Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18

ment X. Pittman, Louis F. Busse.
George H. Allison, Henry c. Glade.
Ernest J. Shtrezell, Frederick @.
Smith, William r. Eichenlaub, A. q.
Francis, Edward N. Nelson, Charles H.
Jeschke and Charles ITCHY.
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Judge James G. Martin Is making
splendid record on the Municipal Court
bench.
Alderman George F. Harding, Jr.,
will have little opposition for renomi.
nation In the Second ward.
The Council committee on local In.
dustries at O meeting instructed John
d. Riley, superintendent Of the map
department, to begin survey Of the
right Of way Of the Chicago & West.
ern Indiana railroad.
An appropriation Of 322,500 was pro.
vided for in the budget for the work
and Mr.. Riley was instructed to con.
fer with Alderman Richert, chairman
Of the finance committee, az to plan
to be followed In making the surveys.
Alderman Fisher, chairman OF the
committee on local industries, asserts
that the city 10 losing thousands of
dollars annually by reason Of the rail.
roads appropriating streets and alleys
and not paying compensation for their
| use.
Alderman Edward F. Cullerton
should have his usual cake walk for
denomination and reelection In the
Eleventh ward.
Alderman James A. Kearns Of the
Thirty.first ward was waited upon by
delegates of improvement clubs Tues
day who are seeking to have work
started on the elevation Of the Engle
wood connecting link of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company. The alder
man announced that the contract II
signed and work will start soon. The
line will run from Halsted street wes
to Leavitt street. between 5Sth and
seth streets. There will be subwayi
for all streets. The improvement as
sociations represented are: Garfield
West End, 55th Boulevard and Cen
trail.
John NJ. Duffy, the well.known attor
ney, Is being talked Of by LEADING
Democrats for Judge of the Superio
Court.
i Alderman Willis O. Nance, head o
the council health committee, ha,
asked that the city appropriate $50,
, 900 to take care Of the contagious dis
eases in the city. He said the none!
was necessary because the hospitals o
the city and county were overcrowdet
and could take care Of no new cases
J Alderman William F. Ryan shoul'
nominated by the Democrats In tn
Thirty-fourth ward.
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Albert Hahne, the popular forme
alderman from the Twenty-fourtl
.. ward, is being urged by many to maxi
!, the race for the City Council this year
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By a ruling made by the Civil Sery
| ice Commission county employees whit
hold positions in the Legislature ar
enabled to get vacations that may b,
, utilized In trips to Springfield at tn,
discretion of heads of departments.
The ruling was made necessary b.
the probability that the present SEES
sion of the Legislature will last NOR
than ninety days. Previously the EN-
ployes were allowed leave of absence
of ninety consecutive days.
The new scheme, 1t Is believed, viii
allow the men to be In Springfield
when they are needed and at othel
times they can be employed on thei
county work.
Alderman Jacob A. Hey will run fol
reelection on the Progressive tickle
in the Twenty.third ward He intends
to make red.hot campaign from star
to finish.
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Support of the contention of the
County Court bailiffs that they ought
to have higher salaries, was given yes
terday by Charles w. Peters, CHIEF