Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-10-21
MUNICIPAL NEWS
Some Items of Interest From the
Public Offices About Occur
rences of the Week.

walks down with them that in many
instances the sidewalks slope toward
the building instead of toward the
curb line. There are cases where the
sidewalks are even below the paw.
ing" Commissioner Of Public Works
McGann and President Schllling of
the Board of Local improvements,
held conference with Mayor Harri-
son on the necessity Of rebuilding the
walks. No decision was reached and
another conference will be held.
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Aldermen Henry d. Captain and
Charles M. Thomson headed delega.
ton on Tuesday of North Clark street
business men which appeared before
Mayor Harrison for settlement of a
dispute over sidewalk show cases.
| A short time ago the North Shore
Protective and Property Owners As.
ISOLATION decided that the showcases
should go. An order was procured
from the police and the showcases
were removed. A petition was taken
to the mayor yesterday. It was signed
by III persons and asked that they be
permitted to place showcases on the
sidewalks.
Mayor Harrison took the dispute un.
der advisement for a week.
Nearly $250,OOO year would be
saved the city, according to r. F.
Kelker, division engineer OF the board
Of supervising engineers, by the gen.
| eral adoption of the new "Romapac"
steel rail, which is to be tried In Hal.
sted street. Replacing Of the new rail
will not require the tearing up Of the
streets and Mr.. Kelker says this ad.
vantage alone would save the city
nearly a quarter Of a million. The
work Of relaying the tracks in Halsted
street will begin next Monday.
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Ross c. Hall. Democratic candidate
for Judge Of the Superior court, was
born in Rushville. ILL.,, October 20.
1866. He was educated In the public
and high schools Of Macomb. ILL.,. and
Georgetown college, Washington, d.
c. Mr.. Hall was admitted to the bar
in 1883 and has practiced in Chicago
since 1898. His offices are in the Ash
land block and his practice has been
q success from the start. He was o
member Of the 40th general assembly
Of Illinois, 1878, where he made Q
splendid record, and was nominated
by the Democrats in 1906 for sanitary
trustee. He resides In Oak Park. Mr..
Hall has been life long Democrat
and has host Of friends and admir-.
ers all over Chicago and throughout
Cook county. He is we'll qualified for
q seat on the bench.
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Thomas Taylor, Jr., Republican
nominee for Judge Of the Circuit
Court, has been for nineteen years
master In chancery Of the Circuit
Court of Cook County, and IL Q man
of well.known legal ability. After at.
tending public school no entered Knox
College ut Galesburg. worked his way
through, and was graduated In 1881.
He was active In college affairs and
was president of the Gnothautti Liter.
airy Society. In 1882 Mr.. Taylor en-.
tered the Harvard University law
school, from which, he was graduated
with honor In 1885, receiving the de.
gree of LII. B. Shortly afterward he
was admitted to the Suffolk County
(dass.) bar and for year practiced
low In Boston In the Offices Of Bur.
dette & Gooch. In 1887 Mr.. Taylor
came to Chicago, and since that time
has been actively engaged In law prac.
tice. Mr.. Taylor Is q member Of the
Chicago. University, Law. City, Ham.
ilton and Marquette clubs. He Is on
the executive committee Of the iii.
nois Humane Society, Is vice president
of the Onwentsia Club and is Q Nom.
Der of the Chicago. Illinois and Amer.
lean Bar associations. In 1906 he was
!. appointed by Governor Deneen q dele
gate to the congress on uniform law.
: Mr.. Taylor Is married and has three
children. His home Is in Hubbards
Woods. Winnetka.
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A good. honest, fairminded Judge
like Joseph Fl. Fitch should be kept
on the bench. Vote for him.
Everybody is with Judge Marcus
Kavanagh for reelection.
John J. Coburn 10 the choice OF
all classes Of people for Judge Of the
Superior Court. His plurality next
November will be big one.
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II you have any cheap Aldermen up
your way send them to the telephone
office without delay.
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Does the telephone company put
more than four parties on one wire In
violation of the city ordinance?
Just keep tab on the aldermen who
are working overtime for the tele
phone company.
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III The telephone gang sprang a new
joke the other day. Drop a nicke