemning rejected meats, plus related court actions and political commentary.
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Chicago Sunday Tribune
Michigan
Blow
Armour Company
Niles
Mich
Coolidge
Armour & Co
Bird
Joe Coolidge
Ganund
Amerie Meat Packers’ Association
Chicago
Neat
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Meat Packers
Armour, Swift, Morris and Crdady Packing Companies
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Mississippi River
Atintic Seaboard
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Aldermanic
Daily
Tom Ryan
New York
The
Met
Fred A. Busse
Packara
Dearborn Avenue Viaduct
Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Santa Fe
State Street
Archer Avenue
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Harrison and
Desplaines Streets
Mr. Busse
Roosevelt
Millard B. Heresley
Busse
Hlereley
Independence League
James J. Gray
John EK. Owens
HW. M. Ashton
John C. Harding
Charles TL. Mitchell
Ing
League
Vogelsang
Joseph A. O'Donnell
Packers
F.C. DeLang
Congress
Real Estate Board
Beef Trust
Armour's
Chicago Tribune
Sulzberger
American Meat Packers’ Association
Armour and Swift
Selwarzschild & Sulzberger
Schwarzschild
Soneinelaw
Josephs
Sulzberg
Meterite Sulzberger
Chicage
Kinsis City
Denver
Sage
Che
Beef ‘Trust
Billy Lorimer
Nicholas R. Finch
Prohibition
the Civic Federation
Margery Dawes
Sammy Gompers
Margaret Haley
Teachers’ Federation
United States Supreme Court
Cook County
Miss Haley
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