Fire Department under Civil Service Scrutiny Endangers City
Fire Marshal Musham faces friction as Civil Service Commissioners reject a plan to replace efficiency marks with a numerical rating system for battalion chief exams. Critics warn the move would weaken command, risking Chicago’s safety as politics and reform collide amid broader state reforms and local civic debates.
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Board of Civil Service Commissioners
Fire Department
Musham
Civil Service
Powell
Errant
West Side Chicago Booms With Industrial Growth
Hon Bernard A Eckhart discusses how the West Side of Chicago has surged in growth with new transport and elevated rail access. Factories and wholesale houses move here, boosting employment and population while mills and firms like Eckhart Swan Milling expand.
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Bernard A. Eckhart
West Side
Chicago
Boa. Kekhari
Eckhart & Swan Milling Com
Maglc
Butler Brothers
Kelley, Maus & Co
Eckhart
Hiihols Manufacturers’ Association
North America National Bank
Tie
Eckhart and Swan Company
County Board Receipts and Disbursements Reported by Recorder
Recorder Robert M. Simon presented a December to June report at a Monday County Board meeting. Disbursements showed a surplus with receipts totaling 1020 and disbursements around 74, while other figures were noted as STA2S80010 and SIS S0804.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Simon
Monda
County Board
John Z White to Promote Henry George Doctrines Across Midwest
John Z White, noted advocate of the single tax, plans to travel through key Midwest towns this spring to explain Henry George's doctrines. The effort is a coordinated movement by Chicago area supporters and county single taxers, with Alexander Jones discussed as a potential national secretary.
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Mavor
Bellfuss
Minnegen
Eldmann
Finn
Bennett
Jackson
Raymer
Dever
Werne
Jones
Zimmer
Harkin
White
Finance Committee
Detroit
Toronto
Montreal
Boston
Waterbury
Conn
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Ilinois Food Commission
Chicago
R. M. Patterson
Mr. Pritchard
South Water Street
Patterson
Manhattan
Dearborn Street
State Commission
John Z. White
Mir White
Middle West
Henry George
County Treasurer Refuses to Disclose Allocation of City Funds
Acting Mayor and acting corporation counsel demand disclosure of how $800,000 of city funds were allocated for distribution via special assessment warrants and bonds. The county treasurer has turned over the money to the city treasurer but fails to specify bonds and vouchers.
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Creasurer Tinberg
Dan Diandaniis
Bine
McGunn Withe
Sexton
Hummel
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Chicago Fire Department
George B. Swift Company
Moline
Rock Island
Connellsville
Glenwood
Baltimore & Ohio
New Castle
Yates
State Board of Charities
Ceive
Floyd K. Whittemore
Biante
Henry Garden
Minerva
Judicelal
John C. Spry
John Richardson
Edwin K. Walker
Warwick A. Shaw
John K. Prindiville
John F. O'malley
William Hale ‘Thompson
Fred Busse
Gustavus J. Tatge
Democrats
Superior Court
Edward B. Basher
Thomas M. Hoyne
Democratic Judicial Teket
Phillip Coal Company
Dr. Vincent
Charles T. Callahan
South Side
1St Street
Pitney Court
Berwyn
Riverside
Sarmum & Bulley Cireus
Commissioner of Public Works
Adams A. Goodrich
Reynolds
North Side
Lawrence Avenue
Ogera Park
Blocks
Lake Shore
30Th Street
60Th Street
Joan J. Vanderbilt
Janes A. Sackley
Howard Mullhooter
Charles F. Cooke
Hianberg
Smulski
Haley
Drainage Trustees
Went
Fred L. Wik
Republican County Central Committee
E. J. Zimmer
The
Dime Savings Bank
George M. Rogers
Judge
Cyril R. Judge
Mr. Dooley
Desplaines Street
Great Northern
George Lomax
Joseph J. Duffy
Fredy
Upham
Wisconsin
Elmer EB. Head
Gambrinus Brewing Company
John Carden
Health Department
City Sealer
William
Kuéster
Francis A. Tiddle
Stillman B. Jamieson
Kickham Scanlan
Bernard J. Weller
Lena A. White
B. A. Eckhart
Alexander A, Jones
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