Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-15

lie WOulu nave tne city Duy tHc clOtH
and sell 1t to the boys at cost. Right you
are, AID. Brennan.
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Edward i. Warwick, present West
Town Clerk. Is out for the nomination
for Supervisor at the hands of his
Democratic friends.
A number of Republican and Demo
cratic politicians met in the County
Building Tuesday and agreed that the
following was a fair estimate as to the
political complexion of the new wards:
Republlcan--Sccond. Third, sixth.
Seventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Twen.
tleth, Twcnty-iirst, Twenty.sixth,
Twenty-scven,h, Twenty.eighth. Thir.
ty.first. Thirty-second. Thirty.third,
Thirty.fourth and Thirty-ffth.
Democratic - First, Fifth, Ninth.
Tenth, Eleventh. Twelfth, Fourteenth.
Sixteenth, Eighteenth. Nineteenth,
Twcnty-nlnth and Thirtieth.
Doubtful - Eighth, Seventeenth,
u Ncuty -sSCOuus anu
Twenty.fourth.
Among the features of the new meas.
ures Is the circumstance that Mayor
Harrison and Robert Il. Burke are put
In the Twenty-first, a Republican ward.
Now that n combination has been
formed In the Drainage Board which
virtually slaps the Democratic and Re
publican parties In the face, Democrats
and Republicans are urging a lcgisla-
tive investigation Of the Drainage
Board.
This investigation Is likely to be or.
dered, as many Of the leading men of
both parties In the Legislature favor It.
The investigation will prove:
I. What has been done with the $40.
100000 already expended.
.. How much Of 1t was given away
to contractors.
3. What the contractors have re-
celved In the way of extras.
4. What the contractors expect TO re-
ceive under the new management.
3. Whether or not the canal Is being
manipulated for public or private pur.
poses.
q. The state of the finances of the
sanitary district.
T. To investigate the report that the
new combination has the intention. II
their plans are successful of changing
the present policy of the Board In rc.
gard to the Improvement of the Chi.
cagO River. The old Board compelled
recognition of the necessity Of improv.
ing the Chicago River north and south
OF 18th street ut once. The proposed
new combination is charged with u de-
sire to check this work and begin the
construction of a drainage channel
across the Calumet region at an en-
pense of from $7,OOO,OOO to $4,000, 600.
While this would sacrifice river inter-
ests, 1t would give the contractors far
more public work than they are get
ting at the present time.
s. To investigate extras.
There are still pending claims for
100000 worth of "eXtras" demanded
by contractors with great political in
fluence. Next spring, after the seasons
floods are ended, heavy claims will
come In from residents of the Illinois
valley for damages incurred by over.
flow of their lands. These claims will
need the closest kind of Inspection and
auditing.
Some surprising testimony will he
forthcoming with reference 10 extras
and to the well-known political firms
which manipulate the board and fat
ten their own bank accounts.
When this investigation Is once mn.
derway, The Eagle will publish some
facts which will have the effect of Il
bombshcll on some Of the graftcrs.
The most severe criticism of the new
rcdlstrictlng ordnance was that II
made the population in the downtown
wards, where the growth will he small,
far below the average, while 10 ourly-
Ing wards like the Twcnty-hfth, Twcn-
ty-seyenth, Thlrtleth and Thirty-frst is
given a population far above the aver
age. Alderman Werno says that gang.
sters like Aldermen Coughlln. Kcnna
and Powers have been given practically
as large wards as they have had here
tofOrc, with large Democratic majorl-
tiles, while the outlying wards have
populations two or three times as
great.
The smallest ward has a population
of $1,000 while one ward has popula-
ton Of 10000. Alderman Wcrno calls
attention to the TwenIy-ffth Ward,
which Is practically unchanpnd nI-