Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03
MUNICIPAL NEWS
Some Items of Interest From the
Public Offices About Occur.
rences of the Week.

The aldermen passed the Southern
Traction ordinance, whereby residents
of the southwest section of Chicago
obtain scent fare downtown. The
vote was AZ to IS.
Under the terms of the ordinance
the Chicago City Railway company
will acquire the lines of the Chicago
and Southern Traction company inside
the city limits, SO that scent fare
will obtain from 10th street on the
south to Howard avenue on the north,
a distance of about thirty miles.
BY the terms of an operating agree.
ment between the companies, which is
made part of the ordinance. the inter.
urban cars of the Southern Traction
company will run to a downtown ter
minus at Harrison street and the alley
between state street and Wabash ave.
nue.. The right to carry express mat
ter on the interurban cars between
the hours of IL o'clock at night and s
o'clock in the morning terminates one
year from the date of the passage of
may order the freight terminal re.
moved to any point south of 18th
street which may be determined upon.
Other business of the council briefly
summarized was:
Ordered investigation of the manner
of bringing hundreds Of men to Burn.
side by the Illinois Central railroad.
The men. 1t was charged, are not given
permanent employment.
Ordered investigation of the practi.
ability of telephone meters as
means Of protecting subscribers to
measure service.
Passed an ordinance requiring a II.
cense fee for use Of subsidewalk
space.
Passed an ordinance prohibiting the
sale, by subterfuge, or otherwise, Of
supposedly immoral literature.
Mayor Harrison appointed a com.
mission to investigate treatment OF
Juvenile prisoners.
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A resolution looking to the revival
of the movement to install telephone
meters In the residences or Offices Of
telephone subscribers was introduced
in the city council by Alderman
Pringle. The resolution called upon
the corporation counsel to give an
opinion on the question whether the
Chicago Telephone Company would be
forced to install meters for its sub.
scribers, as provided In the company's
contract ordinance Of 1907. II was al.
legged in the resolution that a "prac.
teal meter" has been found.
Ericsson began a unique department
| of instruction when he called together
thirty building inspectors and an.
nOunced that the school would be In
| session three days a week.
The building commissioner said that
many Of the inspectors have not kept
abreast OF the new ordinances and that
the school is necessity. He is being
assisted by Deputy Building Commits.
sioner Knight and Frank Enright, who
has charge OF the class.
IF each man In the department will
acquaint himself with the ordinances
said Commissioner Ericsson, "our
work will be greatly improved"
Voting machines are still on the
way.
a satisfactory voting machine must
be guaranteed Chicago before the
| councilmen will vote to pay $lSS,500
to the Empire Voting Machine com.
pany on the contract let by the cleo.
ton board. The subject came up
Monday night when the payment for
the first 200 machines of the con.
tract for thousand was called up
for approval by Alderman Richert OF
the finance committee.
Alderman Pringle wanted to know
what bond was provided to guarantee
satisfactory delivery Of the machines
He held the bond should cover the
total amount of the contract price,
Alderman Richert held the election
board could make Its purchase and
the council had nothing to say except
to pay the bills.
Alderman Stanley Kunz charged the
company was unloading pile of junk
on Chicago" and motion to defer
action was unanimously voted. It is
said there will be investigations in
1 several directions before the voting
machine contract Is disposed of
finally.
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| A decree was entered by Judge
Walker in circuit court on Tuesday
perpetually enjoining the city from as.
Stunning any authority or exercising
any jurisdiction in the village of Nor,
gan park in accordance with his de-
cision announced several weeks ago.
Judge Walker held that the village
had not been legally annexed to the
city at the election April 4.
Although a majority of those who
voted on the proposition Of annexa,
ton were in favor of 1t, the court held
that the majority of all the voters
We're not for annexation. A great mum.
Der of the voters did not mark their
ballots on the annexation proposition
and the point raised by counsel for
the village was sustained by Judge
Walker.
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within two weeks the residents OF
the southwest section of the city will