Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-08-19
ence IL to take the great monopoly they
now control out Of their hands and ad
minister II as trust for the people.

ence 10 to take the great monopoly they
now control out Of their hands and ad.
It as trust for the people.
Fourteen members Of the City Coun.
Gil of Chicago have relatives working
for the Gas Trust.
The Eagle has the names Of oil Of
these men and will publish them In due
time.
Some Of these Aldermen have sons at
work.
Some Of them have brothers.
Some Of them have nephews.
Two Of them have cousins.
All Of them got the Jobs on the
strength Of favors extended to the Gas
Trust In the City Council Mt the ex.
pcnse Of the people.
For the first time In years the City
Council has refused and neglected to
fix the price Of gas and to regulate the
financial dealings Of the city with the
Trust.
Reformers come 30 cheap that all the
Gas Trust has to do IL to give employ.
iient to the son or other relative Of an
Alderman to secure his vote.
The various gas companies In New
York City have Just bid for the city
contracts. As a result Of the recently
instituted gas war. the Consolidated
offers gas Mt 80 cents per 1.OOO cubic
feet. while the New Amsterdam offered
theirs at Is. These are less than one.
half the old rnte, which was o. cents.
Thus New York gets gas for 45 cents
per 1000 feet while Chicago has to pay
81 net.
No wonder there Is no money to clean
the streets!
When a million Of dollars are thrown
away to the Gas Trust In order tim,
cheap reform Aldermen may secure
jobs for their relatives, what else can
you expect?
Millions for the Gas Trust and not
one cent for clean streets IL the shlbbo-
leth Of the reform" City Council.
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The Billings family are not satisfied
with what they "save' on gns trus,
taxes. They are now fighting the State
Inheritance tax,
The Western Electric Company,
which gives employment to 5000 men.
Is assessed to its full limit-S1. 134. 011.
The Gas Trust, which employees but
fOrty-fve men and owns $0S,O0O.OOO In
personal property, Is valued at S1,1OO..
600.
Marshall Field Is assessed Mt $780,.
100. and the SGS.OOO,OOO Gas Trust mt
$1.1OO.OOO.
The Mccormick Harvester Company
Is assessed ut $1.5OO.OOO and the $685..
100000 Gas Trust mt S1.1OO.OOO.
The Crane Manufacturing Company
Is assessed mt S1.24?,253 and the $685.
100000 Gas Trust Mt $1.1OO.OOO.
But why continue the list?
Every assessment made Is unjust
when II IL compared with the crooked
one Of the GINS Trust.
And one Of the strong evidences OF
crOOkcdness In connection with this
fraud IL the fact that In the figures of
comparisons with 1903 given out by
the assessors, the Peoples Gas Light
and Coke Company IL compared with
It's namesake Of 1903, as, for Instance,
1900. 1903.
+. G. l.. & G. Co. 100000 S2S5, 900
Now. this would lead the public to
believe that the Peoples Gas Light
and Coke Company was assessed Mt
more this year than It was last.
That Is why these figures IRE given
out. 10 hide the crime.
The truth Is that the Peoples Gas
Light ana Coke Company last year was
the old West Side Company Of that
name. now out Of existence.
This year It IL the name borne by the
successor to the
Old West Side Peoples Gas Light and
Coke Co.,
Chicago Gas Light and Coke Co..
Equitable Gas Company,
Suburban Gas Company,
Hyde Park Gas Company,
Lake Gas Company,
Economic Gas Company.
Universal Gas Company.
Calumet Gas Company.
All Of these are this year merged into
the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co
So that the Assessors will please eX
plain how 1t Is that they have reduced
this octopus.
Here are the figures on the assessed
valuation Of the seven companies
named for 1908. and their successor
the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Com
pany, for 1900:
1900. 1903.
Consolidated p.
q. l.. l. C. Co. $1,1OO.O0O $l.0S3 ,3S:
Net reduction since 1903, $5S3.3S2
What do you think Of that, taxpayer
of Chicago?
! Who got the bribe?