Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-10-18


forming one of the few useful duties
which It has ever undertaken. namely
the compelling Of dcadbeats on the po.
lice force to pay their debts.
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Inasmuch as there has been much
discussion of the traction question as
"a paramount ISSUE of the pending
campaign, the Eagle this week repro.
duces some valuable information on the
subject.
Franchises Of ffty-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 @. Skies
Of the street railway commission has
compiled table showing the fran
chises affected and It Is set forth In the
statement that twenty-seven OF the
franchises were granted to the North
Chicago Street Railway Company and
twenty-six to the West Chicago Street
Railway Company. Many Of the fran
chises, as Indicated by asterisks, are
subject to the act Of 1865.
Following II q list Of the expiring
franchises:
State street, from Lake to Clark
streets, by Division street.
sClark street, from Washington
street to Fullerton avenue.
Clark street, from Fullerton avenue
TO Diversey boulevard.
Wells street and Fifth avenue, from
Randolph to Clark streets.
Center street-Clark street to Lin
coin avenue.
Lincoln Center street to Bel.
mon' avenue.
Ashland avenue-Belmont to Grace.
land avenue.
Belmont avenue-Lincoln avenue "a
Robey street.
Robey street-Belmont avenue ia
Roscoe boulevard.
Roscoe boulevard street q
Western avenue.
Division street-wells street to Cly'
bourn avenue.
sOlybourn avenue line-Division
street to Fullerton avenue.
Sedgwick Chicago avenue Il
Division street.
'sedgwick street-Division street Il
Lincoln avenue.
Garfield avenue-Lincoln avenue q
Racine avenue.
Racine avenue-webster avenue e
Center street.
Center street-Racine avenue to Lin
coin avenue.
'Larrabes street. Chicago to Lincoln
avenues.
Webster avenue-Racine to Lincolr
avenues.
shefield avenue-iAncoln avenue I,
Clark street.
'Chicago avenue CLARK street I,
Larrabee street.
Division street-State 70 Clarl
streets.
division street-Clark street to Oily
bourn avenue.
Graceland avenue-Evanston avsnu,
to Ashland avenue.
Evanston avenue-Diversey street 4
. Graceland avenue.
, Wrightwood avenue-short stretcl
from Lincoln avenue.
Alley-Between Lill and Wrightwoo,
avenues, and between shefield AM
Seminary avenues.
LINES ON THE WEST SIDE.
madison street-State street h
Western avenue.
Madison street-Between Western
and Hamlin and Hamlin and Crawfort
avenues.
madison street loop-Fifth avenu'
side.
Milwaukee avenue line - Between
; Lake and Halsted streets. sHalstet
street and North avenue. North avenu'
and Armitage avenue.
sHaisted street line-Halsted stree
loop, Van Buren, side; in Clinton stree
! from tunnel to Van Buren, street: Il
Van Buren, street between Clinton I'M
Halsted streets.
Halsted street-'van Buren, street 4
Blue Island avenue. and from Blue Isl
and avenue to O'Neill street, and tn
switch tracks on O'Neill street.
II Blue Island avenue-sHalsted stree
to 10th place. and 18th place to West
ern avenue.
81 EAST AND WEST LINES.
Il Armitage avenue-Milwaukee ave
nue. to Washtenaw avenue. expiret
1893.
North avenue-Aiilwaukee avenue I,
California avenue.
Chicago avenue-Milwaukee avenu,
to Leavitt street. and Leavitt street Il
California avenue; Kcdsie avenue I,
10th avenue.
Grand avenue-Aiilwaukee to West
! ern avenues.
Lake street-Wabash avenue Il
Union Park court, sthence to Western
avenue, thence to Rockwell street
thence to H0man avenue.
Lake street loop-Randolph street
side and State street side.
randolph street--State street t.
Union Park.
'Bryan place-Randolpb street t.
Lake street.
Ogden avenue-Madison street to
10th avenue.
Van Buren, street-sState street to
Ogden avenue, Ogden avenue to West.
ern avenue.
@Polk street-Fifth avenue to Canal
street.