Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-10

hour. or precisely hnlf the amount of
gus formerly required to supply TWEEN.
ty-fOur candle power to each lamp.
Thus the Gas Trust II enabled to make
nm enormous saving under the new
deal, but the public gets no benefit
whatever.
In other words. the taxpayers. under
the provision Of this arrangement. are
obliged to buy thousands Of patent de.
vices. thereby creating a fine demand
for said devices. and saving the Gas
Trust fifty per cent. In the cost Of sup
plying its service to the city. said tnx-
payers receiving no benefit whatever
from the arrangement. Now the q,ies-
ton IL, who II responsible for this job
berry, VIII the Mayor look into It?
He has announced ms his policy that
every company receiving n valuable
franchise should pay u compensation
to the city.
What are the Welsbach people and
the Gas Trust paying for this!
The Eagle believes that n gentleman
named HOaglund. who II supposed to
represent the Globe Light and Heat
Company, could give some valuable In.
formation as to how this deal was put
through.
Commissioner Mccain takes exccp-
ton to the statements made by II. &.
Glvlns ana others ut tho meeting of
the Protective Association at Handel
Hall Monday night regarding tho I'D
ministrntlOn OF the special assessment
department.. MIX Givins II not fair to
tho city administration" snid Mr.. Nc
Gam. land his statements regarding
the price Of paving here and elsewhere
are not correct. have gone over all
the questions which Mr.. Givlns brings
up ana must say that he In unfair In
almost everything he says. Some of
his statements are No palpably false
that nm not going to waste my time
| answering them"
&A
\ delegation Of Drainage Trustees
went to Joliet Tuesday to inspect the
work being done on sections II and II.
The Trustees found the eXcnvated pOr.
| tiOns of the channel flooded M u result
Of the recent rains. and expressed dis
satisfaction mt the slow progress being
made by the contractors. In the party
were President BOldenweck and Trlis-
tees Wcnter, Braden, Kelly, Mnllctte
ana Smyth. President BOldenweck
said: III the work In to he done In
time for opening the channel this fall
the contractors must work day ana
night from now on. We have instruct
Cd them to begin night work ut once
ana double their forces"
Mayor HnrrisOn's School Board mp
pOlntments viii soon be made Among
the men mentioned for the seven posi-
lions ut the disposal Of the Mayor are:
John T.. Connery. Charles G. Stllwell.
George w. Claussenlus. A. &. Powers.
Charles II. McGrath. James j. Town
send. General Robert j. Smith. George
=. Foster Robert RedAeld. Francis J.
sullivan. James Maher. w. q. johnson,
Joseph =. Junk, u. y. BrOssenu, Wash.
lngtOn Porter. Fritz GOetZ. Arnold
Heap. sidney Adler, Edward n. Dan
coma, Edward A. Decker, and Joseph q.
Snydacker. 1t IL understood Thomas
Brcnan and ID. Il. Cameron will b. re-
appointed.
%6
EX-Alderman william j. O'Brlen,
who has been one Of the most prom
inent characters In the Sixth Ward for
years. who served several terms rs
Alderman aud two ~ State Senator,
) has announced his determination to
quit that nelghbOrhOOd ana move into
Hyde Park, IN the neighb0rhOod OF 50th
, street ana Wabash avenue.
: Why Old FIats and Houses Don't Rent.
Real estate men and owners should
not overlook the fact that the Lake
View Gas Fixture Company, 2S8 Lin.
coin avenue, Telephone North 70S, re-
: finish old chandeliers, making them
equal to new ut very small cost. In
many cases after expending money for
calcimining or papering the chandeliers
are left In the same dirty, hy-specked
: condition as before, and are not In
D keeping with the new decorations,
thereby spelling that which has been
done, when at very small cost the
) chandeliers. brackets, ETC., can be re-
finished equal to new. We reanish In
all the latest colors, such AZ POLISHED
brass, gilt. rich gilt, old copper, polish.
ed copper, oxidized copper, silver aud
gold.
D We are also makers Of q fne line Of
D gas fixtures at prices to suit the times.
Call up North 70S. Our agent will
! call and estimate.
!, LAKE VIEW GAS FIXTURE CO.,
! go LilOoln avenue, ChlcaSA