Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-08-26

Names of thirty.six candidates for
plumbing inspectors, eligible by the
markings of an examination held Ap.
ril 8, were made public Monday by
the civil service commission. They
are.
James J. Branick, 34S North Ayers
avenue, SASS.
Thomas J. Ryan, 916 North Fortieth
street, S4.39.
Bernard l.. Cruise, Ais West Con.
gress street, S2.37.
william ]. Ryan, $3.50 Fifth avenue.
$3.50.
Frank w. O'Neill, COS East Sixty.
second street, $3.50.
Richard J. Donnelly, 1920 South
Willard avenue. S1.13.
Patrick r. Bradley, 274l Flournoy
street. S1.O4.
Joseph Eral, 2446 Trumbull ave.
nue., S0.s5.
Richard II. Montgomery, 2O4 East
Ontario street. SOFAS.
Frank p. Corners, 5000 Union ave.
nue., SO.17.
According to dispatches from Wash.
ington, the West Side postofflce site
has been selected and will be be.
tween Van Buren,, Desplaines. Jeffer.
son and Congress streets. Francis w.
Taylor. secretary to secretary Mac.
Veagh, who visited Chicago recently,
said that he will recommend the above
site, which was proposed by the Chi.
cago Plan Commission. The matter
will be settled definitely upon the re.
turn Of Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury Bailey Of Washington.
In the report mage by Secretary
Taylor II Is stated that the price to be
paid for the postofice site selected Is
within the government appropriation.
Surveys Of the Chicago river at
| Washington street, following the ap.
prevail of the bids for the construc.
ton Of the new bridge which 10 to
span the stream at that point, are al.
ready being made. The structure.
which, according to the contract. ID
to be completed Dec. 81, 1912. will
cost $4,000.
Information has reached the House
committee on rivers and harbors, nc.
cording to dispatches from Washing.
ton. that the War Department within
few days will order the immediate
removal Of the bridge Of the Metro
politan Elevated Railroad across the
river between jackson boulevard and
Van Buren, street. A meeting Of the
committee was held Monday. at which
representatives SABBATH and Gallagher
Of Chicago. were present.
| Representative SABBATH has intro
duced an order In Congress asking
for an investigation into the action,
Of former Secretary Of War Dickin
son. when he ordered the Metropoi
itan bridge removed and later granted
Q stay Of the order. The com
mittee decided there would not b.
time to hold an investigation.
II Is claimed that influential inter
ests are working to force the city e
remove the bridge at Its own ex
pense. The committee decided to I'D
wise the War Department and the At
torney General to promote the earl,
removal Of the bridge.
Building Commissioner Henry Erics
son Is determined to have all old ant
dangerous buildings razed and Mon
day sent out additional notices, fol
lowing those he had delivered durint
the last ten days.
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Competition for county positions
under the civil service law is proving
to be keen. according to the number
that are applying for vacancies. Oh
Monday examinations were held In tn,
civil service once for ten positions o
laborers and domestics. and three hun
dred were examined. Tuesday an ex
animation was held for the position O
investigator In the County Agents de
partment, one being required, and 49,
applied.
Two important contracts for paw
ing downtown streets-Randolph ant
Clark streets-were closed by tn,
board Of local improvements Tuesday
and orders issued to have the worl