Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-09-02

data necessary upon these trips.
Among those who have been inter.
ested In the work was City Sealer
Livingston of Pittsburgh. Others
from indianapolis, Minnesota and st.
Paul attended conferences with Mr.
thinner.
Thursday was the last day for issu-
ance of permits for buildings 26O feet
in height On Friday, September 1,
the city councils amendment to the
building code, by which future struc.
lures are limited to 200 feet, goes into
effect
AS result of the new code Chi.
Cages downtown district for the last
few months has witnessed the great.
est building activity in years. Prom.
erty owners and lessees and archi.
tects and builders have rushed plans
to beat the time limit. Permits for
nine skyscrapers, the estimated cost
of which aggregates over $4,000, 900.
have been issued within the last few
days.
Construction work on all buildings
for which permits have been issued
must begin by this Saturday. Other.
wise the permits will be revoked. This
was the announcement of Mr. Erics.
son. coupled with the explanation that
such work need only be of a prelim.
mary nature in evidence of good faith.
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Alderman Ellis Geiger of the Twen-
ty.first Ward returned on Tuesday
from an extended tour of inspection
of Eastern cities. Mr.. Geiger visited
New York, Baltimore. Philadelphia
and Boston. and made careful inspec.
tons Of their municipal regulation
with view to the improvement of
that Of Chicago. He has returned to
put into practice the lessons learned
here. He says that Chicago should:
inaugurate the liked post" system
Of police patrol.
Increase the order by 10000 arc
lights now with the Sanitary District
to 10000 arc lights.
Make more rigid the rule governing
traffic In the eonossted districts.
Increase the night police force.
Have better harbor facilities.
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Corporation Counsel Sexton has
been asked to render an opinion as
to the validity Of liquidated tax war.
rants issued by the village Of Morgan
Park Just previous to It's being an.
nexed to the City Of Chicago. The
Calumet Trust ond Savings Bank pur.
chased some Of the warrants and a
difference Of opinion has risen be.
tween attorneys at Morgan Park re.
garding whether or not they should be
honored.
The first OF the through routes con.
Meeting the West and South sides of
the city through the downtown dis.
trict will be put In operation next
Tuesday morning. II Ia known in the
ordinance as through route No. Z and
runs from the city limits on West
Madison street east to State and south
to Thirty.ninth street.
The board Of supervising engineers
have been working on schedule for
the through route and cars will be run
three minutes apart, each company
putting on cars in proportion to the
mileage represented.
The new officials of the Chicago Ele.
waited Railways are busy organizing
their operating forces and important
changes will soon be announced. The
auditing department of the elevated
roads has been moved from the Royal
Insurance Building out to the Offices
of the Northwestern ON Wilson ave.
nue.. The executive and operating de-
partments will remain downtown.
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Cheaper telephones must come.
Permanent bridges over the river
would do wonders for Chicago.
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HOME GAMES OF THE WHITE COX
American League Ball Grounds.
Comiskey Park. 36th and wentworth
avenue.
September !. 2. 8 with ClsvslanA
September 10 with st. LouiA
October .. with st. Louis.
| October 6. Z. 8 with ClevslauA