Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-30
FOR GOOD TRACTION.
The People Are Fully Determined to
Wipe Out the Present Street
Car Conditions.
Vote for the Ordinances April
Second Will Result in Their
Adoption.

Here are some reasons why the
street railway settlement ordinances
should be voted for April 2:
Because the issue lies between set-
Element of the franchise negotiations
In the public interest on the one hanh
and on the other continuance Of the
old struggling and fighting.
Fighting the traction companies was
worth while just SO long rs the COM
panies Insisted on extravagant de-
mands. Just 40 long 1t meant tenn.
porary bad service. 1t Is true, but Just
- long 1t meant the hope Of a better
service In the future.
But a continuation OF the lighting
now means bad service. without any
compensating hope for the future.
The companies have been beaten.
They have been thoroughly beaten.
The ordinances prove Il
What's the sense In continuing the
fight for mere love Of fighting when
the victory has been won?
Because hereafter extensions Of the
street railways Of Chicago will be
directly under the City Councils con.
troll, instead Of being subject to the
desires OF the companies.
After the three-year period during
which the rebuilding Of the lines In to
be completed the council has the power
to compel the construction Of ten miles
Of double track, or twenty miles OF
single track, railway each year In sicf
parts OF the city rs 1t directs. The
City Railway Company must build -four
miles OF double track road. or eight
miles OF single track, and the Chicago
Railways Company must build the
rest.
It Is provided, however, that th<
new lines which the council can re
auIre must not be nearer than one
half mile to parallel lines. 1t Is al
much to the interest OF the public a'
Of the companies that the new llnei
be not punched In any part OF the city
and this provision gives protectior
against any such favorltism.
All the new lines must be constructed
under the oversight Of the Board Of
Supervising Engineers, which the city
controls.
Because Of the great care, the pains
taking study and the honest effort tha
have been devoted on the part Of thu
city authorities to protect the city,
interests at every point and to obtain
the best possible bargain for the city
Aldermen labored on the ordinances
who have been active In the negotia
tons for the greater part of a decade
The Local Transportation Committe'
OF the City Council was controlled b.
members selected by Mayor Dunno fo
their fitness and agreement with hi
policies.
The appralsement OF the companies
properties was In the hands OF Messrs
Cooley, Arnold and Du Pont, the city
own experts.
Walter L. Fisher, counsel for tn
Mayor and then for the committee
watched every detail OF the ordinance
and every principle involved In them
with fuller knowledge Of the situation
than any other Chlcagoan has shown
When the ordinances We're reported
70 the council there We're twelve vote
for them, none against them, and onl.
one not voting.
When the council passed the ordi
nances there We're fifty-seven votes fo
them to twelve against them.
The work was we'll done for the city
Because the condemnation program
which Is the only alternative TO tn,
franchise ordinances has been trle'
and proved a failure-a failure eveI
as program.
Mayor Dunno was elected two years
ago on a policy Of immediate munIclpa
ownership by means OF condemnation
1t was good program before elec
tIon.
After election Mayor Dunno begar
10 consider the facts and found out
that franchise settlement clearing