Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-30

away the difficulties aud making muni.
cipal ownership easy. was much wiser.
He wrote the "Werno letter." and the
pending ordinances were drawn In nc.
cordancc with IL.
But again 1t Is a prediction period.
And again Mayor Dunno struts forth
on condemnation platform.
What ground for hope Is there In his
own past record that he seriously
thinks even now that he can accom-.
pllsh anything by means Of condemna.
ton?
The city may require the companies
at any time after three years-to aban.
don any or all Of their overhead troll.
leys for underground trolleys.
After one year no more trains Of
cars may be operated. Each car must
be run separately.
The cars must be well lighted.
They must be heated to tempera.
ture OF 80 degrees.
Cleanliness and ventilation are no
/ Quired.
| Push button, fender ana brake re-
L
quirements are all set forth In tho 0rdl.
nances.
The cars must have center aislcs.
seats facing forward, and no running
footboards. All closed cars must have
vestibules.
Moreover, the companies expressly
agree to comply with oil reasonable
regulations as to service prescribed by
the City Council and to be bound by
the decision Of the board OF supervising
engineers rs to what regulations are
reasonable.
The Beef Trust will find II hard
70 get a resting place when the peo
ole Of this country rise against It
AZ they surely will. The people Of til.
whole world are crying for its exter
MinatiOn.
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An average Of 10000 pounds of dis
eased meat In condemned every week BY
Chicago Health Department inspectors
In butcher shops and grocery and de-
partment stores 'lnside the Union
loop"
II this great amount, Of tubercular
cancerous and magsoty material can be
found by the inspectors and destroyed
"lnside the loop" a small territory
bounded by the river. Van Buren street
Wabash and Fifth avenues, how many
million pounds are sold to the public
and consumed In the vast territory out
side the loop?
This u very pertinent question.
That 10000 pounds Of diseased mea,
can escape stockyards inspection every
week and find itself into department
and other stores "inside the loop,'
should suffice to call attention to thu
vast amount Of poisonous food that es
capes inspection at the stockyards and
is sold outside the loop.
Facts are facts, and figures never lie
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II the Beef Trust thinks that thu
people will abide by the fake reports OF
Investigations made by wOmen's clubs
college professors and association com
posed Of so'called business men Il |,
greatly mistaken.
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II the laws regarding the selling OF
diseased meat were enforced the Bee
Trust would now he In jail.
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Insahitary conditions In the stool
yards were severely censured by DR.
Arnold q. Klebs In a lecture on "C0n
sumption and the Home" given In tn
Public Library under the auspices O.
the Chicago Medical Society.
"SOme day these insanitary condl
lions out at the stock yards will csus,
Q great upheaval In Chicago" he said
They are directly responsible for {
great deal Of the tuberculosis nov
prevalent In Chicago, and firmly
believe that one OF the greatest stride,
that can be made towards stamplnl
ont this disease Is 10 bring about
proper conditions at the stock yards. A"