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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-09-21

Franchises OF fifty-three lines now
owned and operated by the Union
Traction Company expire In 1908. the
list includes all the important principal
and crosstown lines on the North and
West sides. Secretary George g. Skies
of the street railway commission has
COMPLIED a table showing the franr
chises affected and 1t Is set forth In the
statement that twenty-seyen OF the
franchises We're granted to the North
Chicago Street Railway Company ana
twenty.six TO the West Chicago Street
Railway Company. Many OF the fran
chises. as indicated by asterisks, are
subject 10 the act Of 1868.
Following is a hist OF the expiring
franchises: -
State street, from Lake to CLARK
streets, by Division street
sCark street from Washington
street 10 Fullerton avenue.
Clark street, from Fullerton avenue
10 Diversey boulevard.
Wells street and Fifth avenue, from
Randolph 10 Clark streets.
Center Street-tldrk succt 7" AA
coin avenue.
Lincoln avenue-Center street 10 Bel
mont avenue.
Ashland ayenue-Belmont TO Grace
land avenue.
Belmont ayenue-Llncoln avenue 70
Robey street.
Robey street-Belmont avenue 70
Roscoe boulevard.
Roscoe boulevard-Robey street to
Western avenue.
Division street-Wells street TO ely
bOurn avenue.
sNyt0urn avenue llne-Divis!on
street TO Fullerton avenue.
Ashgwick street-Chcago avenue to
Division street.
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street to 31st street subject to act oi
1861
Downtown loop Of Wabash avenue
line, expires 1908.
INDIANA AVENUE LINE.
Eighteenth Street-Wabash avenue t6
Indiana avenue, expires 1909. Subject
to act Of 1861
Indiana Avenue-1Sth street to Cot
tage Grove avenue. expires 1908. Sub
ject to act of 1869
Twenty-secOnd street to 30th street
terminable 1908. zone track subject to
act of 1861
STATE STREET LINE.
State Street-Lake street to 63d, ter.
minable 1908. part from Lake street
to 3lst street subject to act of 1861
Downtown loop expires 1908.
CLARK STREET LINE.
Clark Washington to Polk,
expires 1908. Subject to act of 1865
Polk to 22d street, terminable 1908
Archer Avenue-State to Halsted
streets, terminable 1908. Subject to
act of 1861
Halsted to 3Sth street, expires 1908.
Thirty-ninth street to Vincennes ave,
nue., terminable 1908.
CANAL STREET LINES.
Canal Street-Archer avenue to Goth
street, expires 1908.
Twenty-ulnth Street-Canal to Butler
street, expires 1908.
Wallace Street-28th to 30th street,
expires 1908.
HAISTED STREET.
O'Neill to 38th street, expires 1908.
Thirty.ninth to Goth street, termin-
able 1908.
ASHLAND AVENUE.
Thirty-frst to 30th street, expires
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

"Sedgwlck street-Division street to
Lincoln avenue.
Garfield avenue-Lincoln avenue to
Racine avenue.
Racine avenue-Webster avenue to
Center street.
Center street-Racine avenue to Lin
coin avenue.
"Larrabee street-Chicago to Lincoln
avenues.
Webster avenue-Racipe to Lincoln
avenues.
Sheffield avenue-Mncoln avenue to
Clark street.
'Chlcago avenue-Clark street to
Larrabee street.
Division street-State to Clark
streets.
sDiyision street-Clark street to ely
bourn avenue.
Graceland avenue-Evanston avenue
to Ashland avenue.
Evanston avenue-Diversey street to
Graceland avenue.
Wrghtwood avenue-ShOrt stretch
from Lincoln avenue.
Alley-Between Lill and Wrightwood
avenues, and between Sheffield and
Seminary avenues.
LINES ON THE WEST SIDE.
madison street-State street to
Western avenue.
Madison street-Between Western
and Hamlin and Hamlin and Crawford
avenues.
madison street loop-Fifth avenue
side.
Milwaukee avenue line - Between
Lake and Halsted streets. 'Halsted
street and North avenue, North avenue
and Armitage avenue.
sHalsted street line-Halsted street
loop, Van Buren side; In Clinton street
from tunnel to Van Buren street; In
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-09-21

