Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-09-24
HEIGHTS GRAFT
Chicago Heights Certainly Revels
ina Superior Quality of the Article
at the Expense of Tax Payer.

beneht Of It in the way Of big special
assessments to raise the money to pay
for this Junk.
The grating tendency Of the town
Is taking on socialistic tint.
Not satisfied with the pronounced
failure achieved by an expensive, ex.
travagant and municipality owned wa.
ter works, the Chicago Heights au.
thorities are already commencing to
work up municipality owned electric
light plant.
This will add greatly to the burdens
OF the tax payer, but what Of It?
Will II not give more political Jobs
to political friends Of the powers that
be?
viii It not open the road for dozens
Of new contracts for suppliers Of the
needful machinery?
The water works game az munici.
pally run has produced everything In
abundance but water.
II has produced dissatisfaction.
II has produced thirst.
It has produced the disconti ntinuation
Of lawn and garden and tree sprin.
king.
It has produced water meters-one
In every house.
II has produced higher water rates
than any other town in Illinois 10 pay.
Ing.
It has produced bills against the
city that certainly excite feelings Of
curiosity.
A municipality owned light plant
would produce condition Of affairs
that would make darkness Q blessing.
With present conditions and the
tax payers Groaning under Increasing
burdens. the municipal electric light
meters would equal II they did not ex.
ceed municipal water meters In debt
producing qualities.
They would have to meet the de.
mands Of municipal and political
graft.
II the Chicago Heights authorities
would only hearken to the voice Of
disinterested and public spirited citi.
zen like the real father Of Chicago
Heights. N. H. Kilgallen. they would
certainly get closer to the people.
Mr.. Kilgallen. % everybody knows,
10 q thoroughly disinterested man out.
side OF his desire to further the inter.
ests Of the Heights.
Yet bis advice given to the City
Council last summer was almost Who'll.
ly disregarded and water conditions
have not improved,
The water pumped by the works IL
as hard" In its composition as It is
hard to get.
Why doesn't the Council make ar.
rangements with some water softener
company to soften the waterf
Its corrosive effects on boilers Is
we'll known.
And there 10 20 little Of 1t at that
that the people are demanding three
things Of the authorities:
I. Have . careful investigation and
examination made Of the geological
conditions underlying Chicago Heights
with view to ascertaining whether
there is water enough under the city
to guarantee permanent high pres.
sure water supply.
2. To make Q similar examination
OF the surrounding country for the
purpose Of determining whore bet.
ter and permanent supply can be OBJ
tained and to report the estimated
cost Of obtaining It. and the best
means of bringing II to the surface
and distributing It.
3. To use every endeavor to induce
the Sanitary District Trustees to dig
canal from Lake Michigan at South
Chicago past Chicago Heights. 30 as
to give this city the benent Of . last.
Ing supply Of water for general pur-
poses. MANUFACTURER.
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Chicago Heights. Sept. 20.
Editor Chicago Eagle:-I notice that
Manufacturer" In his letters to the
Eagle 10 constantly swelling Mr.. XIII
gallen "the popular and progressive
manager OF the Land Association"
etc., etc. wonder who Manufactures"
buys his coal from and whether ne
has any trouble In having It delivered
on time In Car load lots or otherwise?
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