Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-07-08

sounded the death knell to the hopes
Of the peddlers when 1t forwarded a
legal opinion to City Clerk Connery
and declared Illegal an amendment
which aimed to allow the crying of
wares between the house Of 8 o'clock
in the morning and 4 o'clock in the af.
ternoon.
Inspection of all police stations
fire houses and public buildings in the
city by the council committee on city
hall and public buildings will be ask.
ed by Alderman Danisch, chairman of
the committee.
THE revolving conditions in some
of the police stations caused me to
act" said Alderman Danlsch. Some
of the police stations, II the reports
received are true, are fright, and
want the council to conduct an in.
vestigation through its public build.
ings committee.
II am told that at the Human
street police station stream Of run.
ming water passes through the cell.
rooms for the use of prisoners, and
this is the best accommodation they
are afforded. A prisoner has the same
right to a sanitary sellroom as a pa.
tient in a hospital has to sanitary
conditions"
Police stations may become the
breeding places for typhoid fever and
tuberculosis among prisoners II not
Kept clean, Alderman Danisch be.
lieves.
The magnitude Of the international
| municipal congress to be held In Chi.
cago next September was disclosed for
the first time when the prospectus Of
the congress--a handsomely printed,
sixty.four page boOk--was issued
from the offices Of the Chicago Asso.
citation OF Commerce. The list Of
speakers includes thirty.four men OF
international reputation. The names
OF 4sO delegates, representing sixty.
eight cities, are included in the docu.
ment.
Mayor Harrison has appointed
Christopher J. McGurn and Harry
Goldstine as appraisers in the con-
demnation proceedings for the widen.
ing OF Twelfth street. McGurn will
look after the condemnation of build
ings while Goldstine will set the value
for the real estate to be taken. Each
man will receive q salary Of $4,000 q
year. McGurn has signified his vii
lingness to accept the appointment.
| The Mayor made the appointments
several days ago, but said he had for
gotten to make them public. Nc
| Gurn's acceptance disposes Of him 81
a possibility for building commits
sioner.
Harmony marked the annual cleo
ton OF the United Police which wa,
held In Corinthian Hall, Masonic TEN
pie, Sunday. The only discord which
marred the quiet progress OF thu
meeting occurred when the name O
william f. Slime, former president
who deserted the organization afte
raising an alleged 'slush fund" Of $50,
900, was mentioned. Hostility towart
the former president was evident.
| Patrick E. Dryer was the unanim
Gus choice of the delegates for the OF
fee Of president, and the other mem
bers Of the harmony" ticket VOL
without opposition save the candi
date for the office of recording secre
tary, and there was little opposition
to him.
Following are the other officers:
Vice President-Frank N. Lasse
OF the Rawson street station.
Treasurer-Mathew Hoff of tn
Rogers Park station.
II Recording ecretary-Edward Dren
nan Of the Grand Crossing station.
II Financial Secretary--Frank For,
Of Assistant Chief Schuettler's office
John p. Reed, an operator at u
Canalport avenue station, opposes
Drennen. The latter won by vot'
Of IS to 81.
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At q meeting Of the West Chicag
Park commissioners plans were sub