FOrty-seventh Street-NlinOis Central
to Cottage Grove avenue, expires 1915.
Cottage Grove avenue to State street,
expires 1912.
State street to Ashland avenue, ter.
minable 1908.
Ashland to Western avenue, expires
1912.
Western to Archer avenue, expires
1915.
Fifty-hrst street--Grand boulevard to
Indiana avenue, expires 1907.
Indiana avenue to State street. ex.
pires 1905.
State to Wood street, expires 1916.
Fifty-ninth Street-State street to
Western avenue, expires 1915.
SiXty-lirst Street-Madison avenue to
Cottage Grove avenue. expires 1912.
Cottage Grove avenue to point 1000
feet east of South Park avenue. expires
1907.
From said point to State street, OK.
pires 1905.
Sixty-third Street-Stony Island ave.
nue. to Illinois Central, expires 1912.
Illinois Central to Cottage Grove ave.
nue., expires 1907.
Cottage Grove avenue to Wentworth
avenue, expires 1914.
Wentworth to Ashland avenue. ter.
minable 1908.
Ashland to Central Park avenue, ex-
pires 1913
SiXty-ninth Vincennes avenue
to Leavitt street, termInable 1908.
Leavltt street to Western avenue, ex.
pires 1915.
Seventy-ninth StIeet-vlnceDne ave.
nue. to Halsted street, terminable 1904
South Chicago Ayenue-71st street to
10th street, expires 1909. X
Overhead-trolley permit expt - ~
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for the presence of these tracks In
street the right would be termipablc
by the city in 19O3.I"
NORTH AND SOUTH LINES.
Fifth avenue-'RandOlph to Polk
streets, Polk street to 10Th street via.
duct, Randolph street to Lake street.
Clinton Randolph street to
Madison street; madison street to 18th
street; Milwaukee avenue to Randolph
street.
Canal street-Harrison street to Ca.
nalpOrt avenue.
CanalpOrt avenue-Canal street to
Halsted street.
jefferson street-Van Buren street
to 10Th place.
Halsted street-*Mllwaukee avenue
TO Blue Island avenue, Harrison street
to O'Neill street.
Leavitt street-Chicago avenue to
Grand avenue.
western avenue-Lake street to
Madison street, Madison street to Van
Buren street.
to North avenue, Division street to Chi
cagO avenue.
%~
The following shows the dates Of ex.
pirations Of the franchise grants of the
lines of the Chicago City Railway
Company:
WABASH AVENUE AND COTTAGE
GROVE AVENUE LINE.
Wabash Avenue-Lake street to 2od
street, terminable 1908.
Twenty second Street-Wabash ave-
nue. to Cottage. Grove avenue, termin-
able 1908. (Snject to act Of 1857
Cottage Avenue-22d street to
30th strG( piRable 1903. (rr0m 22d
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Thirty.ninth to Goth street. termina
BILE 1903.
WESTERN AVENUE.
Archer avenue to list street. expires
1915.
KEDZIE AVENUE.
Thirty-eighth to G3d street. expires
1915.
CROss-TOwN LINES.
Twenty-hrst Street-State street to
Dearborn, expires 1908.
Dearborn Street-2Oth to 21st street
connecting with Archer avenue, expires
1908.
Twenty-sixth Street--Cottage Grove
avenue to Halsted street, expires 1907.
Thirty-tirst Street-Lake Park avenue
to Pitney avenue, expires 1908.
Pltney Avenue-31st street to Archer
avenue, expires 1908.
Archer avenue to Chicago & Alton
railroad, expires 1907.
Ullman Street-31st street to 3ath
street, expires 1907.
Thirty-ffth Street Cottage Grove nv.
enue to Rhodes avenue. expires 1905.
Rhodes Avenue-35th to 30th street,
expires 1905.
Thirty-flfth Street--Michigan avenue
to State street, expires 1912.
State street to Ullman street, expires
1907.
Ullman street to California avenue,
expires 1912.
Thirty-ninth Street-COttage Grove to
Wentworth avenue. terminable 1908.
Wentworth avenue to Halsted street,
terminable 1907.
Root Street-state to stockyards.
terminable 1908.
F0rty.third street-Illinois Central
tracks to state street. expires 1907
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14

