Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20
MUNICIPAL NEWS
Some Items of Interest From tho
Public Offices About Occur.
rences of the Week.

Immediate council action on an or.
dinance requested by Marshall Field
Il Co. was blocked before the com.
mittee on streets and alleys. Aid.
Stanley Kunz was the objector whose
insistence prevented the committee
from giving the matter more serious
consideration. Chairman William j.
Healy of the committee brought up
the question of the subway. The or.
dinance contemplates tunneling under
Washington street, and the question
was raised whether this might not
interfere with subway construction.
Lawyers assured the aldermen this
would not be the case and announced
that Mayor Harrison approved OF Il,
but because of Kunz's attitude the
Field representatives dropped their
request for immediate action. The
ordinance was referred to subcom.
mittee. This step will prevent the
council consideration of Its provisions
until after vacation.
A recommendation that full inves-
tigatiOn be made regarding garbage
disposal before bids are received for
new disposal plant Is made in
letter which has been sent to the city
council by subcommittee Of the
City club. The subcommittee com.
mends the ordinance introduced in
the council asking for an appropria.
ton of $4,000 for an investigation by
the efficiency commission into the
question. This investigation, the sub.
committee recommends. should be
of ward appropriations for the clean.
ing of streets and alleys of ashes and
refuse and the removal and disposal
of garbage.
An upstairs theater" ordinance
acceptable to Building Commissioner
Ericsson was adopted by the City
Council Building Committee for rec.
ommendation to the Council for pass
age. The committee omitted some
fire safeguards considered essential
by Mr.. Ericsson. but he and Chair.
man Thomson agreed after the meet.
ing that the vital points had been
covered
A three years record Of the opera.
tons of the sanitary bureau in the
department Of health shows a growing
use to which the bureau Is put. The
records were made public by Health
Commissioner George b. Young Tues.
day. The total cases reported for the
first six months this year are more
than two.thirds the number Of the
entire cases attended to in 1910.
Secretary OF War Stimson has
placed ut the top Of his calendar the
request of the City Of Chicago for an
increasd flow of water for the drain
age canal. A decision will be reached
soon.
Are you sure you are the only party
on your exclusive wire?
Following are the standing com.
mittees OF the city council:
Finance-Richert, chairman: Hard.
Ing. Emerson, Reading, Cermak, Law.
ley, Beil{uss, Sits. Egan. Krumholz.
Lips. Wilson. Twigg. Kearns, Ryan
(3D-Dem., 0; Rep, 6.
Local transportation-Block, chair.
man; Richert, Carr. Long, Schultz.
Clancy, Healy. Stewart. Captain.
Npps, Hyldahl, Twigg. Berger, Fish
err, Donahoe-Dem.. 8; Rep. 9.
Harbors, wharves and bridges-Lit
tier, chairman; Kenna, Ryan az,
Long, Nance. Czekala, Brennan, Gel
ger. Bauler. Hey, Thomson, Emerson
Holding. Hazen, Ryan (34)-Dem.. 9;
Rep. Q.
Gas. oil and electric light-Cermak
chairman; Beilfus. Hey. Ryan a.
Sits, Haderleip, Long. Walkowiak
1wigg. Block. Stewart. Janovsky
Vavricek. Bowler. Kearns,-Dem.. 8;
Rep, Q.