Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

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and seek to make a manufacturing belt
of the 1000 acres along the channel
now owned by the Sanitary District.
IL am opposed to this bill with its
proposed additional tax" said George
l.. Warner, of the Real Estate Board.
NO definite plans appear to have been
determined on, either by the city au.
thoritics or by the Sanitary Trustees
The problem of transmitting power In
the form of electricity Is In its infancy
at present. and whether the distance
between Lockport and Chicago can be
I overcome Is "a matter for experiment.
Before any additional taxes are author
lied II seems to me that an expert com.
mission. composed Of electrical. by.
draulic and mechanical engineers. and
Il number of business men. should thor
oughly canvass this question. and ut.
tempt to eliminate anything of the cX-
pcrlmental.
Several Judges are watching the
measure closely and investigating the
tentative plans of City Electrician ELI
colt and Chief Engineer Randolph of
the Sanitary Board-pIans which con.
fllct In many Instances.
ut would be most unwise to have
that bill pass" said one Judge during
the day. II shall he ready to go to
Springfield and aid In opposing the
measure II there seems danger of It's
passing. The levying of millions of nd
ditlonnl taxes with absolutely no def.
mite plans on which the demand IL
based should not he allowed by the
people. The question of electrical
transmission Is still unsOlved The COM
pnny supplying power from Niagara
Falls to Buffalo finds that 1t can trans.
NIT electricity to points twenty.seven
miles from the generating plant. Well.
I.Ockport Is thlrtysix miles from Chi
cago. and the consequent greater losses
seem never to have been figured out
fully. The city should get the benefit
of this power, and the problem Is too
important tn be- jumped Mt hurricdly."
But five of the nine members of the
Drainage Board favor the bill now be.
fore the Legislature. Four hold that
action on this line Il premature. Chief
Engineer Randolph Is avowedly OPP
posed to the plan. He contends that
the Sanitary Trustees should retain full
control of the power and that 1t should
. be distributed In the territory along
, , the canal. The 1000 acres of land
I. along the channel cost the board ap
proXimatcly S4O0O,O00. and Is now cst
mated To be worth $1,000 an acre. ol
S7.OO0O0O.
Lease the power to factories sale
Mr., Randolph, land within few years
this land will have become a mhnufac
=. turing belt which will be- of inestimabl'
!, value to Chicago"
o Postmaster Coyne decided Wednes
a day that the postofiice merit board
q the pride of Postmaster Gordon durini
his term of office, was a useless appen
dage to the department, and must III
y abolished. Arrangements We're ut One
e" begun for the distribution Of Il Sl,IO'
. yearly appropriation which has hereto
. fore been used for the salary of TIT
" Secretary of the Board
70 The news that the so-called merl
- board was to be classcd among tin
+, "has beens" was hailed with deligh
% by most of the employees of the post
~ office. The board, which had for IL
ostenslble object the promotion. trans
fer and assignment of postal employe
on their own merits, has been in exist
cnce ten years, though its function
T. were enlarged greatly under the reglm
20 of Postmaster Gordon,
g. The employees and some of the oil
" cals of the main postoffice say II woul
Al be an ideal institution II its rules wer
- strictly adhered TO. They declare, how
" ever, that IL has been used as n cloa
> To cover up the Advancement of fayol
III ties.
y According TO my idea" said Pos
~ master Coync, the merit of employe
" cannot be determined by such exam
nations rs were held In this bureau
~ The superintendents of divisions al
VI best acquainted with the relatiy
VI standing of their clerks and in mai
)" Ing promotions | shall depend much o
Nv their recommendations ! have ylsite
- among the employees and inquired car
VI fully into their work. From this hay
~ found that there are many employ'
II who have been doing commendab
III work for years aud have been owe
U! looked when fayors were TO be dl
- trlbuted. When get an appropriate
y from the department on July expe'
III 10 reward the men who have bee
ps working faithfully for years
Ip-
20, ~
he 1t may be that the man in New ioT
sr, whose stomach has been removed !
he surgery will live, but most people hay
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