Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18
FOR TRACK ELEVATION.

'Tnere are TWO ways OI StOppluS thc
wholesale slaughter Of our inhabit.
ants" said Professor Morris. zone is
to elevate the tracks and the other Is
to take them out. am informed that
the illinois Central Railroad Company
has threatened to take out Its tracks
II we insist on elevation. We are a
nation Of poker players, and I believe
that we recognize this as bluff. and
I am ready to call their bluff"
Before the meeting closed commit.
tee to visit the city track elevation
expert Saturday morning and talk
with him about methods to pursue In
seeking elevation was appointed.
LIBRARY BOARD CHANGES.
BY q Redistribution Of the service Of
the Chicago public library. as pro.
posed to the directors Monday night
by Director Graham Taylor, chairman
of special committee appointed for
that purpose, employees may be pro-
noted by merit from one grade or
position to another In direct line &C.
cording to civil service rules. The re.
port was laid over until the next reg.
ular meeting. Circulating branch IL.
braries will be opened at the follow.
ing reading rooms: Ogden Park. Da.
Wis Square. Russell Square, Hamilton
Park, Sherman Park, West Park No. 1
and West Park No. 2. The Austin
branch library will be opened early in
January and the one at Lincoln Cen.
ter about Feb. I.
FOR PROTECTION FOR THE PEG.
PIE.
After a conference Wednesday be.
tween Commissioner Of Track Eleva.
ton Walter J. Raymer and Aldermen
OF the Twenty.second. Twenty.third'
Twenty. fourth. Twenty.hfth and TWEEN
tyslxth wards It was announced that
an agreement had been reached where
by the Chicago. Milwaukee and st.
Paul Road win be asked to elevate the
tracks of ito Evanston branch by Sec
lions. beginning at the north end Of
the extension. The estimated cost Is
about 32.50e,00O.
Alderman Jacob A. Hey, Of the
Twenty.third Ward. viii ask Corpora
ton Counsel Brundage to determine
the validity Of the St. Paul company's
claim to right Of occupancy In Bloom
ingdale road.
Hubbard, Spencer. Bartlett Z Co. sell
a great deal of hardware to the city
More or less several thousand dol
lars worth annually.
A. c. Bartlett Is the managing
genius for this concern, It is claimed
A. G. Bartlett IL q member OF the
Merriam Commission.
He IL talked Of for Governor. for
Senator. for Mayor.
He 10 talked of as city contractor
who 10 investigating his own con
tracts.
There Is a good deal Of gossip about
this, as Mr.. Bartlett il looked upon
as q great reformer.
How men like Mr. Bartlett and that
$4,000 beauty. Walter l.. Fisher. can
have the nerve to investigate Meow
ern and Cummings and others under
the circumstances II past fnding out
The people do not think that Mr.
Bartlett or Mr.. Fisher or any one else
IN too good to investigate.
The idea of their investigating other
lovers Of money ia something laugh
able, isn't II?
The city purchasing agent must 60
This II agreed upon on all sides
although the manner of his going Ii
not.
That Comptroller Wilson IL good
man to Investigate him is also some
what questionable.
But to Bartlett and Fisher but one
reply can be.
They hail from Business Methods
and its famous apple tree.
As a fruit of those business methods
report also sought to connect Mr.. Cole
mans brother.in-law, William A. Pros
ser. 1887 East Sixty-sixth street, with
CITY purchases. Mr.. Coleman. though
said there was no foundation in truth
for this. i,
"Mr. Prosser is my brother.in.law.'
Mr.. Coleman said, "but he is not In
business for himself. He works for
Hubbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co, and
is department manager. YES thal
company sells supplies to the city, but
not because Of Mr.. Prosser's conhec
ton with 1t. The annual purchases
from that. concern are not more than
$4,000. and every item is on competi
tive bidding"
Chris. Carr, who Is brother OF
Commissioner Hanberg's wife, 10 sac
to have sold annually about A'oo'
worth Of lesser hardware to the CITY
At Mr.. Coleman's once It was saio
Mr.. Carr had been selling to the city
for eighteen years.
Why investigate Chris. Carr ano
leave Mr.. Bartlett's Arm out?
The Merriam Commission ID asked
70 look into the deals Of the following