Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-12-10

supply of the South parks and com.
pei the South park board to furnish
its own water. The supply Of the park
could then be turned to the use of
the residence districts back Of the
yards"
A subcommittee consisting of AID
ermen Derpa, Mclnerney, Fisher and
Fulton was appointed to have an or.
dinance drawn up, repeating the pres
ent agreement between the city and
the South park board, and to have a
new agreement drafted.
City Engineer Ericsson told that
committee that the South parks con-
sumed at meter rates $125,000 worth
of water annually for which the city
receives q return OF only $4,000.
Henry Stuckart came out Monday
with an announcement that he Is a
candidate for the Democratic nomina.
ton for city treasurer.
James Slattery, who has been ap.
pointed to the post Of superintendent
of public service by President Peter
BaYtzen of the county board, has been
secretary Of the city building depart
ment. a position he gained by civil
service while Mr.. Bartzen was com
missioner of buildings under the
Dunno administration. He Is native
Chicagoan and Is 80 years old.
He is an alumnus of st. Ignatius
college, the Y. NJ. G. A. night school
and the Illinois College Of Law. He
was admitted to the bar in 1908, but
never practiced law.
He passed first in the city civil serv
Ice examination for superintendent OF
the bureau of compensation, but
waived appointment to the position.
A little over $4,000, 900 Is the amount
superintendent and managing ofiic
ers of the seventeen charitable insti
tutions Of Illinois estimate the state
legislature In its winter session ought
to appropriate for the maintenance Of
the institutions for the coming two
years.
Nothing is more suitable for Christ
mas presents than jewelry, and the
best place in Chicago to buy 1t Is al
Tom N. Donnelly's, 11S Dearborn
street.
Judge Joseph SABBATH, who made hii
first appearance at the West Chicago
Avenue Court Tuesday, was presented
with a life-si2ed water color picture
of himself by friends Of his home
ward, the Seventeenth.
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Whose duty is It to investigate the
payrolls and other things connected
with the Municipal Court?
| A clerk Of the Municipal Court will
be chosen at the next county election
Let us have some light on the Job.
Homer p. Tinsman, the well known
attorney and former alderman, stands
In the front ranks of Chicago's ables
lawyers and most highly esteeme,
citizens.
The judges of the Municipal Cour
are municipal officers and should b,
elected In the spring at municipal cleo
tons instead of in the fall at count.
elections. The county ticket in tn
fall is too big entirely and loading
down with the municipal judges Is en-
tirely unnecessary. The election @
municipal judges In the spring woul
Insure the selection OF a better elias
OF men than have been chosen for thl
Office as rule, because the tickle
. would be smaller and the voter woul
; have a better chance to make an In
telllgent choice.
This Is good time to be looking u
, the records of some of the boys VIII
are holding jobs that expire two year
hence.
Andrew ]. Grahams candidacy fo
mayor is steadily growing.
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Aldermanic candidates are con
mencing to crop up in all the wards.
/sHe$&
Alderman Matt A. Mueller, of tn
Twenty-ninth Ward, has made a splel
did record in the City Council and hi
denomination by the Republicans G
his ward Is assured.
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The drys are at 1t again.
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Matt Aller, the popular Democra
and brewer, is being urged by hi
many friends as the right man TO
the Democrats of the Twenty-sixtl