Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
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VIII UuuOuDtNily pass. IHe nenlIwrs
Of the House have ut last made up their
minds that Chas. r.. Yerkcs. the gentle
man who built up the finest street rail-
way system In the world ut Chicago. is
at least entitled to show for his white
alley. Having confidence In ChicagO's
future. and the necessary nerve and
backbone. Mr.. Yerkes laid the fOuiida-
ton years ago for ChitngO's incOmpar-
able street railway system. AMI by his
indomitable pluck. perseverance and
energy. has given Chicago the greatest
and hest street ear service that can he
found on this continent. To Mr.. Yerkes.
and Mr.. Yerkes alone. should be given
the credit for this state Of Affairs In
street railway parlnnce. for he has cer-
tninly done more towards building up
the Garden City Of the West" thnn
any other living man. For this reason,
II for no other. Mr.. ierkes IL at least
entitled to fair play. and the House
will. Il is believed. do the fair thing.
Mr. Ycrkcs only asks for cvcn-lia ndc,l
justice. and even. handed justice should
| br given him. The representatives Of
| the people should he willing to adopt
any measure that will enable Chicago
or any other city In the state to grant
| franchises upon terms 80 fair and
| equitable us to insure the protection
ana stability of investments and con.
serve public Interests. The Legislature
| Of Illinois should make no war upon
street railway investments. and the
| reasons why Chicago should bc willing
To grant street car franchises for NIFTY
| years instead of twenty are obvious
The conditions of inirlmural irlyc
have advanced 81 rapidly since 1874
when the twcniy-ycar limitation wa
incorporated In the horse ana DUNN.
act" that u iifiy-ycar franchise * nov
none too short to secure the Immense
Investment now necessary Ia provide
adequate street ear facilities. Cheal
ears. rails, barns and horses have glvcl
place to immense and costly plants
which have to bc constantly rcncwc,
at enormous expense. Millions lnv,
to be- invested now where tlIousn nh
sufliccd twenty years ago. The SAM
principle governs street railway I'm
provc,ncnts that rules In putting I'M
prOvcments on leased real estate. TIL
shorter the lease the cheaper the In
prOvcment and vice versa. IT We az
pect fifty-ypar improvements In on
street ear facilities We must grant i'fty
year franchises.
The wholesale grOccrs of the cit
have appointed committee to 20 I
Springfield to work against u hill b,
fore the Legislature making Il u mis-
demeanOr to sell goods labeled wit
facturrr. II II claimed that many firm
Use their own names on the goods the
sell, ana that by 80 doing they lmv
u worked up II valuable trade which TIL
proposed INV would tend to destroy.
u God help tho poor wOrklngman
Scion II. Cases garnishee act pass'
q the House.
IL Scion IL. Case IN the shark mon,
!" loaning business!
=. II. Raymond, j. j. Dau. ~
" Graemc Stewart are here ms u cOmnl
J. tee representing the Wholesale Grocer
Association Of Chicago. to oppose ~
ate hill lO7, now on the order Of secOl
" reading IN the House. This bill, whl'
|" was Introduced by Senator Stubbl
v Held. provides that all fnrlnaceOns ~
W. canned goods shall bear the name
!" the packer and place of packing. I'll
y would Interfere seriously with 4
~ trade of houses which have goods paC
:" ed for their special trade ana bearil
;" their firm name. The bill will he killt
- This same Stubbleticld. while II mel
:. her of the Thirty-ninth General \
~ scmbly, helped kill COdy's teleplO
hill for lower telephone rates In u
nOis. although he never gave II 90
reason for his actions In this dircti,
-, Senator MunrOe's stock owners !
y. for the Calumet ana Blue Island crO'
"a Is not progressing rapidly In the llou
\, II Is said the fellows who were not
NJ on the stock jobhing gas deal prOp'
n, to even up things by killing Munro
20 bill. The measure Is one that shO,
.. he allowed to die natural death
is general principles.
r.. II was learned from an authei
be source Thursday that the stock Jobb
.Iv senators at Springfield failed to
m. even II slice of the big stakes for VIII
in. they were playing when they attenl
me-. ed to force down Chicago Gas stO
is by seemingly unfriendly legislation. {
~. man was Interested to the amount
od $4,000 In this scheme. Others wer'
tie Il for lesser amounts. The State
his atOrs themselves, II II reported, W
of playing on velvet" the money
rty their deals having been put up by
re. men mainly interested In the schem
md The plan to manipulate the 1t
NY market was Matched up by the pr
The dent of II large corporation, who
en-. noted as heavy plunger In the 1t
:. market and the maker of many dal
bets In the recent presidential elect
nv Ever since the election of the pres
Ia Legislature, the report goes, chic
II Gas stock has been regarded rs on
, n the sure things IN the market. II
IN, known In Wall street as well rs
len Chicago that the pending frontage
IN consolidation bills were to he pres