Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-20
MUNICIPAL NEWS.
Some Items of Interest From the
Public Offices About Occur.
rences of the Week.


council was busy one. Besides put.
ting the nickel.first telephone scheme
in the cooler the aldermen transacted
the following important business:
Approved the recommendations of
the finance committee that the city
| confess judgment in favor of the En-.
pire Voting Machine Company for
$1SS,5OO, for payment Of the first In.
stallment of 200 of the 1000 voting
machines contracted for by the board
| of election commissioners.
Alderman Charles NJ. Thomson led
a fight on the proposition, but al.
though Alderman Long and others as.
sisted him. the recommendation of the
| finance committee was adopted by a
vote Of 81 to 20.
John A. Richert. chairman of the
finance committee, brought up the
matter.
In opposing the proposition Alder.
man Thomson took the view that the
proposed method of paying the COM
pany was not businesslike.
Mayor Harrison sent in a veto of
several items in the budget, accom-.
panied by a suggestion that the posi-.
lions eliminated be re.established and
lower salary paid. This suggestion
was Incorporated in q motion by one
Of the aldermen and was passed.
William Luthardt, secretary to Chief
Of Police McWeeny, who was given
$500 In the new budget, was reduced
to his former salary of $4,000. and all
telephone operators in the city hall
put on the same footing. The mayor
explained that there was one girl re.
ceiving a salary Of $1,000 year. while
| three others received but $500. I'm.
der the motion each operator will be
paid $1,000.
The mayor appointed William ].
Shanks secretary to the harbor and
subway commission ut salary Of &c..
600 q year.
The council created the position Of
probationary fireman at salary Of
5000 year.
Two ordinances, one giving the
mayor power to revoke permits for
wrestling matches IL there Is sus.
picion Of crookedness about them, and
the other making 1t a misdemeanor to
exhibit Objectionable moving picture
films, were referred to the committee
on judiciary.
] Francis D. Connery, city clerk, sent
In communication complaining Of
the heating apparatus In his once.
Since the first of the year the once
has been so cold, he said, that the
clerks have been forced to wear
sweaters. The communication was re-
ferred to the committee on city hall
and public buildings.
| Police matrons are to enjoy pen
sions from the police pension fund In
the same manner as the male mem
bers Of the department. This was de
cided by Judge Adelor J. Petit. Mrs
Mary Lyons, widow Of a policeman
had attacked the provisions Of the
new pension act on the grounds tina,
the matrons were not members o.
the department and that the amend
ment on which they were admitted Il
the pension fund had not been prop
erly published.
~
Supervision of public dance halls II
the future will be the work of the 20
lice department and officers Of tn
Juvenile Court, acting together Thu
Juvenile officers are expected to re
port any laxity or collision between
the police and dance hall owners. A
q conference between Peter Bartzen
Mayor Harrison and Chief of Police
McWeeny this action was decided on
Opposition to the proposed ordl
nance by which the City Railway CON
pany will acquire the lines Of the Chi
cago and Southern Traction compan,
inside the city limits, developed In
new direction Mt the meeting of tn
local transportation committee Nor
day afternoon. The organized team
sters of the city sent delegation t
the committee meeting with resolr
lions urging the aldermen to vot
against the measure and the mayo
to veto 1t, should It be passed by tn
council.
Harry Ferry, secretary Of tn
Transfers Joint Council, said II tn
ordinance and operating agreement
passed, permitting the carrying O
freight on interurban cars throug
the city, 1t will mean that at las
$500 teamsters will be thrown out Q
work He said the wholesale grocer
and other business concerns, who nov
send goods by teams to Englewoo
and other parts of the city, will shi
} them by interurban cars. The alder
men appeared to consider the argr
ment good one in favor Of the ord
, nance.
~
The total amount appropriated 4
Chicago's annual budget as revise
by Mayor Harrison and finally adopte
by the council Monday night, whe
1t passed the mayors amendment,
4 81 ,656,S65.5S. It was increased 81
] 546.75 by the mayor, the largest tw
items being $53,SSS for automobil
squad trucks for the fire departmen
and little more than $4,000 adde
by an error In footing up ward al
preparations.
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