The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-06
TO BUY CAR LINES
CHICAGO VOTES TO ISSUE $751;
ooo, 900 BONDS.
BUT NOT TO OPERATE ROADS
Result is Only Partial Victory for
Mayor Dunno - Claims His Pol
icy Has Been Endorsed.

Chicago.-Three propositions were
submitted to the voters at Tuesdays
election, the first of which was:
Shall the city of Chicago proceed
to operate street railways"
This proposition required sixty per
cent. of the total vote cast in order to
become effective. The total vote was
approximately 233. 900. OF this number
the proposition to proceed to the i'm
mediate operation of the street rail
ways secured but 120,911 votes. over
1900 short of the necessary three
fifths.
The second proposition involved the
approval of an ordinance previously
passed by the City Council providing
for the issue of street railway certiti-
Gates in amount not to exceed $15,-
100000 for the purchase, ownership
and maintenance OF the street rail
ways. This was carried by about 3,40O
votes.
The third question, which was sim
ply on the question of public policy and
has no legal effect whatever, is shall
the City Council proceed without de.
lay to secure the municipal ownership
and operation of the street railway un-
der the Mueller law, instead of grant.
ing franchises to private companies"
This proposition was carried by
about $500 votes.
Mayor Dunno construed the passage
of the $75 5,O00, 900 certificates and pub
lie policy propositions as victory for
municipal ownership, but expressed
| his disappointment over the defeat of
| the proposition for municipal opera
ton. He said:
Il admit that | am disappointed be-
cause the victory is not complete. The
| important proposition. however, at the
| present time is for the issuance of the
| certificates, and this has been carried.
| | regret, however. very much that We
| did not get the necessary majority to
| enable us legally to operate the street
| railway lines. But this will not pre-
vent us from again going before the
| public If we have the street railway
lines and asking for the necessary au.
thority to operate. The people will
vote for operation with big majority
| at the proper time"
The election was one of the most in
teresting to Chicago voters that has
been held in many years. The vote
was much larger than had been ex-
pected. and all day the contest for and
against municipal O"utISHlp was Dil-
terly fought Party lines were largely
ignored and the eligibility of candi-
dates depended more upon their atti-
tude toward municipal operation Of
street cars and high license for saloons
than upon their party records.
OF the thirty-five aldermen elected
today, Mayor Dunno claims that eight
cen are avowed champions of munich
pal ownership and that he will have
much less difficulty in passing meas
ures relating to that doctrine through
the City Council than has been his for
tune heretofore.
The faction opposed TO municipal
ownership declares that 1t still holds
the control of the Council and that
Mayor Dunno will have no greater sue
cess in the future than he has had In
the past.
Beside the question of municipal
| ownership the issue @as made in many
of the aldermanic contests OF whether
the saloon licenses of the city shall be
$500 or $1,000. The election results do
not indicate repeal of the high II.
| cenSe.