Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-11-22

years, he said. as much as $4,000 was
realized. ull of which was devoted to
public purposes.
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Little was done at the meeting ex.
cept to refer to the Finance Commit.
tee the bid Of the Illinois Trust and
Savings Bank for the purchase Of a
new issue Of Sanitary District bonds.
The bonds. for S1.5OO.OOO. are to date
from Dec. and bear 4 per cent inter-
est. The bidder offered to pay $l5,323
premium on the issue.
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Hon. Ernst Hummel IL strongly
urged for the treasurcrship Of the
Democratic County Central Committee.
lie would be first.class man for the
position, and by holding It would add
prestige to the organization.
Until the Legislature takes action
along the lines recommended mt the
regular meeting Of the South Park
BOard Wednesday. the movement for
n small park system on the South Side
will remain ut standstill. Though In
sympathy with the efforts to provide
breathing spots. the Commissioners
want first to zee their way clear for
revenue to maintain and improve the
additional territory.
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The complaints which have been re-
Gently made concerning the nOn.cOm.
pletion Of certain street paving con.
tracts seem to be unreasonable ana In
some cases actually unfOunded. While
The Eagle IL not filed with admira.
ton for the Board OF Local Improve.
mcnts or its methods, yet It believes In
fair play ana In ''giving the devil his
due" The board has done all that It
possibly can do In hurrying on this
work. ana the contractors, 1t seems
from the evidence. have done all thar
human activity and ingenuity could
do to live up to the letter and spirit Of
their contracts. But even city con-
tractors cannot perform impossible.
ties. and the controlling Of the ele.
nents IL one of these.
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Secretary May. Of the Board of L0.
cal improvements, put the matter In II
nutshell when asked on Wednesday
last concerning this alleged delay: 1T
must he remembered" said Mr.. May,
"that during the early part Of the year
we had much bad weather. 30 1t was
impossible to get the expected mum.
Der of working days In month. Then
there was so much contracted for,
more than any previous year. and that
has put the contractors behind" This
IL a fair and reasonable explanation.
and those who will not accept Il must
have some other motive to serve than
telling the plain truth for the benefit
Of the public ana the taxpayers. Com.
mon sense must tell anybody possess.
Ing II that the contractors have no In
terest to serve by delay.
Hon. Patrick J. Cahill, u tried and
faithful public servant, has been hon
Ored by being elevated to the office OF
Clerk Of the Probate Court. Mr.. Ca
hill had to run against one of the
strongest ana most deservedly p0pu.
lar men on the Democratic ticket. Mr..
Cahill rendered excellent service as
Clerk of the Criminal Court, which,
Inder his able administration ana guild.
nncc has been run for the past four
years absolutely without mistake or
a flaw. He will, without doubt, dis.
charge the more OnerOus ana respOnsi.
BILE duties of Clerk of the Probate
Court during the next four years In an
equally able ana satisfactory manner. |
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OF course Mr.. Barrett will have to |
get down to business In the line of |
some time In the near |
'uturc. The Sheriff-elect Is a man
who has never been known to shirk
my proposition that he has been put
ip against, but when he goes ND
against this he will have our sympa.
hy. The Eagle believes it will prove
he toughest job the gallant young
has ever faced, but he
nay be trusted to handle 1t all right.