Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07


Dear Sir-ro.day the Dearborn street
bridge was knocked out of service by
a boat and will he closed for repairs
for from one to four weeks. This
leaves practically only one Uhe Clark
street bridge connecting the North ana
South Sides. or course, there IL the
Rush street bridge. but that Is out of
the way and not convenient for the
great volume of traffic. This II the
worst condition of affairs that has ever
obtained IN this city. Connection
across the river between the North and
West sides Is also practically cut of.
which makes matters worse. To add
to the aggmvation of the situation. 1t
takes as long for the. civic authorities
to repair u bridge nowadays ns II does
TO put up u federal public building.
There IL y great Outcry about the de-
lay In the erection of the government
building. but Il has taken almost as
long to repair Randolph street bridge.
And yet we find the city hiring ten
thousand dollar experts and creating
ical questions. while frothy Aldermen
talk about running underground street
railways, etc. A couple OF years Of
earnest. practical municipal govern
ment IL badly needed by the citizens
of Chicago. II might, for one thing.
give the people Of the North. North.
west and South Sides u chance to get
acquainted with each other.
ApOloglzlng for trespassing on your
space, l am. yours sincerely,
NORTH SIDER.
Chicago, May 2Sth.
Editor Chicago Eagle:
Dear Slr-During the recent labor
troubles u large number Of police OIL
GERS, who We're taking an enforced fur
lough without pay, Were compelled to
remain OH duty and to perform work
of the most severe, dangerous ana dis
tasteful character. This seems to me
very unfair and unjust. 1t II bad
enough for u poor unfortunate police
officer to he obliged to go u whole
month without pay, but 1t Is worse
still to be obliged to do militia duty,
auelllng mobs and facing the Odium as
well as the missiles Of their fellOw-citi-
zens all for nothing.
/ write this letter to the Eagle be-
cause know your paper reaches.
among others, the city authorities ana
officials. and It may therefore prevent
n possible repetition Of this injustice.
Yours respectfully,
Chicago, June ..
TO the Editor:
Sir-While the newspapers very
properly discuss and decry ana suggest
remedies for the sO-called smoke nui-
sance. 1t often strikes me rs strange
that they never refer to one OF the big
gest nuisanccs of all prevailing In this
city, namely, the coal delivery nui-
sance. Every citizen of Chicago, who
has business in the downtown district,
has had to suffer from this particular
outrage All through the busiest hours
of the day great wagons laden with
coal often the soft bituminOus variety,
which Is usually about One'elghth dust
are unloadcd on the sidewalks, covering
passers by with black powder, ana hli'
ing their eyes. mouths ana nostrlls
with it.. Such thing is unknown ill
wcll-regulatcd cities. There was tim,
when the nuisance was minimizcd by
the enforcement of rule which pro
vided that all wagon loads OF coa'
must he plentlfully sprinkled with wat
or before being delivered, but 1t Is u,
longer enforced. Cannot the Couhcl
pass an ordinance forbldding the de
livery of coal in the downtown Ills
tricts during the business hours of the
day? ClIlHEN'
TO the Editor:
Dear Sir--I wish to say, through thu
columns of The Chicago Eagle, that, II
my opinion, the Cook County DemOc
racy should indOrse the candidacy OF
Alderman John Powers for the Senate
In the Seventeenth District. This sug
gestiOn has been made once before
through your correspondence columns
but, although a member of the Count!
Democracy of long standing, believed
it at that time ill-judged and untimely
My opinion has since been changed ol
account of the attack made upon MI
Powers and his candidacy by pape
which claims to be the leading organ o
| ,,,s., "A .tA In
Powers Is the President of the Count!