Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-11-18

represented by Aid. Hermann and
Werno.
Arrayed against Hermann thus fal
are Robt Schmidt and John McGillen
who are likely to be nominated.
| Owing to the resignation Of Aid
Charles Walker of the Twenty-fourtll
to accept the Corporation Counselship
a vacancy exists which must be filed
and the wOuld-be candidates are even
now plentiful.
The Twentyelxth will probably elect
+. +. Haynes rs Its representative.
John Bigane. Of the Twenty-eighth
is candidate for reelection. Thomas
Carey. Of the Twenty-nlnth, expects to
win out easily, but Senator Curley, II
IL said, Is after his scalp.
The fight made against Aid. Boyd In
the Thirticth has been settled, and his
friends look for his election. In the
Thirty-third It Is generally believed
that Hugh T. Darcy will not get the
nomination.
Great complaint Is made by contract
ors and others doing business mt the
City Hall over the treatment they re-
celve ut the hands Of Mr.. Joseph PO-
latschek, the chief clerk of the Comp.
trollcr's Office.
~6A
w. N. Elstendrath. who occupies
Sangam0n street and IS feet Of Dix
street with his big six.story brick build.
ing, has had the gall to turn the prop.
arty covering the street into the I.eatll-
or Trust.
A reporter for The Eagle asked Mr..
Eisendrath the other day how he ex.
cused this.
because pay money for the priv.
ilege to the city for IT."
How muchY asked the reporter.
give hundred dollars year." was
the reply.
Five hundred dollars year for &C.
cupying two streets and making i'm
possible the costly new subway under
the Northwestern tracks ut Sangamon
street!
ITO whom do you pay this $500, Mr..
Elsendrath" asked the reporter.
ITO the City Comptroller" answered
Mr.. Eisendrath.
Well! WE'LL!
How about this, Mr.. Comptroller?
Can two streets be sold to the Eisen.
drath trust for $500 q year?
Let US hear.
II 30. under what law?
&eA
Schuenneman Il Co. pay 1925 taxes
on their big coal yard at Elston avenue
and Division street. Who IL respOnsl.
bic for this?
Walker & Oakley's tannery, on Ell.
stOn avenue, covers public alley, for
which the city Of Chicago gets no com.
pensation whatever.
Some one ut the City Hall was set.
tied with for this, as 1t 10 rumored that
the sum OF $1,000 was put up ut one
time to quiet an investigation into It.
The Union Hide and Leather Com.
pany, or its successor, the Lake Tan.
ming Company, occupy thirty.hve feet
OF the river for q distance Of 500 feet
south Of Division street.
The Gas Trust occupies the river for
thirty.five feet for 1000 feet south Of
Division street.
Elsendrath's tannery is out thirty
feet on Dix street, and thirty-fve feet
on Sangamon street.
The Philip Rim Company, ut Crosby
and Division streets, occupy tho side
walks with their lumber and do not pay
the city for the room.
The Arteslan Stone and Lime Com
pany ID said to have fenced In Ohio
street at Campbell avenue, and also
most OF Campbell avenue. It advertlses
In the Champion Of Graft.
The Mayor has vetoed an order of
the Council granting permission to a
manufacturing industry to trespass
upon an alley. The Mayor vetoed the
order upon the ground that property
owners AUDITING had not consented,
and that no compensation to the mu-
had been provided.
The Mayors veto 10 proper. The rea-
sons assigned are not proper. The
Mayor should have told the Common
Council bluntly that In q recent deci-
sion Of the Supreme Court 1t was pro-
vided that the Council has no author
ity to permit trespass upon the city's
The decision is clean-cut |
and unequlvOcal No compromise 10 |
suggested. Compensation or no COM
consent Of property owners