Chicago harbor graft and railroads tied to lake freights
A 1918 Chicago Tribune excerpt denounces a planned harbor funded by taxpayers to aid railroad freight sheds and attacks railroad control of Lake Michigan shipping. It warns of public burden, calls for resisting monopoly, and notes a city plan to spend 300000 on land under Lake Michigan.
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Lake Michigan
Buffalo
Lake Ports
Lake Street
Clark Street
Seaman's Union
Lower Lake
Pennsylvania
Union Steamboat Company
Erie
New York Central
Ogdensburg
Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley
Telephone Trust
Garrison
Harrison
Lake Front
North Side
Water meters in every flat bill sparks Chicago graft debate
City readers hear a scathing call against a proposed water meter program in Chicago. The piece argues meters force rents up, drain the water fund, and benefit meter makers while condemning council inaction and a state run system to curb waste.
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Chicago
City Water Department
New York
Liverpool
England
Wales
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Montrose W. Rankin
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Dead Man's Gulch
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Potter Palmer
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Chicago Water Department
John P. Hopkins