Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
CHICAGO has ESSANAY
Big Film Company Closes Other
Establishments and Concen.
trates Its Studios Here.

6oV0UIloAlllSuSo 0ihO SOuSSu-
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 Hssanay
company has chosen its two outside
establishments, one IN Niles and the
other In Los Angeles. preferring 70
concentrate it, efforts In Chicago. OF
the four prominent concerns identi.
ned with the Aim industry. Sslis. DO.
sanay, Kleine and American. Essanay
10 the only company with . psrma-
nent producing plant In this city.
Selig takes the pictures at bis studio
in Chicago Internationally. while in
Edendale, Cal. he produces plays con.
tinuously; the American has it, 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 its producers to stage plays
In Ill sorts Of weather. while the days
Of sunshine are devoted mostly to
exterior scenes. George K. Spoor.
president Of the company, has, been
. persistent booster for Chicago on
account Of IT, central location.
II have always believed that Chi.
caso 10 the natural distributing center
Of the United States" he said, land
for the shipment Of goods excels any
other American city for centralisa.
ton. I closed my western studios
and increased my Chicago holdings
because want the plays produced
by our company to be - close to the
distributing center % 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-.
scented mostly In the east, there ID q
trend toward this city in that direc.
1 tion. 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"
l'hs water meter graft 10 bobbino
It, head up again.
II 10 proposed to TAI etefy To- II
Chicago from $500 to $500 for water
meters. besides the great expense II
will entail upon all users OF water.
Chicago has an immense water
fund. n part Of II was devoted q
wards building pumping stations q
the lake end Of every section line Ia
Chicago there would b no water fam
Inc anywhere.
II 10 astonishing what men the
water meter people can influence u
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 II viii
. only cost thirty or forty millions o.
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 I'd
: vocating high pressure" and watel
meters said the other day. according
to daily papers. that one Of the chiel
troubles in Chicago was the very higl
consumption Of water. which averages
about 2.0OG gallons per capita daily
: caused largely by waste and under
] ground leakage from broken connsc
lions A. . remedy for waste b,
recommended water meters. The tes
Of the water pressure made In TIL
loop shows an INSUFFICIENT pressure
but he said that the city was install
. Ing q large number Of water maine
none under eight inches. and thes,
would materially improve the pres
sure.
The health or the city demand
plenty Of water for everybody.
The instal'"'..,n Of meters woult
limit tn consumption Of water ant
rails .~e price Of living on the poor
.ligher rates would have to b
. charged In the residence districts and
ters~'s would have to pay the watel
rates after the landlords had paid q
exorbitant rate for installing watel
meters.
This form OF graft 10 particularly
Objectionable to Chicago people. The!
will not stand for II.
II hits everybody and II 10 unnecss
, sary
Rivers McNeill, the popular and On
Client Collector Of Customs, reflect
great credit on President Wilson's I'd
; ministrati0n.
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