Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-31
The Aldermen Have Been Ask.
ing Questions Recently
About the Big Gas
Monopoly,
But Up 10 Date They Have Not
Received Any Very Salts
factory Replies Thereto.
The Twelfth Ward Alderman Wants
the Trust Dissolved. but Can
Get No Satisfaction.


Get No Satisfaction.
Alderman John +. Neagle, of the big
Twelfth Ward. voiced the sentiments
Of nne.tenths of the people of the in.
telligent section which he represents.
when he introduced into the City Coun-
ell a short time ago the following reso-
lutlon:
Resolved. That the Corporation Coun-
sci he and he Is hereby directed to in
stltute proceedings to test the constitu.
tionality of the act of the Legislature
permitting the consolidating of gas
companies. and also annul the act Of
consolidation of the Consumers Gas
Company. the Peoples Gas Light anu
Coke Company and the Equitable Gas
Company, for the reason that these
companies in consolidating under the
name of the Peoples Gas Company
have violated the express conditions
against consolidation contained in the
ordinances granting them the privilege
TO operate in the city of Chicago.
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The streets of Chicago were never so
poorly lighted as they are at present.
The gas is of poor quality ana the
condition of the gas lamps was never
so bad.
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People are complaining to their Al
dermen that the Octopus. which Is do.
ing business without a franchise. is oh.
tanning money 1t does not earn.
The following resolution. introduced
In the City Council by AID. Cutler
ton Nov. -. was unanimously adopted:
whereas. The city of Chicago Is
lighted in some portions with gas
lamps. In other portions with electric
light and in still other portions with
gasoline and naphtha lamps: and
whereas. According TO the state.
ments of the City Comptroller the use
of naphtha and gasoline is equally cf-
fctive and less expensive than gas,
and the Comptroller. in order to lessen
gas bills, has found 1t necessary to
leave unlighted. principally In resi-.
dencc districts. large numbers of street
lamps which are provided with gas
caps; and
whereas. The city lacks funds for
the lAymas a ~ cast Of lighting the
streets with gas. ana heavy judgments
In favor of the gas companies for light
Ing constantly accumulate against the
city. Notwithstanding the partial light
ing with gasoline by private contract;
therefore be IL
Resolved, That the Comptroller liz
and Is hereby directed to advertise for
bids for lighting all the street lamps
Of the city with either gas, electricity,
gasoline or naphtha, for a period Of
one year, beginning Jan. 1, 1890, all Of
said bids to be required ut the mini.
mum or lowest price Obtainable from
any company. corporation, firm or In
dividual In the United States engaged
In the business Of street lighting"
An eX.COOk County Senator who was
a Senator In the last General Assembly
and who had much to do with the pass
age Of the Infamous gas consolidation
bills, will make good witness before
an investigating committee.
While drunk and In the presence OF
several reputable gentlemen. this Sena
tor gave away the whole nefarlOu'
| hustnn,, aud ,,o -, /. NJ "A rtzaJ xvith vafar
ence to some Of the brlbe-glvers ant
bribe-takers. He mentioned the nam,
OF a well.known Gas Trust legal ligh'
several times and made other state
ments, which three at least of the gen
uemen present will swear to.
1t Is not improbable that the Senate
himself may be induced to become ,
witness by the time the committee
meets. although he Is not Of that wa.
Of thinking NJ present.
He Is a lachrymOse individual, an'
while Senator distinguished hlmsel
by the quantity Of tears that he coul'
shed while on q drunk. He wept cop!
ously while explaining the methods o
the Gas Trust and the effects Of boOdl
in the interview referred TO.
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Most Of the new members of the Leg
lslature who have been talked with b.
The Eagle are brimful Of anti-trus
legislation.
A searching inquiry Is to be made a
to why the antitrust legislation nov
on the statute books Is not enforced.
The act Of 1891 provides that any
thing bought Of trust, whether air
water, or other material, does not hav
to be paid for by the purchaser.
The Secretary of State recently sen
copies Of this act broadcast and 1t Ia
stirred UP the new members prodig
lously.
The trusts win suffer at Springfield
this winter.
The following act now on the statut
books, became a law and went into Of
feet June IL. 1891:
POOLS, TRUSTS AND COMBINE
PROHIBITED.
An act TO provide for the punishment
OF persons, co-partnerships or corpoi
atoms forming pools, trusts and com
blnes, and mode of procedure an
rules Of evidence in such cases.
Section !. BE IL enacted by tn
people OF the State OF Illinois, repre-