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City Ledger of Chicago Public Works Expenditures Displays numerous vendors
An itemized city ledger lists payments to entities such as James B. Clow & Sons, Overhead Door Co, Hastings Garage, Public Service Co, and Illinois Bell Telephone Co for water, labor, materials, salaries, repairs, and services. Totals show thousands spent on road, heat, lighting, and prisoner care, with numerous line items and credits across months.
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City of Chicago
James B. Clow & Sons
U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co
Overhead
Dalton Volunteer Fire Dept
Monarch Roofing Products Co
Hastings
the Pointer
Ee Ee
Herbert Dickelman
A. C. Wesse
Anthony Basile
Chas. F. Murphy
Ikl Seekenas
Wm. G. Dalton
M. Robert Weidner
Fred Wesse
J. Santeford
W. S. Darley & Co
Louis Panozzo
Martin Krueger
E. H. Bach
Clinois Bell Telephone Co
Harms Brothers
Carl Dieck
Harper & Bruce, Inc
G. Jacobsma Motor Sales
Gladstone Co., Inc
Martin A. Krueger
Labor
Public Service Co
Novil
Light and Power
Dr. M. Robert Weidner
J. P. Lau
Deak Ka Legit Sonate Ergs Desy
Economy Office Furniture Co
Wm. Rentner
Otto H. Ehlers
Reading Water C. & R. Stomp
Peter Lau
Noril
TBR
W.S. Darby & Co
Fred Ehlers
Twin City Sales & Service
Frank B. Diekman
Arthur Erffmeyer
Harold Koehncke
Illinois Bell Telephone
Aashen
H. Krueger
Henry C. Alt
Fred T. Ehlert
Gus Albrecht
John Stellman
F. Propper
Elliott Fisher
William May
National Meter Co
Seadoo
Wm. Dreshall
Grover Cogswell
James T. Wilkes
Mack-Inter. Motor Truck Corp
Triple Com
B.lateral Fire Hose Co
Emil W. Dormann
R. M. Rodman
Gas and Oil
Wm. Schaefer
Central Republic Bank & Trust Co
Riddle & Wonderle Co
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
John Rentner
Harders Machine Works
C.& Ell RR. Co
Bi-Lateral Fire Hose Co
E. H. Bachmann
John Harms, Jr
Wm. F. Propper
I. BE. W. Bennett & Co
Fred Weber
Bettaffeh Hs
Kinney-Hood Printing Co
Charles Dickelman
George H. Schaefer
Wm. Maurer
Frank Miller
Silas
Henry W. Schneor
Wm. G. Dolton
Fred Wresse
Alban P. Reich
Qlbek
Alfred Knuth
Frank Berndt