Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-01-09

would prove q popular and winning
candidate for City Treasurer on the
Democratic ticket.
City Attorney John Il. Caverly has
won the admiration and highest re.
spect Of all Chicagoans by his clean
ana able record.
| Jacob W. Loeb stands in the front
ranks Of Chicngo's best known and
most popular attorneys.
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As II result Of his good record as
Mastcr.in.C hancery james =. Hopkins
enjoys u widespread popularity among
the bench and bar of Cook county.
Benjamin +. Nicholson, the popular
attorney for the West Park Board. II
strongly talked Of by many Of his
friends for Judge Of the Circuit Court
ON the Republican ticket
The Oak Park Republican Club was
to have held meeting Monday night
to determine upon the Endorsement of
an Oak Park candidate for Circuit
Court Judge. Two Chicago lawyers.
residents of Oak Park. are nspIrants
for the Republican nomination They
are Jesse A. Baldwin and Walter 4.
Holden. For some time there has
been brewing II contest which. II had
been expected. would result In an In.
tlorsement by the Oak Park Itcpubli.
cans Of one man or the other. 4 meet.
Ing had been called to bc held ut the
Oak Park Municipal Building to deter.
mine the issue. The meeting was
called of. however. and II was agreed
that no action should he taken before
the primary. Allen =. Ray. Republican
County Committeeman from Oak Park,
says that the Endorsement meeting has
been indefinitely postponed.
John Taylor Booz, the able attorney,
Is the strongest man talked Of for
the Democratic nomination for Alder.
man Of the Twenty.frst Ward.
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There IL no harder working or bet.
ter liked public official In Cook county
than County Assessor Adam Wolf.
with the acceptance OF the franchise
ordinance less than year agO, the Chi.
cagO Railways Company enters upon
the new year with a record that II can
point to with pride. 1t now reaches
every portion Of the North, Northwest
ana West Sides OF Chicago. 1t has 300
miles Of track and connections with 30
additional miles. No other street rail.
way system In the world has as much
mileage. The Chicago Railways Com.
pany. on Nov. IL. 10OS, was q per cent
ahead of immediate rehabilitation re-
quirements under the ordinance. 1t nc.
cepted It's franchise ordinance Jan. %,
1908. II has completed 10 per cent OF
Its rehabilitation and expects to finish
the work this year. 1t has built TAO
miles Of new track--mOdern grOOved
rails laid In concrete. Has go "Pay.
as-yOu.enter" cars Of the most up.tO'
date model, either In service or In vari'
Gus stages OF completion In the Pullman
shops. (The ordinance requires that
225 new ears shall be installed Il year
after its acceptance) There are 30 Of
these splendid new cars In operation
on Madison street, Evanston avenue
Clark street, Armitage avenue, Milwau'
kee avenue and other streets; 80 more
are to be ordered this year, making Il
total Of 1900 The company has In
stalled 227 miles Of vltrihed clay tile
duet for underground cables, or about
20 per cent Of the estimated amount
Has replaced ~ miles of trolley with
! heavier wire. or ~ per cent Of the
amount specified. AMI has let contracts
for 1876 miles of underground cable.
Col. John q. NeNmeister's boom fol
City Treasurer continues to grow.
Judge Charles =. Cutting has won
the confidence and admiration Of thu
, people of Chicago by his grand record
on the Probate Court bench.
Charles 4. Mcdonald, the able law
yer. who was ~ strongly talked of fol
States Attorney last summer, would
= prove n popular candidate on the Dem
r ocratic ticket for Judge OF the Circui,
Court.
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l Harry IIildrcth. who nas made such
"A splendid record as Assistant City