am safe in saying that 1 picked up
more information about the country
and it's peope in the few days 1 was
thus engaged, than person could Or
dinarily pick up in two years. If
some of the farmers called on were
not at home, left word for them to
come to town and take dinner with
me, and in this way usually had two
people at table with me, and on one
occasion as many as six"
The English, Mr.. Barron thinks, are
beginning to realize the mistake they
have made in discouraging manufac-
turing industries in Ireland, and he be-
lieves reactionary sentiment is set
ting in that augurs well for the future
of the country.
Among the amusing opinions of
America and Americans held by the
Irish, one of the best was furnished by
a little cousin of Mr.. Barron's.
els your wife native American,
Uncle NIartieY asked the child.
"Why, yes, Kate" replied Mr.. Bar
ron, 'sshe is practically So"
After q pause-"And is she very
red, uncle?"
''Why, no." responded Mr.. Barron,
in some surprise, mot much redder, if
any, than 1 am: But why do you
nsk?" ..
"Well'-somewhat abashed-"I sup
posed that all native Americans were
Indians and quite red in color"
Mr.. Barron was asked if he did not
feel desire to end his days among
the people Of his native land and his
boyhood home.
''Not bit of it," he exclaimed. Wig.
orously. 'Though the old sod and its
! ncople are very dear to me. America
is Gods country. and I am quite con
tent to die here, as have been moro
than content to live here"
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14
DULUTH NEWS.

Div. No. 1, A. o. II. will hold it's
regular meeting Wednesday evening
in Odd Fellows hall.
Duluth Irishmen were proud to read
of the successful mission Of the Irish
ENJOYS to this country and wish them
God-speed to the old land. They were
sorry they could not entertain them
here, but their hearts are with them
in the good cause of justice for Ire
land.
Miss Mclaughlin. of East Grand
Forks, arrived in West Duluth last
week for threc-weeks' visit with
Miss Feehely.
George Method left for Highland
last week.
Miss B.. Martin, who has been suf-
fering from a severe attack of the
grippe. is reported as improving.
D. Edward O'I,rien. president of
the Successful American, of New
York, was in Duluth last week in the
interest Of his publication Mr.. o.
Brien is a well known newspaper man.
The Successful American is the only
publication Of it's kind in the world,
and is monthly.
d. J. O'Brien has returned from the
northern part Of the state, where he
has been employed for some time on
railroad contract.
Joseph Cassday, chief engineer Of
the Leisure mill. has gone to Min
neapolis, where he has accepted a po-
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14
Courtesy of The Minneapolis Journal

sition with the Penn Oil company.
S. G. Murphy, of West Duluth, was
elected Master Workman, of the A.
o. U. W., last week, ut it's annual
election.
Dennis Hennesey, brother of Mrs.
Owen Mcdonnell, died at his home in
West Superior, on Tuesday evening of
last week.
William Farrell, who was injured at
the match factory over week ago
by running rusty nail in his foot, is
out of the hospital and recovering rap
idly. At one time it was feared that
lOckjaw might set in.
The ladies of the cathedral parish
are preparing an excellent program
for the next social of the winter SER
les.
Court No. GA, G. O. T.. reports n
steady increase in membership, num-
Der of new members being initiated
Mt the last meeting.
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14

At a meeting of Irish delegates in
New York last week an auxiliary
American organization of the United
Irish League was formed~with John
Finerty as president, John O'CalIa-
CHAN as secretary, and T. p. Fitz-
patrick as treasurer. Branches Of the
league will be formed to extend all
over the country. The executive
committe is composed of leading
Irish-Americans.
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14
Ian, who had gone to school with me
sixty years ago."

