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

or no such consent, the Council IL
without authority to give a grant of
the kind.
The Supreme Court said: There Ia
nothing in any portion Of the general
incorporation acts which confers pow
er on the municipality to devoting a
street or any part Of It to mere pri-
vate USE"
Aldermen, attention! How IL It that
whole streets are taken up by some
firms? The Elsendrath tannery occu.
pies the foot Of Sangamon street mt the
North Branch; the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal Company, Mr.. Claggett,
resident manager, occupies Helm street
from Hawthorn avenue to the ~lver;
the o. 8. Richardson Coal Company
has no right to take up oil the side.
walk space on Hawthorne avenue. nor
has 1t any right to eight feet of Elston
avenue for 400 feet Of frontage. The
gas company occupies Hobbie, Elm and
Helm streets. The Scheunemann Com.
pany has Its slabs and corlwood piled
on Elston avenue, near Division, until
1t crowds the public. The Eagle will
watch with interest for the AldermanIc
action In these matters.
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How much does o. 8. Richardson or
Lenke pay ut the City Hall for taking
up half Of Elst0n avenue north of Di.
vision street? How much does Scheun-
nemann pay, and to whom7
w. N. Eisendrath, the Chicago rep
resentatdve Of the Leather Trust, and
who has not yet been indicted under
| the antitrust law, informed O reporter
for The Eagle the other day that no
has been paying ''the city" $500 year
for years for the privilege Of occupying
Sangamon and Dix streets. Who gets
the money? Eisendrath ought to DO
made to ten. The slush and dirt from
his tannery also fills up the subway
under the Northwestern tracks at San
canon street. Who gets the money In
the Health Department for permitting
this outrage?
Rudolf Brand, Virgil Brand, the
United States brewery, Joseph Lister
and other big firms have to put side.
walks In front Of their places on Elston
avenue. But Scheunemann & Co. and
Richardson, Leake & Co., at Division
and Elston avenue. use the sidewalk
space for their coal yards. Who gets
the coin for this at the City Hall?
Why doesn't the States Attorney get
after the Tanners Trust? w. N. Eisen-
drath 10 the vice president Of the trust
who resides In Chicago. Most of the
Chicago concerns are In the trust. No
one seems to care about prosecuting
them. The Chicago firms which are
said to have entered into the new com.
blnatlon and given their tanneries into
Its charge are w. N. Elsendrath & Co.,
the Lambeau Leather Company and
the Walker Leather Company. The
poor photo-engravers, who tried to
form a trust, were indicted. WHAT'S
the matter with the tannersP
When the Sangamon County grand
Jury takes up the bribery cases against
the Gas Trust and Warehouse people
1t will also indict many legislators for
perjury on their oath Of office.
Although this oath 10 administered to
lob citizens Of Illinois every two years
1t 10 not commonly known that each
Representative not only lifts his right
hand and solemnly swears to do his
duty, etc., but he also signs his name to
the oath Of Office which closes with the
following sweeping oath-bound prom.
Use:
"Nor win accept or receive. directly
or indirectly, any money or other valua.
bic thing from any corporation, com.
pany or person for any vote or influence
may give or withhold on any bill, res.
olution or appropriation, or for any 9th.
er official act"
"Oh, that's only matter of form"
explained one Ut the old members to a
new ono who suggested ~rhat's a cast.
Iron oath, isn't itY'
The Gas Trust can Jungle with the
courts some Of the time. but not all Of
the time.
Corporation money buys bailiffs and
brlbes 5uries. Corporation money buys
legislation. IL this sort Of freedom
guaranteed by the constitution?
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When the Sangamon County Grand
Jury investigates Legislative bribery
1t must not forget the Gas Trust agent
who manipulated the deal Of 1897.
That deal win not be outlawed for over
. year yet.