Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-18

Contents of street car barns. from ~
to 80 cents
Grain elevators. - cents: contents.
~ ccuts
Malt elevators. ~ cents. contents. 80
cents
Lumber. - cents.
Furniture finishing establishments
- cents
Contents of public storage ware
houses. ~ cents.
This heavy increase. meaning I'm adj
ditional expense Of about half II mil
lion dollars premiums to the leading
taxpayers and citizens of the city. was
ordered aud put into effect 10y the Chi.
cago Underwriters Association last
week. and the public is now paying In
hard cash the penalty for the inter.
ference of the Civil Service Commits.
sion with our Fire Department
Rates of insurance have been raised
10y the Board of Underwriters for the
following principal reasons.
Because chief Mushum Is not In real.
| ity in command of the Fire Depart.
mcnt. control of that body having been
virtually surrendered by Mayor llarri.
son to his Civil Service Commission
composed of:
John Wings Ella
Robert Lindblom
Joseph Powell.
Because the Chief Fire Marshal can
not promote or otherwise reward the
men nominally under his command for
bravery or good conduct of any kind
In the performance of duty: that au.
| tliority being vested only In liarrisOn's
irresponsible political triumviratc COM
posed of:
John Wings Ella
Robert LindblOm
Joseph Powell.
Because failure In the Performance
of duty. INSTRUMENTATION. or any other
Offensc or shortcoming on the part of
his alleged suboriinatcs. cannot he
| dealt with by the head of the depart.
ment. that right and authority being
| intrusted entirely to the same Civil
Service Commission and to II alone.
| Because. for the first time in the his.
tory of Chicago. its Fire Department
has been dragged, through the misman.
agement Of this commission In the mire
Of public scandals. thirty-fivc captains
being hauled up In the course of one
day before the last Grand Jury.
Because the men of the Fire Depart
ment no longer look to their command
ing officers for reward or promotion fol
mcritorlous condition nor for punish
ment for the opposite. and consequent
~ have no impclling motive for acting
well under their eyes. either on duty III
fires ar In the engine houses.
| Because. on account of all these and
other considerations great demOralIza'
ton has been produced In ChicagO's
once great and efficient Fire Depart.
ment. on that account the Underwriters
and insurance men have. to u great
extent. lost confidence IN II as n prOtec.
ton against their heavy risks.
They look askance upon II depart.
ment no longer controlled ar command.
al by n practical veteran fireman like
Chief Muslam. but which Is virtually
under control Of n political trlumvirate
like that composed of liarrisOn's Civil
Service Pooh Bnls:
John Wings Ella
| Robert I.inlbiOm
Joseph Powell.
Here IL n pretty New Years gift fol
the citizens Of Chicago from thclI
business administration" AMI theil
man Of destiny" Mayor.
First. the streets Of our city are al
lowed to fall into such condition Of
rotten dlsrcpair as to render the Fire
Department practically impotcnt by
making 1t impossible to reach fires with
the apparatus In whole districts Within
the city limits.
Next the Fire Department II demon
allied and nearly ruined by being
placed under the command of three old
fOgies who know no more about the
science of fire fighting than they dG
about the nebular hypothesis.
Net result:
Hundreds Of thousands of dollars
loss annually to the business men OF
Chicago.
No wonder these business men. ~
they contemplate their interests belnl
ruined and the city going to the dOg'
generally. look wlstfully mt the City
Hall and the alleged Mayor and OK
claim: How long. oh. Lord how long"
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AN OPENING FOR ANARCHY.
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