Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-01-28

Chicago would have had a grand new
gas company but for the passage OF
this scOundrelly frontage bill. On June
8, 1907, Franklin II. Head, Franklin
Macveagh, L. l.. Coburn. d. +. Crilly.
John A. Roche, J. G. Hatley. Il. 8.
Critchcll, Gilbert Il. Shaw, II. w. Le-
man and NJ. c. Bullock asked the Chi
vago City Council for an ordinance
granting them franchise for the pur.
pose of erecting gas works and laying
mains In the streets.
This company, composed Of the solid
men Of hicago--incorruptlble men who
could not be bought--offered to furnish
gas to the people for 20 cents per 1000
feet.
Only three weeks would clapse from
the time the ordinance was introduced
until July 1. when the law giving the
Gas Trust a perpetual monopoly Of Chi.
Cages streets went into effect.
These eminent citizens tried to pre-.
vent the monopoly from saddling the
results Of It's bribery upon the people.
But they did not succeed. The Gas
Trust hrihed tho aldermen, the Mac
ycagh ordinance was killed, and Chi.
cago was given up forever to the Trust
robbers.
Excepting China, It would be hard to
find any country where the extOrtiOn
practiced by the Gas Trust on the PEG.
pie Of Chicago would long be tolerated.
The Gas Trust r0bs the people In cv.
cry way.
II rents gas ranges to poor people Mt
outrageous prices. 1t then puts on OK.
ira pressure scientifically applied and
forces air through the pipes mt a great
rate. This pressure Is especially strong
evenings when supper Is being pre-.
pared. The people pay for wind which
costs the Trust nothing.
Special assessments for gas lamps 60
right along, hut the poor people do not
get the gas on the streets after they
pay their assessments. The Gas Trust
owns the streets. The city has moth.
Ing to do with them.
The Gas Trust Is not furnishing one.
half the light It should furnish. ana for
years. according to published reports,
It did not furnish 22-candlc power to
the city.
1t Is reported that the Gas Trust Ii
getting paid for thousands Of lamps
which are not In service, and this can
Ike easlly verified.
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We are anxious to see whether the
Gas Trust will buy the Board of As
SCISSORS and Board Of Review this year.
1t will try to.
Keep your eye ON the assessments
Of the $3O,OOO,OOO Gas Trust (Which
has a perpetual monopoly in Chicago
under the new revenue law.
The Legislature will have a chance
to show its hand when the bill author
izng the city of Chicago to sell electric
light to private consumers comes III
for passage. The city now has an eff.
Client electric light plant, and II the
Legislature gives 1t the necessary per-
mission, Chicago people will be able ia
get light Independent Of the Gas Trust
Pass the bill.
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Can Gas Trust money beat the new
revenue law!
The receipts of the Gas Trust should
| he taxed.
What is the Legislature going to dc
with the Gas Trust!
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Where was Mr.. l.. o. Goddard, attOr
ney for the Armour interests, May 3
1897?
Where was Mr.. Goddard on the morn
Ing of May 3!
| Where was Mr.. Goddard on the nOoI
of May 3:
Where was Mr.. Goddard on the af
ternoon Of May 3?
Where was Mr.. Goddard on the nigh
of May 3!
| And, by way of no harm, will Mr.
Goddard kindly tell the Grand jury
who the distinguished politicians wer,
that We're with him on the night OF
May 2?
What were they doing with him!
Perhaps Mr.. Goddard will kindly con
sent to tell the Grand Jury what magic
spell, II any, he cast upon the Senators