The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-29

tions, offer decided announcement
that the notorious nuisance will be
abated this year"
The blight OF the elevated loop up
on Chicago, denounced by Corporation
Counsel Brundage of Mayor Buses
cabinet, really seems to be doomed at
no distant date to give way before the
pressure OF the growth "of the down
town district" now strangled by the
loop structure. A big petition of north
side property owners has been circu-
lated to extend the loop and include
a district north of the Chicago river.
But the congestion of streets, the up
roar OF the elevated trains of the loop
structure and the subway plans de-
finitely point to the razing of the loop
during the next few years rather
than any extensions. Charles T. Yer
kes built 1t at enormous profit to him
self by being more far sighted than the
directors of the west and south side
elevated railways, and all these years
the loop has exacted toll from the
millions of passengers which the 9TH
er roads carry daily to and from the
downtown district. Curiously enough
the loop has been q target OF certain
litigation ever since 1t was erected
that on It's face seems likely to be
successful, but which has been con-
tinued from term TO term and from
year TO year by means which are one
OF the great financial mysteries of the
city. That part OF the loop which
Yerkes built first in Fifth avenue
absolutely disregarded the surface
traffic of vehicles, and its supporting
legs stand squarely in the roadway
which now IS sorely needed every
minute Cor teaming.
Farmers institutes the country over
like conventions of the American
Federation of Labor and other or
ganizations representing large num-
bers of the "plain people" Lincoln
observed were so numerous have
sevred notice that the postal savings
bank measure will have consideration
even II other topics have to wait The
resolutions passed, petitions circulat-
ed and offers OF assistance are being
sent into the Postal Savings Bank
Chicago. With the certainty that the
bill will be held back as far as possi-
BILE by Chairman Weeks of the House
committee on postofiice, tremendous
pressure on and from members will
be needed to bring the bill to a vote.
Congressman Madden, one of the
Chicago delegation in Congress who
has been a consistant champion or
the bill has said: 81 am inclined to
believe that with a Boston banker as
chairman of the postoffice COMMITTEES
! there is not much likelihood of en-
couragement being given to any pro-
posal for the establishment of a pos
tai savings bank system. think, how
even that with proper organization OF
public sentiment, supplemented by
the active cooperation OF members
of congress, known to favor the pos
tai savings bank plan, we can force
a hearing before the committee on
postoffices and postroads, and that
with the weight OF testimony that
can be submitted, 1t Is reasonable
to expect that report must be made
by the committee of the House"
Rubber hose to chastioe an unruly
Chicago boy has been judicially sane
toned by grand jury as proper set
ting aside the hickory switch, the
shingle, the hair brush and ruler o
, old. "A hose does not cut the flesh
even II II does leave dark spots OF
: the skim" was the contention made