Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-07-08
MUNICIPAL NEWS
Some Items of Interest From the
Public Offices About Occur.
rences of the Week.

to contain rest and reading rooms, q
library, gymnasium for men and won.
en-, and other improvements.
1t looks like voting machines for
Chicago. The Board of Election Com.
missioners voted to purchase 1000 ma.
chimes for use in all polling places of
Chicago and Cook county. The motion
to purchase the machines was carried
by vote Of two for the proposition to
one against 1t. Commissioners Charles
II. Kellermann and Howard 8. Taylor,
Democrats, voting in the Affirmative
and Commissioner Anthony Czarnecki,
Republican, in the negative.
The board in reaching its decision
took into account the recommends.
lions Of the commission OF voting ma
chine experts appointed by County
Judge John Il. owens, the official head
Of Cook county's election machinery.
In the report Of the experts the EN-.
pire voting machine was pronounced
the best Of the four machines that
had had been entered I'm the bidding,
though the Triumph, the International
and the Winslow machines were de-
clared to have fully met the specifica.
tons.
The decision was to purchase 1000
Empire machines for delivery in time
for use in the next elections, when i'm.
portant primaries will be held.
The price of each machine Is $1,000,
or total Of 100000, but o discount
will be obtained which, 1t Is said, will
make the actual cost s9i2.5O each, or
$942,5OO for the 1000 machines.
Chicago has the rottenest telephone
service Of any city in the world.
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The tearing up Of Clyborne avenue.
Larrabee street and other newly
paved northside thoroughfares for the
purpose of laying water mains and the
tearing up Of North Halsted street
also newly paved for the laying Of
new car tracks and the destruction Of
newly paved Webster avenue for the
installation Of gas mains, makes the
public wonder Mt the following letter
published in q daily paper:
Before street IL paved all public
utility corporations are regularly mott.
fed by this department Of the pro.
posed paving proceedings, and this
notice requires them to overhaul or
relay wherever necessary any Of their
underground property, 80 that II will
be In condition not to disturb the new
pavement. The gas company win
probably make all necessary repairs
on Ewing avenue shortly before the
contractor gets in to pave.
CHARLES v. STANDlSH.
sec'y Board OF Local improvements"
The grand jury cannot get after the
board Of local Improvement incompe.
tents too soon.
What public oflicial. II any, stands
In with the slot machine graft on the
elevated roads?
weighing machines" that don't
weigh; gum machines that take money
and give up no gum. The whole Of
them, gum and weighing devices,
should be torn of and thrown In the
lake. This form OF graft should be
suppressed at once.
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Clean out the municipal bench next
year.
Alderman Henry d. Captain 10 al.
ready making good in the city coun.
ell. The Twenty.ffth ward never
had better alderman.
HOME GAMES OF THE WHITE 0Ox
American League Ball Grounds.
Comiskey Park. 35th and Wentworth
avenue.
July Z. 8. Q. 10 with New York.
July II. ~, IS. II with Boston.
July 10, 16. II. IS with Washington.
July 90. 81. 20. 20 with Philadelphia.
August Is. II. 10. 16 with Detroit
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