Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07


VIM. Carthaus, president, st. Louis.
Carl Faller, first vice.president,
Cleveland, o.
John Eisenbeiss, second vice.presi-
dent, Chicago.
Marcus Maegerlein, secretary, Chi.
cago.
Fritz Schoeller, treasurer, Chicago.
Trustees: Jacob Andrae, Cincin.
natl; Otto Rosenbush, Detroit; Hart.
wig Harders, Milwaukee,; Geo. w.
Seller, Elizabeth, N. j.; VIM. Hipp,
Philadelphia; Louis Ritschel, Phila.
delphia; Otto Doer, Louisville, KY;
Gottfried Widmer, New York; John
Biesinger, Pittsburgh; Chas. wieland,
Pittsburgh; Carl Wanke, Baltimore;
Geo. Zimmerman, Cleveland; John A.
Kayan, New York; Max Hoene, AL.
bany, N. Y; Aug. w. Bramm, Buffalo,
N. Y.
Andrew J. Ryan, the well.known
lawyer and former city attorney,
stands high in the estimation Of all
Chicagoans both as lawyer and 40 Q
citizen.
The enormous dividends paid to IT.
stockholders by the Telephone Trust
are wrung from the pockets Of the
people by excessive telephone charges.
Telephone rates must be reduced
and in time they will be.
The fact that one city council will
barter away the peoples rights 10 no
reason why succeeding councils should
do the same.
The fight for cheaper telephone
service will 60 on until It 10 won.
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Competition and lower rates in the
telephone field are demanded by the
people Of Chicago.
So strong IL this feeling growing
among all classes Of the community
that the efforts Of the telephone trust
to stifie competition and keep up
rates will fail In the long run.
What an awful combination this
telephone trust is.
It controls the telephone service In
every great city Of the country.
It controls the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
It controls the General Electric
Company.
It controls the Western Electric
Company.
And It keeps up rates in order that
the people may be MIXED Of great
dividends for stockholders.
The water meter graft IL bobbing
its head up again.
II Is proposed to tax every lot In
Chicago from 5000 to $500 for water
meters, besides the great expense It
will entail upon all users Of water.
Chicago has an immense water
fund. II part Of 1t was devoted to
wards building pumping stations at
the lake end Of every section line In
Chicago there would be no water fam.
Inc anywhere.
II is astonishing what men the
water meter people can influence to
their way Of thinking.
Some men who ought to know bet.
ter are talking for water meters.
More than that the high pressure"
scheme Is up again.
According to some advocates It will
only cost thirty or forty millions Of
dollars to install meters and high
pressure" system. The poor will have
to pay the cost
With half this sum additional pump.
ing stations could be built which
would more than supply the demand.
A we'll known engineer who was ad.
vocating "high pressure" and water
meters said the other day. according
to daily papers, that one Of the chief
troubles in Chicago was the very high
consumption Of water, which averaged
about 1000 gallons per capita daily.
caused largely by waste and under.
ground leakage from broken connec.
lions. As q remedy for waste he
recommended water meters. Tho test
of the water pressure made In the
loop shows an insufficient pressure.
but he said that the city was install.
Ing q large number Of water mains,
none under eight inches, and these
would materially improve the pres.
sure.
The health Of the city demands
plenty OF water for everybody.
The instal'"'..:a of meters would
limit th> consumption of water and
rails de price Of living on the poor
.iigher rates would have to be
charged in the residence districts and
tenants would have to pay the water
rates after the landlords had paid an
exorbitant rate for installing watel
meters.
This form of graft Is particularly
Objectionable to Chicago people. They
will not stand for II.
II hits everybody and 1t Is unneces
sary,
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From the learned telephone sxpsE
whose report WAS submitted 70 tn
City Council In May. 1911. W learn O
pages 20 and 80. that the Bell Tell
phone monopoly that reaches Ill owe
the country. owns . controlling intsi
eat In the local telODhOno company an