Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-24

was appointed Master In Chancery Of
the Superior Court and held the Of.
flee until December. 1908, when he re-.
signed. lie was elected m 1905 to
represent the 31st district In the I'LL
nOIs State Senate and IL now serving
as member Of the 10th General As
sembly. lie In chairman Of the Deep
Waterway Committee Of the Senate.
and IL recognized as one Of the lead.
ers In the new Senate organization.
Mr.. SchMitt II married ind resides ut
1O41 Deining place. Ills election will
place on the bench an honest. able ana
fearless jurist. lie deserves the votes
If all good citizens.
With reference to the proposed leg.
| islation, embodied IN several bills now
pending before the Illinois Legislature,
to enable Illinois municipalities to spe.
city patented pavencnts In ordinances
for public improvements. Il peculiar sit.
uation II presented. Illinois stands al.
most alone IN denying It's cities the
power to take advantage Of modern
discovery ana invention. Almost every
other state Of the Union. either by leg.
islation or judicial decision. permits
patented lavements to he laid. In II.
linOis. however. the Supreme Court has
decided. that under our special assess.
ment law, patented pavements may not
be specified where cost IL to he paid by
special assessment. the theory Of this
decision being TINT the special nssess.
nlent Inv cOmpels contracts for Inn
prOvemeits to be let tn the lowest bid.
der. nnd that under the strict cOnstruc.
ton required VI this law, there can he
no lowest bidder In the case Of pat.
ented pavement Srhus, cities Of I'LL.
nois are still limited to the old forms
Of pavement. which. from long expert.
ence. have shown to be- ctOry.
All over the country. where the paw.
Ing question has been studied by com.
petent commissions or engineers, the
result has been the adoption Of the lat.
est discoveries in the pavement field.
as enbodying economic and sanitary
improvements over the old asphalt. GO
dar block. brick and granite pavements.
Private corporations called upon to OK
pend large sums OF money for pave
ment work. have, after investigation
found these patented pavenents to an
swcr the requirements Of economy, dur.
ability, nolsclessness ana cleanliness to
II far greater degree than any Of the
old pnvemcnts. and consequently have
adopted and used the patented pave
, ments.
The most prominent Of these patent
cd pavements are the Biiulithic and
!, GranitOid, Of which hundreds Of miles
have been laid In this country, with
. most satisfactory results.
The Bltulithlc pavement il composed
. OF an assorted granite or limestone
= rock. thoroughly cleaned, and with sixe'
NO arranged that the bOytls between the
stones are reduced to minimum, thu
giving the pavement IN Inherent sta
bility from the stone itslf. The boyd
are then filed with Il bituminOus &c
2 ment. made either Of refined tar or re
fined asphalt, the whole being thei
n thoroughly rolled. The result II ,
q pavement that II thoroughly water
o proof and not subject to deterioration
n or dislntegration by the action OF tn
4 elements or changes of heat ana cold
q The Granitoid pavement Is the M
n plication to pavements Of concrete
9 which Is now so popular In the con
8 | structiOn of buildings. The concrete II
h this case, however, IL composed of sl'e
!. cially selected stone, ana II divided b.
:. patented processes into squares, inter
y laid with so-called expansion joints.
@ Is a pavement especially suited to bus
ness streets having all the durabllit,
Of granite block, ut u great saving II
cost. ana being free from the joints
! which In the case Of the granite block
I permit of the accumulation of dirt AM
: add TO the noise Of the stone.
Edwin \, Olson has gained by hi
long and brilliant record as a lawye
=. well earned popularity In Chicago
!, and his election as Judge of the Gil
= cult Court on June It'll Is assured.
~6
John u. Murray Is qualified In ever
y way for seat on the Circuit COul
: bench and his election on June Z wi
' he well deserved.
;, ~6
o One of the ablest ana most success,
n full lawyers In Chicago Is Jacob "
It Loeb. Mr.. Loeb was born In Chicag,
= where he attended the public school,
+. afterwards graduating from the I'm
q versity Of Michigan. lie attended tn
4 Kent School Of Law. and studied hi
o chosen profession under John 8. MI
t Ter, OF the legal firm of Peck, Mile
4 4 Starr. Mr.. Loeb has participated
, much important litigation along req
n estate lines and II well versed. II
q was counsel for John G. Fetxer In til
Q Milwaukee Avenue Bank receivershil