, 1881-02-28
CONDITIONAL TOWNSHIP CONSOLIDATION.

III IHe EAttGr ~ lHS LHlcd1o 1FioHnfs
CHlCAGn. Fet,. .'.-My attention WIS attracted
to sone:ycry ~ tic rclnnrks IN 1uE rnFnuSE IN
Representative Randall ll,~WhLte for hs npfu-
etlou to tho consolidation Uf the three Towns Ut
ChtchHu.
(Dnr correspondent stnrts Oft with q tnlslcud-
Ing assertion. Thero Is no btll betGre tho Leg-
fslature whlrh consolldates tho three towns. and
Mr. Whites tight is nut aglnst bill consol[.las-
ll,g tho threc t.'wns. but against bill allowing
tho people Of threu towns to consolidate II they
want IT,. lto Is opposed til letting tho peuuta te-
1crlltno tho tnntter for themselves. This urhl-
trtry uctlon Tux TRIBUNE calls ansI. Republican
and ttlsuent.-En.l
TME T!!lnusE says III substance that tho Third
Wnrll Will scn t!Ht Afr. White II mt returned c.
saute Ut Tho stud ho has tnkpm in This matter.
These t3!rp1nt rctnhrks by tho newspapers. 1t
scesns to ltiG. nFo unIhat. nnloss s0liso hottur
reasof ts'ln hls yct bccn offered for tho cunsoli
dation Is atntcd.
las wo l.1ve bcforc safh, the question beforo
tho Legislature Is nat on the consolidation Ut tho
three towns nf ChCagn, but on tho right Of tho
lWupc of my cnlinty, In tho mode proposed hy
tho bttl, 10 unite three towns Into onv. Tho Inv
now nIlows thon 10 ,inltu two towns. This bill
extends the snme right to tho people OF thrco
t0Wha.-Eu.]
penr very grave, n1!j. 1t seenls tu INC. very sc-
r!nAs objections to tho proposed consolidation
" l"w otsn nst wy SEpni ,,'n tnt thS m 1Ss H.,
three t0wt,s thAt tlns t,ue urged Is tlnt it will
sar w Sss IT, srs Il H. sfs ss Ssks sx w
nut reelection ~ II tieru was atnlothIns In 1t: !:
,, 1t let us ,a soo' Ito t,!aries ,s tAat s.o
amount to but a trlc. That 10 Tho
Assassor is q u ,say for abuut ninety days. lie
Inns h's IssIatnnts. wilo hre Isall. d. II tho coti-
s0llHntion were nliir, tho autl0 amount Ut Ms-
slslnnts it clleh district would ba required. The
GnSStos hs c"'sso. Of per Ssn.: sat
IiIf{cHItEU. Thu S1lDGffjbDF tlt3il TilWU Clark
huyc little or nothlla9, 81 That thomatscr of SAL
nr!es M!lnuntx to nnthtnx;
i set ur otiicurs-n!l VI tho West sldc-tlcutnd
tion.-Ei. und stoy ,ra.e tiselr oieo ii oe,,-
tho uarller Of Matfsnn md ttuts,e streets, a11d
would hnvs lu 70 out III their way, nj expense
ol time ana travul, frst to i.'ok utter their ss-
w a IL. ks - aaa ys n
mcrDuB trips.
[1et liz si,pposo anothcr case equally prob-
Hb!c, that the Fourth und Fifth Wards cotn-
blno and caoct all tho Holtth Town o!'locrd
And than prttccod to establish tholr oi1iccs Oil
Archer avenue. Whit an Inconvenience 1t
wou1h bo fur tho taspayors If shr First aud Sec
ond Wnrt.s. Thts Is Just as llkrly to hnppen as
n'Ir correspondents suWms!tlon.-Ep.1
this ctythrrn t'!atInct tlstrlats, And It would 10
u III lttU H1ifk CRIkSlAllL AtltlntHIaEN "
hnys Nnrth nr Il Wuat Sldu Assessor make the
| assessments fur tho Snnih 6llu. or for Il suuti,
Side Assessur tn1 InAk1 tho assessment fUr tho
North 0r West Side. fun cnnn0t eradicate tho
SECTIONAL visws Of tho llleu Of thoso sop.
arnt9 hectiuns, md yani would liul aitor
Il ttina tliat II would nut 10 satts-
taottry conltMct. The snnlD' roasoning lint
would kceD tue counties Of tho Rtate n scI,Arntu
organizations wttliA uppy wIth oven ttioee Eoruo
IN kcGpIiH th6su three tDYIhJ sutur,ltp. You
| coail savu ynst amount Of uxpeHaa u ynn
would rcsulv1 the c0tIiltos OF tho Stntu Into QUO
cs'tl lnty. hut stIu would III thnt wHy deslr,y tho
loci.t prntoatlon tliat tho Boparno oi',nios give
IL Tho dilftrrnl iniurbatA f tho aehrllb county
communities 3uSiiuH nil th.s 1t IL tho oplMlon Of
MANY Vt},u !awyurs tint tho preaeut stutlls 1T
uttr thr0e tuwns Is cryaallIol by tho Colstltlt-
tim ut lHi0 ntl will 10 be hu,u by tho Courts
when Il consolidation IL attempted; xd that lii.
steils' nf tho Third WHrt! seeking TO punish Mr.
Whlte tDr hls nputslttou III tho consolidation it
Will, In my uplsllun. ndtulra aud applnuh Ills
Wisdom ailta foresight. tlrlxHS.
rfhede objections nro legitimate arguments
aaHtnst a consolidating 'of tin three towns
wten that proposition. IL brought lct0ro tue
votors to be aatod upon, but uuttl theu thoy ara
premature. tho bill distinctly provides that na
consolidation shuli take place unless maturity
vuto of cach tospa shaI be cast for thu proposed
union. Wu suspect lhat our correspondent has
mot road tho bill but has xone otr at half.cook.-
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