Ian, who had gone to school with me
sixty years ago."
Mr.. Barron's account of his recog-
milton by his old friend, after a series
of intimate questions; the outburst of
hospitality which would insist on his
visiting Mr.. Moylan and his family for
''at least month";; the pressing invi-
tation at once to "have drop of some
thing and stay to dinner" were all
touchingly illustrative Of the affection
ate and emotional characteristics of
the Irish people.
eff 1 had drunk of all the bottles
of spirits that made their inevitable
appearance everywhere went" :"
laughed Mr.. Barron, cor if had ac-
cepted all the invitations to stay a
month with u.s. that were pressed
upon me. would have been in state
of chronic inebriety during my visit
there, and. in fact, should never
have gotten back here at ALL"
Then followed the pathetic narrative
of Mr.. Barron's visit to his aged sis
ter, living mile out of the village.
and her positive refusal for hours
believe that the strange visitor could
be her brother from America. Mr..
Barron found her knee-deep in a
meadow, distressed beyond measure
over the defiant and roguish antics of
a baby scamp of grandson who had
eluded her pursuit.
"No, no." said she, when her daugh-
ter had told her the visitor was her
own brother. "He's not our Martie.
Martie had faxen hair and none of
our folks ever wore beard such rs
this gentleman wears. No, yell not
get me to believe that this is Martic."
1t took a long time to persuade the
old lady that time might have made
such changes in "Martie" as it had in
herself, but her skepticism could hold
out no longer when, once within the
cosy farm house of his boyhood, Mr..
Barron showed her picture Of his
wife, the mate to which his sister pos
sessed; and also presented to her a
fine silk umbrella, the gift of her
nephew in America. DR.. William NJ
Barron. Then the old ladys hysterical
joy, expressed half in laughter, half
in tears, broke forth in all the vehem.
anco Of hnr Irish not,,ro
During the two weeks that follow.
ed, Mr.. Barron set out most syste
matically to gather what information
he could concerning the condition OF
the country and the history of his old
friends and neighbors.
81 hired jaunting car" said lie
"and spent seven days travelling out
as many different country roads.
gave instructions to the driver to stor
every man. woman and child we met
on the road, while 1 had bit of @
talk with them. I drove up to the
farm houses, too, and talked with the
folks there, besides calling on all the
priests in the neighborhood. I also
called on a Mr.. Birchan, the loca
magistrate, with whom I had some
correspondence in this country in the
matter of settling up the estate of Irisf
immigrants who had died here. HI
was the fifth generation of his family
who had held the Office Of magistrate
We had fine visit together.
II also visited the markets and the
fairs. talking with everybody that !
! could, and in this manner 1 think ]
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14

Admiral Sampson has received S14,-
l32 as prize and bounty money for
feats of valor at Santiago, though
he was ten miles away and took no
part in the battle; while Admiral
Schley gets only S3,334, Of which he
has received but $40 to date. The
navy department. under Long is re-
sponsiblc. The men who won the
victory get the smallest share of the
spoils. Congress should take some
action in the matter.
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14

William II. Stead says that "befOrc
the bar of history England stands
condemned for failure in Ireland
only few degrees less scandaIous
than that which stood to the dis
credit of Spain in the West Indies"
That is putting it very mildly. but
such an admission from an English
man is worth noting.
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14

The city of Boston went Democratic
last Tuesday by an immense mnjor-
ity. r. A. Collins was elected mayor
by the largest vote ever cast in the
Hub.
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14

