Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

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Ut any other sign or bill board. meas
urcd from their nearest point of con-
tact. and shall have independent sup.
port
See. T. All owners of signs or bill.
boards on vacant property. erected be-
tore the passage Of this ordinance and
which have Il superficial area exceeding
fifty square feet, shall pay an annual
license ON the 1st day of July of each
wear at the rate of 81 per square foot:
and In ease of failure to pay such an
Dunl license within thirty days of July
OF each year the boards shall he torn
down 10y the fire department under
direction of the commissioner of build.
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section of the ordinance provides q
nuv OF not less than 81 Il day or more
than $50 u day for violation of the ordi.
nance. All persons. companies. cor.
pordtions or individual property own
cr> concerned in or in any way respon.
sihlc for violations of this law are made
liable under the penalty clause.
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Commissioner McAndrews has struck
Keynote in his declaration that he will
knock out OF regulate the unslghtly
nuisance of "the billhcards." They are
to-day the biggest common nuisance in
Chicago. People refyse TO rent build.
iugs contiguous to these billboards.
They. besides their III >ightllncss. litter
the streets and sidewalks with paper.
After rain it is nlt unusual TO see
wagon loads of paper ready for distrl-
button by the first high wind that
blows. In every locality where these
huge mOnStruSities are allowed proper.
~ has deprecated in value. Every
rCnting agency knows this to be true.
The right plan would he to order the
destruction OF the nuisance in every
residence portion of the city. If Nc.
Andrews can ahatc the evil he will con.
fer large blessing upon 2.O0o.00o resi-.
dents OF Chicago. The hillboards lit.
orally benefit nobody except the propri.
.tors ana do positive injury to the en-.
tie city.
MNEA
Justices of the peace are making calls
on Mayor Harrison since his return 10
learn If they will he appointed police
magistrates. Many of the justices are
eager for the appointment owing to the
greater cmolum.nt attached To the of.
flee of police justice. The Mayor. how.
ever. does not intend to announce the
names Of the men he appoints until the
meeting of the Council Monday night.
The following Is n list of the police
justices that will suffer few changes
ut the Mayors hands.
South S.de-Justice Callahan. .Iustic,
Quinn. Justice Henncssey, James e.
Martin. George L. Foster lpro tem.J
William T. Hall.
North Side-George Kersten. Thomas
Edgar.
Wes, Side-M. J. O'Donoghue. q. +
Severson. J. NJ. Doyle. Max Eberhardt
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Some business men are said to III
complaining Of the publicity which the
new revenue law gives TO assessment
and tax returns. This Is a feature Of
the law especially advocated by th'
Civic Federation and the Taxpayers
Defense League when II was beln,
drafted. They argued at the time tha
tax boodling and sandbagging and tax
lodging could not he done away will
successfully until the public had ful
access 10 the books and the assessmen
and tax returns were published. 4
that time no business man complained
of the proposition.
Assessor \. W. Miller says Of this fea
ture Of the law: "The more dayligh
there is thrown upon the whole Ia,
system the less chance there will be TO
taX.dodging and corruption. No homes
man has reason to fear the new law
ConfscatlOn Of property Is not provided
for nor sought. but an equallzlng Of tn
burdens Of taxation and honest taxa
ton. and the publicity feature will g.
long way TO bring II about. There i
nothing revealed In the personal prop
erty tax schedules that can iniure an,
man honestly traIsactlng business. an,
! guess the dishonest people, II ther
are am. will have to face the lny
whether they wish TO or not. The sand
bagger cannot work under the ney
law II the people themselves. who aske,
for the law, intend 10 honestly observ
IL. Taxes will he higher, Of course. bu
more evenly distributed and more jus
10 the needs Of the city. ard no one !
going 10 suffer from the law"
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The Building Commissioner is n,
sured OF the hearty support of the pub
lie in his crusade against the unslghtl
advertising bill boards that are bein
reared TO n dangerous height in from
uf every vacant lot and house that cal
be rented for the purpose In ever,
street and avenue OF the city.
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The advertising bill boards must &c
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Hon. z. T., BrOsseau may be appointc
member Of the School Board mex
June 's.,.
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on May ! the county assessors VII
begin to receive schedules on real -
Int. The first blank schedules wgr