Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-09-28
THE CiiY COUNCIL.

The first meeting of the City Council
since adjournment for the summer va
cation was opened Monday evening by
Aid. MCMILLAN of the Eighth Ward
introducing an ordinance which can be
styled "no-scat. half-farc" PROPOSE.
ton.
1t goes further than the recommends
ton of the subcommittee of the Com
mittce on Local Transportation-that
strapholders he charged only four cents
for ride. while the man holding II seat
pay iive-inasmuch rs II provides for
another ride for the man or woman
| who cannot get u seat Mt which per-
haps he or she will he more fortunate.
and ut the same time does away with
the necessity of changing nickels ut Il
time when pennies may he missing.
The ordinance provides that In all
eases where n passenger on u street ear
cannot he accommodated with u seat
the conductor shall issue to him at the
time he collects his fare u coupon
which shall be good any time within
thirty days for ride on any car of the
same company and le accepted
whether on this second ride he gets u
seat or not. The coupon Is to work ex-
actly like a rain check ut u baseball
game. The ordinance was referred to
ton.
The Council disappointed the Board
of Education by refusing the permits.
sion that body asked to sell eighty
acres Of land In the Stlckncyville tract
for S1OO.OO1. The bid for the land was
made by the Chicago Union Transfer
Railway Company. The land the Board
of Education wanted to sell lies be-
tween this compnny's tracks ana 4Sth
avenue, and between 9th and list
streets.
The request Of the Board was pre-.
scented by Aid. Hermann. Chairman Of
the Committee on Schools. but Aid.
Martin made the statement that u COM
mittee Of the Real Estate Board which
had been asked to set n value on the
land had reported II was well worth
$12O.OOO. Aid. Hermann saying he
knew nothing more about the matter
than that he had becu asked to present
the request, the motion to pnss the or
der was abandoned and the matter
went to the Finance Committee.
Mayor Harrison sent In u lengthy rec.
OmlnendatlOn that q special committee
Of three Aldermen he appointed to In.
Dor with the state Board Of EQualiza.
ton with n view Of persuadlng that
body to assess the capital stock Of iii.
nOis corporations 40 that the revenues
Of the city may be Increased. The com.
municatiOn stated that since 1871 the
revenue law Of the state had provided
that such capital stock be assessed
and had designated the State Board Of
Equalization as the body to do II. SO
fur as the past WIS concerned that was
over. and any attempt to collect bacl;
taxes would doubtless prove futile, In,
he wished that In the future this sort
of property might he assessed. The
communication went to the Committee
on Finance.
Aid. sullivan of the Twenty.second
Ward. In securing the passage of IN or
I"'i S'oI'IhHS 'hV NVuN''ioti va
special assessments for the improve
. mcnt of Clybourn avenue from Divl'
sion street to North avenue, made the
charge that the pavement In this street
was even worse than the one In Jetfer
son street. He asserted II had been
shown In case just decided by tn,
supreme Court of the state that tn,
4 i nnn.t.ntn foundation, all, o..
! three ana u half to four inches thick
when the specifications called for six
He named other defects. The work
was completed year and u half ago
and the property owners are anxious "a
: ind out who Is responsible for Its con,
? ditiOn.
Aid. Boyd has passed an order on the
Committee on Railroads to devise and
7 report a suitable ordinance which will
prevent the recurrence Of an accident
similar to the late grade crossing dis.
, aster In Attn street. ana also to ask the
. state Railway ana Warehouse Com
: mission to pass proper regulations fOl
the running OF steam cars over grade
crossings In Chicago.
AZ tIe suskeStiOu Vi thc mayor tnt
compensation In the ordinance grant,
ing to the Northwestern Railway Com
! pany the stub" of Franklin street
north of the river was raised from S.
600 to $4,000.
, At his suggestion also the Chicago
City Railway Company was allowed Il
} lay tracks In Terrence avenue from
Hath to 1l5th street In lieu of consent
ing TO the closing of MuskegOn ave
Y nue..
The Mayor also vetoed the franchise
granting new privileges to the Cicero
9 Suburban Water and Light Company
[ ana the veto was sustained
Commissioner of Public Works
Block sent In request for authority
! to revoke the contract made with Far
, ley Il Green for the building of the
3 Lawrence avenue conduit, on account
3 of the slow progress of the work. lie
. asked authority either to advertise for
new bids or to complete the work with
! day labor.
. The request went to the Finance Com,
5 mittee.
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