Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

ne VIII oppose SUBWAY seventeen
feet below the surface of Seventy.
ninth street underneath the railroad
tracks of the Illinois Central and
Nickel Plate railroads. Commissioner
owens opportunity has come through
the approaching Of the time limit for
the completion Of the Grand Crossing
track elevation work. Under the terms
Of the ordinance of June %. 1909, the
time expires on New Years Eve at
midnight. The ordinance provides for
a subway seventeen feet below the
surface Of Seventy.ninth street. Com.
missioner Owens declared that he
would insist that before any exten.
sion Of the ordinance Is granted the
railroad companies interested must
agree not to sink the subway that far
below the level of the rest Of the
street.
More judges are needed in the Mu.
nicipal Court Of Chicago. according
to Chief Justice Harry Olson and the
majority of the associate judges in
that court.
A petition for additional judges sent
to Mayor Harrison and the city coun.
ell states that the business Of the
Municipal Court of Chicago is such as
to require an increase in the number
Of associate Judges, and suggests that
such action be taken by the city coun.
ell as will permit an increase of at
least three associate judges at the
election In November, 1912.
The petition was accompanied by a
letter giving some statistics of the
work Of that court since 1t was or.
ganized.
Suggestions were made for the
establishment Of an additional mu.
nicipal beach on the South Side at a
meeting Of the Council Committee on
Bothing Beaches and Recreation
Piers. Chairman Long favored a site
south Of East End Park, between
Fifty.third street and Fifty.sixth
street. There are municipal beaches
at Thirty.ninth street and Twenty.
NTH street. Attorney Joseph @. Tys.
sowski. who lives in Edgewater, asked
what allowance the North Side would
be given out Of the proposed 325O.000
bond issue for beaches, but Alderman
Long said that the committee could
not answer that question. A resolu.
ton ordering the Corporation Coun.
sci to prepare an ordinance for the
bond issue to be submitted at the next
election was passed.
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Billboard companies doing business
within the city limits Of Chicago are
In debt to the city treasury to the
extent Of 100000, according to esti
mates based on discoveries Just made
by Building Commissioner Henry
Ericsson. Only one.tenth OF the rev.
enue payable to the city by the pro
prietors Of billboards Is being paid
Mr.. Ericsson says.
Over $4,000 feet of billboard adver
Using space operated on two OF the
city's streets, State street and Wa
bash avenue. have escaped the pay
ment OF the inspection fees to the
city, and are used In violation Of the
city ordinances, according to the esti
mates.
The fees due on the outlawed ad
vertising structures on these two thor
ougnfares amount to $4,000.
In addition, there are fifty illum!n
ated signboards on the outlawed lists
for the same two streets, and $50 IL
due to the city for each OF these fifty
advertisements.
In letters sent to Mayor Harrison
and Alderman ]. A. Richert, chairman
Of the city council finance committee
the Illinois branch OF the National
League for Medical Freedom. through
Its secretary, Joseph c. Mason, has
made protest against the appropri
alton by the council Of money for the
payment for the inspection Of public
school children by the health depart
ment. This appropriation ia declared
to be illegal and the money Is said t.
be needed for clean streets, pure water
and other sanitary measures.
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Transfer Of Municipal Court judges
In the reassignments for 1912 tool
effect on Tuesday. Judge Dolan will
hold court In the city hall, beini
superseded at South Clark street BY
Judge Scully. Judge Newcomer alst
goes to the city hall. and Judg,
Rooney will take his place at tn,
Englewood and Thirty.ffth stree
branches.
Permanent cure Of the Objectionable,
conditions connected with the public
bathing beaches near Wilson avenu,
was promised north side residents OF
the condition that the proposed mu
nicipal bond issue of $500 for bath
ing beaches is approved by the voters
While declining to place on recor,
formal answer to the question, AID
Theodore X. Long, chairman of tn
councils special committee on bath
ing beaches and recreation piers
made clear his attitude In the matte
at meeting of the committee. H
explained that the committee coul