Chicago aldermen debate telephone franchise audit
City officials clash over a report on the Sillmois Tunnel company and its 21 443 presumed subscribers, with aldermen accusing the audit of incompleteness. The council votes to probe nickel first telephones and hears candidate updates including Colonel James Hamilton Lewis announcing a Senate bid.
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Sillmois Tunnel Company
Ald
John A. Richert
City
Carroll
Tokown
Illinois Tunnel Company
Ilizole Tunnel Company
W. J. Pringle
Carl T. Murray
W. J. Hagenach
Charles M. Thomson
Yomets
Gas, Oil, and Light
I “Nickel
Chicago Telephone Company
Thomson
Progressives Seeding Support For Jones In Chicago Meeting
Senator Walter Clyde Jones and BE. Mer ram along with Walter Rogers and other progressive Republican leaders received invitations to join the national Republican progressives meeting in Chicago on October 16. Merriam progressives hosted a luncheon to welcome Jones after his first state automobile tour. State's Attorney Wayman announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. A harbor issue dominated by Mayor Harrison and council members led to plans to place an outer harbor ordinance before the council within the next month or six weeks.
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Walter Clyde Jones
BE. Merram
Walter Rogers
Senator Jones
Chicago
Merriam Progressives
Grand Pacific Hotel
Wayman
Harrison
Maclay Horne
Council
An Ofter
Chicago Harbor Commission
Chicagoans Rally Against Bell Monopoly in City Debate
Residents criticize the Bell monopoly dominating the local telephone and Western Electric links as officials probe rates and pay-in-advance phones. The piece cites a 1911 expert report detailing cost disparities for electric arc lamps, municipal versus private lighting, and calls for city, state, and federal action to curb abuses.
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Ohing
Bell ‘Telephone Company
Chicago
Cicago
Bell Monopoly
Seyferlich
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James Hamilton Lewis
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Col. Lewis
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Dunne
James”Han
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Dacy Tot
Talephe
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Western Electrical Company
Bell Company
Clarence N. Goodwin
Daniel L. Crukce
Dennia &. Sullivan
Dantel G. Rameau
John P. McGoorty
Joseph H. Fitch
John J. Coburn
Walter T. Stanton
Hotel la Balle
John McCarthy
Edward F. Dunne
Samuel Alschuler
Judge Dunne
Alachuler
Ewen
Charles H. Wacker
Chicago Plan Commission
Harbor Commission
Wen
Bell Telephone
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Eutered Mtn
Elec
Torarn
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