The Duke of York. now the Prince
of Wales, and next king of England,
made a speech the other day, which
surprised his future subjects. 1t is
said to have been above the average
of royal uttcrances, for it contained
some ideas expressed in good Ian
gunge.
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14

Gen. Dc Wet was near "bagging'
some of Kitcllencr's scouts the other
day. He is keeping the British in
vahcrs on the jump by his rapid
movements and unexpected attacks
The Irish standard., 1901-12-14
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS,

The Anglo-Boer war is not yet over.
Kitchener is calling for more troops,
though he has already "a to ].
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-28

Mission in that city. He later became
member OF the New England
Evangelistic Association in which
work he has since been engaged. His
field of work las been extended. Be
sides extensive travelling in the CEN
trail West and in the South he has
labored in number of other places
Maine previous to coming here. in .
ing Portland. Westbrook, Lewiston.
Auburn, Yarmouth, Rowdoinham and
Bath. Last April lie came to this city
and is impressinS all as an able
preacher and a Jealous Christian
worker.
The church edifice. in which he now
breaches. is new and up-to-d date. haV-
ing been built but a few years. 1t Is
fitted with all the modern conven-
fences. The church owes but $500
which il hopes TO clean up at the an
nual sale planned to be held in the
fall
The program was of an informal
nature. 1t was opened with prayer by
Rev. G. H. Siliger of North Augusta.
A solo by BERTHE Brann was pleasingly
rendered. Congratulatory remarks
We're made by DR.. f.. j. Roberts and by
Rev Mr.. Selieer to which Mr.. Grim
shaw responded, expressing his thanks
for the words of encouragement. At
ter some little time spent in singing
and social intercourse the benediction
was pronounced by Rev Mr.. Grim
shaw and the gathering was dispersed.
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BADLY BEATEN.
Augusta Team Falls Before The Men From
lanc hester. - to 4.

