Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-27

telepnOne company In good shape last
Monday night. The nickel first ques.
ton is to be thoroughly gone over by
the committee on gas. oil and electric
light, to which body the ordinances
were referred. Aid. A. J. Cermak put
in one amending the telephone ordi.
nance prohibiting the use Of nickel
first devices.
Aid. Charles Twigg. chairman of
the committee, followed this up with
one prohibiting them except when
subscribers request such devices in
writing. A resolution was offered by
Aid. Bergen asking Mayor Harrison
to name a committee to investigate
the situation in districts where the
nickel first" device has been installed
with view of learning how subscrib.
ers feel about them.
Mayor Harrison vetoed the two
orders passed last week directing the
Chicago Telephone Company to stop
installing the nickel first" instru.
ments and the removal Of those al.
ready installed. These orders were re-
ferred back to the committee as Cor
poration Counsel Sexton held an ordl.
nance was necessary to meet the sit.
uation.
The telephone situation will be
taken up again at a meeting of the
gas. oil and electric light committee
called for Thursday afternoon.
Aid. Hey caused IAN order to be
passed directing the health depart.
ment to have prepared an ordinance
compelling the telephone company to
provide ventilation for telephone
booths.
Aid. Fisher put In an order that was
passed directing the corporation coun.
sci to draft an ordinance requiring
telephone inspectors to wear a badge
and uniform.
Unification Of the ten separate park
boards OF Chicago under the city gov.
eminent Is urged by the Chicago bu.
reau Of public efficiency In a report
made public on Monday.
Among reasons given for the pro.
posed changes are:
Possible saving Of 100000 yearly
In operating and maintaining public
parks.
Possible extension Of public park
system to meet properly demands and
needs Of the community not properly
met under present arrangement.
Reduction to minimum of inefilcien.
cy in management and Of money
waste.
More equitable distribution of park
revenues and benefits over whole city.
City Engineer John Ericsson. chair.
man of the committee making valua.
| ton Of property Of elevated railroads
| announced on Monday he believed
progress being made indicates It's com
pletion February /, the time limit Sc,
| BY the committee on local transporta
ton. Since the inventory of the
South Side lines was completed ma
terial has been coming In from the
Metropolitan Company.
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Improvement Of the sanitary condi
lions Of north shore municipalities, by
providing n drainage system that vii
prevent overfows into the lowlands
will be worked out by the sanitary
district trustees of Chicago and Q
commission representing the munici
palities, according to action taken Al
q meeting of the engineering commit
tee Of the Sanitary board las
Monday afternoon. Chief Engineer
George NJ. Wisner, Attorney Johr
G. Williams and Trustee Wal
lace q. Clark, chairman of the engi
neering committee of the sanitar,
board. will act for that body, and At
torney w. Fl. johnson, Engineer Hen
ry Wines and George Washburne will
act for the municipalities In preparing
q plan to be presented to the drain
age board for action.
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Work OF demolishing the old Chi
cago avenue bridge. which Is to b,
replaced with modern structure, wa
begun yesterday. To accommodate
traffic temporary wooden bridge ha
been erected at Superior street. whicl
Chicago avenue cars are using.
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| Stringent regulations to protect tn,
milk supply OF Chicago are propose,
by the health department and tn,
council committee handling the sub
ject. The City Council health com
mittee named committee OF three I,
confer with Health COMMISSIONS
Young and his aids in preparing
new ordinance regulating the mill
trade. The subcommittee Is made III
OF Alderman Henry ID. Captain, JacOl
Hey and Carl 7. Murray. Health Com
missioner Young and his chief assist
ant, DR.. Gottfriel Koehler, have draft
ed proposed ordinances. According {,
their plans, the milk supply will be d.
vided into two grades as follows: Tn
spected milk, which will include high
grade milk coming from dairy farm
where the cows are carefully In
spected by representatives of the cit,
health department Pasteurized milk
which will include all milk sold in tn
city which does not qualify for tn
first grade. Another feature will b.
requirement that all milk shippe
into Chicago shall be kept at pre-
scribed temperature Of 80 to IS dc
grees In transit, applying also to mill