Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-15

has given an opinion to- Acting Com
missioner OF Public Works Brennan to
the effect that general hospitals are
not required to secure the frontage
consents ot residents in the same block
in ORDER To erect hospital
The officials of AuguStaua Hospital,
conducted Ivy the swedish Evangelical
Lutheran churches at $50 Cleveland
avenue. applied for Il building permit.
in order that an addition may be
erected.
The ordinance requires that only hos
pitfalls for the insane for inebrlates,
aud Tor persons suffering of contagion
require the frontage consents.
Charges against Assistant Bacteri-
ologist l.. \. KicrulG. Meat Inspector
William !. O'Bricu. aud Plumbing In
spector Adam Ferguson will he heard
by the Civil Service Commission on
Monday afternoon. The prosecution
will he conducted by Health Commits.
sioner Reynolds. Assistant Commis.
sioncr Reilly declared the reports that
the charges were only ut the instiga-
ton of the Citizens Association We're
not true. Dr. Reilly said
"Thc records of the department show
that Assistant Bacteriologist KierulT
was suspended from duty July %.
pending investigation. upon the result
of which charges were filed with the
commission on Aug. :.
plumbing Inspector Ferguson was
suspended as soon as it was learned
that he would not bc needed as wit
ness in pending suit, and then
charges were at once filed against
him. The only connection of the Civil
Service Commission with Meat In
spcctor O'Brleu's case was the trans
mission to Commissioner Reynolds of
an anonymous note on July31. OBrien
had already been suspended on July
-. and charges were filed with the
commission on Aug. :.
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Mayor Harrison. who refuses tn clean
the streets because "thc streets belong
10 the people" and the people. there.
fore. can clean them themselves. has Il
strong ally in Professor Zeublin. Of
the University Of Chicago.
The task of street cleaning should
he turned over to the women of the
rlty. according to Professor Charles
Zcublln. of the University of Chicago.
The housewives of the city know a
great deal more about cleaning and
Keeping clean than the busy. hard.
headed business men who are supposed
to look after the streets, says the pro-
fessor.
Professor Zeublin was lecturing Oh
'The Making of the City" Said he
"rhe term municipal housekeeping
Is not a misnomer. Therefore. the task
of cleaning the streets and keeping
them clean should he turned over 10
the housewives. who are experienced,
instead of being left to be misman.
aged by business men.
speaking frankly. the American peO-
pie aren't very clean. BY American
people I mean the native born, those
who can trace their ancestry back to
the colonial period. We multiply the
bathtubs In our houses and then 20
about splitting on sidewalks and on the
floors Of public buildings. We have
sance, and provide no public baths
Our idea Of cleanliness Is crude and
barbaric.
Municipal reform In the United
States began in 1894. Publication In
municipal politics dates from that
year. There are many encoun ging
signs in municipal politics. For in.
stance. II can be said that u two.thirds
majority of the Aldermen Of the Chi
cago City Council cannot be bought
outright. although 1t Is to the eternal
shame OF the city that such fac,
should be made the basis for II boast.
II you need frrst.class article II
.he line Of shoes drop In and SEE
:.ange Brothers In the Tribune Build
ing. Dearborn and Madison streets
There the public are well treated, ant
there all classes Of citizens will HI
given excellent value Mt reasonable
prices.
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Mr. Paul Pohl, the leading weis
beer brewer of the United States, Il
one of the most popular citizens o
Chicago. He Is affable in his manners
square in his dealings and punctual II
his appointments. He has repeated,
declined political honors, being cOnten
with his rapidly growing business.
EA0LET6.