When the sun beats down with a red
hot glare, directly on the back Of your
neck and the sweat is rolling down in
big round drops. threatening to raise
your next laundry bill to unheard Of
proportions. a person is not apt to be
in his usual even comfortable tempera-
ment But when on top of all these
discomfOrts person sits for most two
hours and calmly watches game like
that played. yesterday. without letting
loose a few remarks that he would not
care to repeat in public. he is really too
good for this world and should be sent
to higher realms by the next balloon
ascension.
1t was about as uninteresting a game
as could be dished up to long suffer
ing public. Listless playing, foolish
maneuvers and an unnecessary amount
Of cheap talk" We're what the people
saw and heard. yesterday. and they
became very tired of it.
Ross was in to pitch. He twirled
the day before. but there he was again.
He had poor control and was hit far
and wide, until he seemed to take
don't -care-a- whoop spirit, threw few
Jason. This was in the seventh. Jason
had somewhat better success.
Perhaps the men did not have much
faith in Mr.. Ross ability to pitch two
games in succession with any degree
Of success and that accounted in part
for the slow fielding and the apparent
lack of feeling which way the game
went Something was the matter
Some Of the men went at the bat as
though they didn't care whether school
kept or not and swung the willow as
II they wee saving wood by the day.
Manchester has team of scrapIy
fast ball players and put up a g'oi
game, yesterday. Some of the Augt-
players also did good work. McInt e
as usual was the star of the team. He
fielded bard. trying for everything
near his territory. and batted for two
hits with a total of five bases. Moran.
Ryan and WEIGH also played hard and
did all they could to turn the course
of the battle. But it is the same old
story one or two sticks" will lose
any game. The score:
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weather. That mans words will be
handed down to posterity. and long
after he has been gathered to his ia =
theirs. and the daisies of many sum
mers have blocmed and withered over
his last resting place. still will be heard
whenever the mercury wooes the g0th
degree, the words: Hot. amt ito"
1t is probable that these three words
We're more frequently uttered in Au-
gusta. yesterday. than any others in
the English language, excepting. per-
haps. the Number. Augusta" of the
telephone girls. And it was not as a
by-word that they We're used, but in
the literal sense. for 1t was hottie
hottest day of the season. Wednesday
was a hot day. but not 50 hot as was
yesterday. nor was the heat so oppres-
Sive.
Thursday morning opened warm, and
it was not many hours after sunrise
when the adhesion between
mans body and his clothing became
very noticeable. The Journals weather
report said: Fair and warmer" and
as usual it was correct AS the day
advanced there was decided rise in
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work on the Electric road re-laying
the tracks, felt the heat severely. In
one or two places around the town
where men were working on tin ROOF
the heat was almost unbeatable.
There was one element that did not
mind the heat bit. and that was the
small boy There Is always relief for
him on such occasions, anu that is the
river, and he sought that relief, Thurs
day. by hundreds. There IS a sandy
stretch Of shore on the East side OF the
river opposite the Journal Office. and
all day long 1t was lined with boys of
assorted sizes. d!sporting themselves
on the logs and in the water. And
1t goes without saying that they were
, the envy Of all who saw them.
After supper there was breeze that
cooled the air Somewhat but it was
still warm enough to destroy any de-
sire for other than necessary exercise.
In the early morning hours (about
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temperature. and at noon the various
ther mometers about the city told Of a
height of temperature that ranged
from 80 to 49, and rumor said that the
mercury ran even higher.
The heat was disastrous alike to man
and beast. Collars that came out inn
maculate in the morning soon became
limp and water-soaked rags, and
handkerchiefs looked as IL they had
been snatched from the tub. Every
one was bathed in perspiration and the
ldyspeptic man Of meagre flesh suffer-
ed not whit less than his corpulent
| friend with his 200 pounds avoirdupOis.
The horses looked as if they had been
dipped in the Kennebec, and the dogs
on the street seemed to be in immi-
nent danger of losing their tongues.
All kinds of out of door labor was
very uncomfortable and the men at
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troit. Mich. who is spending several
months in Augusta and vicinity, and
Prof. Walter Sargent of Littleton.
Mass. Prof. Sargent some 10 years ago.
spent two years in camp on the eastern
shore Of the lake, and hopes to spend
the latter part Of July in the cottage
of Mrs. George F. North.
Glad Hand Inn" has the past win
ter entertained some Of the notab
from the metropolis. when ice boating
and other winter sports have been in
dulged in. a new naphtha launch glides
the waters, the Alice" acknowledg ed
to be the handsonest and most eXpen-
sive craft on the lake. The great heart
cd proprietor. Mr.. +. G. KinSma n.
comes here whenever he can, summer
or winter. For the past few days Mr..
Charles T. Penney and wife and Mr..
Harry Reid and wife have been at their
cottage. Mrs. Reid catching a pickerel
less than four feet in length by act
ual measurement.
The boys at George Williams cottage
have adorned their front piazza with
these signs. which I am sure have
seen In various parts of Augusta. viz:
LUMP uO ItuODiSu TledSt
Keep Off the Lawn" Private WAY
No Crossing"
Henry. Lewis Of st. Louis. Mo-, has
not yet arrived but is expected soon;
Howard Owen and family are coming
in week. and then fun in gasoline
launches will begin. Let the people
provide themselves with ear pads.
On Loring Fairs shore Isaac Ben
nett and Samuel Tibbetts Of Augusta.
have built very pretty cottage. pain
cd In artistic style. which they will oc-
cupy for the first time this season.
Farther down. on the Mark Osborne
shore. two cottages are now In process
of erection, owned respectively by ex-
Mayor George Stafford and Frank
Wood of Hallowell. They will be hand
some and convenient. Fine lake views
are to be obtained from this point.
The new line of telephone recently
put in connects Emery's and the Lake
View Inn at the Outlet with the out
side world, and is a very great con-
venience.
Weather. ice-melting.