Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-29

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ties, direct election Of senators and
direct primaries. As a lawyer he Is
earnest and intelligent and his OK.
perience at the bar qualities him for
the bench. He deserves your vote.
There 10 q general demand for the
abolition Of boulevards.
They are maintained exclusively for
the rich at the expense Of the poor.
They are used exclusively By per.
sons owning automobiles and are
kept up BY the taxes Of people who
do not live upon them.
When people Of moderate means
we're enabled to own and enjoy the
driving Of horses. the boulevards were
the delight Of the common people.
II 10 different now.
People who live upon streets that
are not boulevards can only have
them improved BY putting their hands
In their pockets and paying for the
improvements themselves.
All property upon streets not boule-
varded Is subject to the levy Of spe.
cial assessments for the improvement
and maintenance Of such thorough.
fares.
Property fronting on boulevards 10
not subject to special assessment.
The improvement Of boulevards and
the maintenance Of these costly lux.
uries 10 paid for out Of the park taxes
levied upon tho general tax payer.
who reaps no benent from his outlay.
Trees upon boulevards are main.
tanned out of the general park taxes.
levied upon all taxpayers.
While the general taxpayer pays for
the boulevard trees. he has also to
pay for the trees In front Of his own
home and IL then informed by the
city council that he does not own
them.
Special privileges to none. but equal
rights for all II the slogan that 10
growing In volume.
The people cheerfully contribute
to the maintenance Of parks. but they
are unwilling to be bled longer for
boulevards.
The boulevard 20 4 tax.eating load
on the general public. must 80.
Hurry up those subways.
Don't Electrify.
The Touchers' Union and the Round
House reform club favor II.
But the hardworing railroad engi.
neers. who would have their salaries
cut In two II electrihcation passes the
City Council. are against It.
So are the conductors and their
/ friends.
Likewise the brakemen and their
friends.
The honest. everyday people are
with the railroad men.
The railroads are not entitled to
any sympathy In their efforts to keep
their men from earning living wages.
The railroads keep up the price Of
transportation.
They keep up freight rates.
They squeeze the public.
Now they are kicking because their
employees demand suficient pay 10
keep their families fed and comfort
ably clothed.
For q long time the railroads have
been encroaching on the rights Of
their men.
The electrihcation scheme. 90 cum.
ningly worded as Making for clean
city"-as II railroad magnates ever
cared for clean cities-is only one Of
the many causes for lowering the
wage standard.
Electrifcation means cheap electric
motormen In place Of engineers In
the territory surrounding cities.
The steam engineers will become a
secondary consideration and their
wages will be lowered In that event
instead OF raised.
The engineers. who are perhaps the
steadiest and most reliable class OF
public servants In the country. are
taking time by the forelock.
They are going to get better wage
scale before the electrifcation clamps
are put on. or they will know the req.
son why.
II they do not get It. there will be Q
general strike of $4,000 locomotive
engineers on sixty-0ne Western rail.
roads.
The railroads will surrender rather
than face Q strike.
You can bet on that.
Judge Joseph H. Fitch. Democratic
candidate for reelection s Sugars of
age and has been resident OF Chicago
since 1865. He was admitted to prac'
tice in 1881 and was Master In Chan
Gerry, Superior Court, In 1928. His
practice as lawyer was general In
character, but lately he specialized In
condemnation cases and special 40.