Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-31
items Of INTEREST

Judge Edward Osgood Brown would
prove a worthy member Of the Fed.
eral bench.
Forest preserve graft promises to
be very good. Spectators are busy
buying up everything with tree on
It along the Desplaines and North
The blue print" graft at the city
hall, according to council commit.
tee, foots up over $4,000 year. The
city should have blue print plant
Of its own.
Judge John r. owens has made q
grand record on the county bench. He
has proved himself to be at all times
an honest, big.hearted and conscien.
tious Judge.
The many friends of William u.
Munhall would like to see him ap.
pointed United States District At.
torney. He is the right man for the
position.
Dow D. Lewis has the finest collec.
ton Of elk heads in Chicago and his
hunters museum is unequalled any.
where.
North Side elevated service is
joke.
Family Job hunters are the only
successful ones in Democratic politics.
In John z. owens the people Of
Cook County have an able, honest
and conscientious County Judge.
Cyril II. Jandus, the popular law.
yer and former State Senator, Is be.
ing mentioned by many Democrats for
Sheriff in 1914.
North Siders demand better ele.
waited service.
Judge John J. Rooney Is making an
excellent record on the Municipal
Court bench. lie Is an able, fair
minded and hard working Judge.
william Richie would make q
splendid Federal Judge.
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Both as lawyer and O citizen
James 8. Hopkins is liked and re.
spected by all who know him.
Walter z. Schmidt would make q
splendid County Treasurer.
The Chicago Railways Company ID
anxious to be merged with something
else. It isn't proud Of the service II
10 giving to Chicago.
Edgar b. Tolman, who made one of
the best Corporation Counsels Chicago
ever had, lie talked Of for O place on
the Federal bench.
No member OF the Legislature
stands higher in the estimation of
their constituents than BENJAMIN M.
Mitchell.
Alderman William ]. Healy Is max.
Ing an excellent record In the City
Council. The Eighteenth ward can be
proud Of him.
The water meter graft 10 bobbins
it, head up again.
Il 10 proposed to tax every lot IN
Chicago from 5000 to $500 for water
meters, besides the great expense Il
will entail upon all users Of water.
Chicago has an immense water
fund. II part Of It was devoted u
wards building pumping stations d
the lake end Of every section line ID
Chicago there would be no water fam
Inc anywhere.
| II 10 astonishing what men the
water meter people can influence e
their way OF thinking.
Some men who ought to know bet
ter are talking for water meters.
More than that the high pressure
scheme 10 up again.
According to some advocates It viii
only cost thirty or forty millions o.
dollars to install meters and "higt
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 tho demand
A we'll known engineer who was ad
vocating "high pressure" and watel
meters said the other day. according
to daily papers. that one of The chile
troubles In Chicago was the very higi
consumption Of water, which averaged
about 2.00G gallons per capita daily
caused largely by waste and under
ground leakage from broken connec
tons. As q remedy for waste h
recommended water meters. The tes
OF the water pressure made In tn
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 thes'
would materially improve the pres
sure.
The health OF the city demand