Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-07

would like to know who Is getting the
rake-0fr from them? The spaces be.
tween the joints or pieces Of cement
are wide open, and the whole Job loOl.s
worthy of a Board which can spend
thousands of dollars for palatlal barns
and poor cement cutters" and not one
cent for repairing the electrical foun.
tain.
Crooked contractors can square
themselves at the City Hall by sub.
scribing to the Organ fund.
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The Democrats of the Eleventh son.
atOrlal district will probably send Mr..
Leo J. Tausig to the Legislature next
year. Mr.. Tausig II u Woodworking
Democrat and a bright young business
man.
Sammy" lleyman also deals In
Jurors and election Judges and clerks
certificates. Sammy wants the earth.
<eA
County Clerk KnOpf. what do you
know about 10 per cent. sharks! Speak
quick.
The City Council should ask for the
following Information:
1. The, Comptroller shold be directed
to report forthwith to the Council, at
Its next regular meeting, what, II any,
receipts have come to the city from,
gas companies under the provisions of
any Of the gas ordinances; what, n
any. straet lamps are being supplied
with gus by the Ogden Gas Company:
capacity Of the plant, and II said com.
pany or any other Il performing the
labor Of lighting and extlnguishlng
said lamps, and what, II any, contracts
have been let to gas companies for sup.
plying the city with gas, together with
the name, or names, Of said company,
or companies, and the amount Of which
said contracts have been let, and hy
what authority.
2. The Corporation Counsel and the
Comptroller should be instructed to re.
port forthwith to the Council whether.
In accordance with the provisions and
requirements of the resolution Of Feb.
90, 1892, the franchise Of the Economic
Gas Company was duly forfeited aud
Its pipes ana equipment recovered to
the city, and, whether any permit has
been Issued granting any other com.
pany the use OF said pipes. and also
whether any measures have been taken
to recover to the city its rights and In.
terest In the pipes and equipment Of
other gas companies, which, by eva.
sion and Infracti0n Of their ordinance
and franchise contracts, have forfeited
said franchise and their plant and
equipment to the city, and what, II any.
measures have been taken by the city
to recover penal sums on bonds fled
by any Of the above named companies
as surety and guarantee for the per.
formance Of their obligations to the
city and to gas consumers In general,
under the terms Of any franchise
which any Of said companies through
evasion or noncompliance with all the
terms and requirements Of said fran.
chse have forfeited.
3. The city gas inspector should be
instructed to report forthw with, direct
to the Council, what, II any, tests have
been made during the past yea. Of the
power and Illuminating quality Of gas.
as required by the various gas Ordln.
ances, Professionally granting street
ana other privileges to gas companies,
and II such required tests have been
made, to state for what company, or
companies said gas was inspected. ex-
amined and tested, ami where and by
what process said gas was manufac.
tured.
4. The Comptroller, the Corporation
Counsel. the City Gas Inspector and
the Commissioner Of Public Works
should be severally Instructed to re-
port forthwith to the Council, In what,
II any, respect any of the gas cOmpan.
les granted ordinances and franchises
by this Council have violated said or
dlnances and have hereby become lia
BILE to forfeiture Of their franchise
rights and privileges back to the city
.. The Corporation Counsel should bt
directed to communicate with the At
torney General of the State and to re
quest his cooperation and support II
the Inauguration on behalf Of the city
Of Chicago of proceedings In QUO
WARRANTO, for the purpose of dis
covering the present condition and sys
TEN Of operation and responsibility un
der their ordinances and franchises Of
the various gas companies and the con
: sOlldation of these companies known Al
! the GAS TRUST, which are operating
under the provisional ordinances ant
! franchises granted them by the Coun
. ell, with the view of determining In ,