Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-23
CHICAGO has ESSANAY
Big Film Company Closes Other
Establishments and Concen-
trates Its Studios Here.

trates Its Studios Here.
Chicago now has exclusively, the
biggest Aim company In America
With the opening Of new studio. the
third on the north side, the Essanay
company has chosen its two outside
Establishments, one in Niles and the
other in Los Angeles, preferrins to
concentrate its efforts In Chicago. OF
the four prominent concerns identi.
fed with the Aim industry, selis. Es.
sanay. Kleine and American, Essanay
IL the only company with . perma.
nent producing plant In This city.
Selig takes the pictures at his studio
in Chicago internationally, while In
Glendale, Cal. he produces plays con.
tinuously; the American has ito stu.
dos in Santa Barbara. Cal, and con.
ducts its business affairs in this city;
and Kleine's producing activities are
in the Bronx, New York City.
The Essanay studios are equipped
with artificial lighting facilities which
enable It's producers TO stage plays
In all sorto Of weather, while the days
Of sunshine are devoted mostly to
exterior scenes. George X. Spoor.
president Of the company. has been
persistent booster for Chicago on
account Of It's central location.
II have always believed that Chi.
cago IL the natural distributing center
Of the United States" he said, land
for the shipment Of goods excels any
other American city for centralixa.
ton. closed my western studios
and increased my Chicago holdings
because want the plays produced
by our company to be as close to the
distributing center as possible.
1T IL not necessary TO 60 to Cali
fornia for sunlight; artificial light
makes an ideal substitute. and you
need not fret over rain and clouds
While in the past capital was repre-.
sented mostly in the east, there II q
trend toward this city in that direc.
ton. I believe that both manufac.
turer and distributor Of motion pic.
lures logically belong in Chicago on
account Of its central location and
railroad facilities"
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'i'he water meter graft 10 bobbing
Ito head up again.
II 10 proposed to tax e1ery To- In
Chicago from $500 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 II was devoted to
wards building pumping stations at
the lake end Of every section line In
Chicago there would be NO water fam.
Inc anywhere.
II 10 astonishing what men the
water meter people can influence to
their way OF thinking.
Some men who ought to know bet.
ter are talking tor water meters.
More than that the high pressure"
scheme 10 up again.
According to some advocates Il will
only cost thirty or forty millions Of
dollars to install meters and high
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 the demand.
A we'll known engineer who was id.
vocating "higb pressure" and water
meters said the other day. according
to Dolly papers. that one OF the chief
troubles In Chicago was the very high
consumption of water. which averaged
about 2.0OG gallons per capita daily.
caused largely by waste and under.
ground leakage from broken connec.
tons. A remedy for waste he
recommended water meters. The test
Of the water pressure made in the
loop shows an insufficient pressure.
but he said that the city was install.
Ing a large number Of water mains.
none under eight inches. and these
would materially improve the pres.
sure.
The health or the city demands
plenty Of water for everybody.
The insta''"..sh OF meters would
limit th~ consumption Of water and
rais .~e price OF living on the poor.
higher rates would have to be
charged In the residence districts and
tens"'s would have to pay the water
rates after the landlords had paid an
exorbitant rate for installing water
meters.
This form of graft 10 particularly
Objectionable to Chicago people. They
will not stand for II.
It hits everybody and II 10 unnecss
sary
Rivers Mcneil. the popular and en-.
cient Collector OF Customs. reflects
great credit on President Wilson's ad'