Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-11-16
ITEMS Of INTEREST
Gathered from All Quarters
About Men Talked About
In the Walks Of
Politics.
Men Who Are Candidates and
Men Who Are Not and What
People Say.

People Say.
Are aldermen elected by the people |
Of Chicago to look after their interests
going to help the Telephone Trust,
when the. whole country IL moving |
against It?
The manner in which the capital |
stock of the Chicago Telephone Com. |
pany has been increased should be |
investigated by the Aldermen.
The city is entitled to 8 per cent Of
the gross receipts Of the company,
Does 1t get It?
It IL about time that the state of
Illinois came to the rescue of the
people and passed law prohibiting
the misuse of the name bank.
As matters stand at present, any.
one with money enough to hire and
equip a store can paint the name
bank on the front windows and 40.
licit and receive deposits without let
or hindrance.
Every year hundreds o: people
lose their savings through the failure
or collapse of one or more Of these
wildcat institutions.
| Legitimate banks which are In
themselves guarantee Of security,
are passed by by thousands Of sim.
pie and gullible people who are
charmed by the advertisements and
cunning allurements Of men who
never did any legitimate banking and
who never intended to do any.
The Chicago Eagle has often re.
ferred to this matter before and It
again urges upon the legislature and
upon men who are seeking seats In
the general assembly, the necessity
for passing q law protecting legiti.
mate banks anG prohibiting illegiti.
mate ones.
The enormous dividends paid to its
stockholders by the Telephone Trust
are wrung from tho 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 is no
reason why succeeding councils should
do the same.
The fight for cheaper telephone
service will 60 on until It is won.
Meeting hours for City Council com.
mittees are as follows:
Monday - Streets and alleys,
o'clock; buildings, $3.50 o'clock.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and police, II
o'clock; harbors, wharves and bridges.
2 o'clock; local industries, 2 o'clock.
II Wednesday-Special park commits.
sion. 1880 o'clock: health, 2 o'clock:
local transportation, 2 o'clock: track
elevation. $3.50 o'clock.
Thursday-Gas. oil and electric
light, 2 o'clock: license, $3.50 o'clock;
water, $3.50 o'clock.
Friday-Compensation, II o'clock;
judiciary. 2 o'clock; finance. 2 o'clock;
bathing beaches, $3.50 o'clock.
Chairman Block Of the local trans.
portation committee named the fol.
lowing subcommittees:
Street Car Service Complaint
Northwest Side - Twigg. Hyldahl.
Clancy. North side-Capitain. Lips.
Southwest side-Schultz. Donahoe,
Stewart. South side-Fisher. Bergen.
Carr.
II Committee on Wilmette Extension
OF the Northwestern Elevated Rail.
road-Block, Twigg. schults. Fisher.
| Captain.
il Through Routes - Block. Lppa
Healy.
Committee to Keep in Touch with
the Elevated Roads Valuation Com
mission-Block. Richert. Lips. Long
'(ADvERTIsEMENT.)
THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
For q good many years the Chicago
public had ample opportunity to OBJ
serve what telephone monopoly meant
In the way of service.
The rates had been raised several
times-and threats OF another raise
were being made. There was talk Of
abolishing certain forms OF residence
service. The public was treated with
scant courtesy. There were intermin
able delays In changing old phones