Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-12-30
MUNICIPAL NEWS
Some Items of Interest From the
Public Offices About Occur.
rences of the Week.

UdnCe WHeTeUy tue fenHbylNdhid RdiI-
road Company Is seeking to construct
a nine.foot TUNNEL under the Calu.
met river. 81 am opposed to this or.
dinance," he said. THE company is
asking for a nine.foot tunnel ap.
parently for the purpose Of putting
wire through It. do not see why
the bore should be 80 large. The
alderman said there had been rumors
that there was another reason for the
tunnel.
Uniform lights and poles are being
designed by the Special Light Com.
mission appointed some months ago
by Mayor Harrison, and at meeting
| a subcommittee was appointed to get
three designs Of arc lights and the
same number of designs of incandes.
cent lamps. The committee appointed
Is headed by r. h. Ellicott, electrical
engineer Of the sanitary district.
Some interesting items are taken
from the annual reports submitted by
the different departments of the
county and city government, as fol.
lows:
Between 100000 and 100000 was
added to the county's revenue by the
efforts Of Attorney Francis 8. Wilson,
County Attorney.
The Lincoln Park Board paved
100000 square yards of boulevards
under its control.
A new animal house costing
$4,000 will be completed in Lincoln
Park by next Fall.
Patrons Of the Chicago Public Ii.
brary read 100000 more books last
year than the previous year.
The total number of books read by
patrons Of the library according was
100000. Of which 100000 were
taken home. The public documents
examined numbered 100000 and $780,.
900 copies Of periodicals were used.
More than 100000 was saved by
the County Agent for Cook County:
100000 pounds OF ice and 1900 Ice
boxes were distributed during the hot
months to Chicago's poor persons.
The number Of patients at Dunning
increased 400. At the beginning Of
the year there we're 2,42S inmates.
The total earnings Of the clerk Of
the Probate Court for 1911 was $211,.
6S4.25.
The construction Of q new $4,000.
900 county hospital on the site Of the
old institution was started.
THE Body Snatching Trust" has
been dissolved by the administration
at the County Hospital.
The gross receipts Of the Circuit
Court clerk were 3125.749.34; 1929
| suits were commenced and 9,93S suits
were disposed OF.
Pneumonia claimed 4,942 victims;
tuberculosis, 3,7O2.
School nurses cared for 414,4i3
children.
The Municipal Lodging House &C.
commodated 1900 dodgers.
The seventeen municipal bath.
houses supplied 1,037,50O baths.
Condemnation proceedings for the
acquisition Of property to be used as
a small park In the 18th ward will
soon be begun.
The West Chicago park commits
siOners on Tuesday passed resolu
ton authorizing the president and at
torney OF the board to prepare tt
take legal steps to acquire the site.
Action was taken after the mem
bers had listened to protests from {
delegation whose members urget
that the commissioners not buy thu
block bounded by South Lincoln
South Wood, West Nineteenth ant
West Twentieth streets, but instead
acquire the block just north OF tn
proposed site, partly occupied by tn
Chicago lime works.
"You are trying to use the Yves
Park Board to eliminate the lin,
kilns that have been there for years,
replied Commissioner John F. Smul
ski. ITO acquire the land Of the linn
company would cost twice as mucl
% the proposed SITE"
The Board OF Local Improvement
annual report. sent out by Presiden
George A. Schilling. shows 1873 mile
of pavement laid during the presen
administration. Sixty.six miles o
sewer was laid. twenty-five miles O
house drains and 217 miles of cemen
sidewalks. The department show
collections OF $6.240,3l2,19 and voucll
ers issued to contractors for 1881
43l,7l.
Interesting figures are furnished b.
the annual report Of Henry Il. Legler
. Public Librarian OF Chicago. TIL
reading of non.fction works has bee
encouraged by the introduction of tn
open shelf department and with grea
success, the librarian asserts. Tn
patrons OF the library read 10000
more books In 1911 than they did l
1910, according to the resume. Tn
total number of books used during tn
year was $4,000, of which 100000
were for home use.
! The largest gains were made
the branches. Five Of the twent
circulating branches were opene
during the year. The number Of pul