The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-12-23
EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF CHICAGO HAVE
ENDEAVORED TO ACCOMPLISH
MUCH GOOD FOR THE BENEFIT
OF ALL THE PEOPLE RESIDING IN
THIS CITY.
SHORT REVIEW OF THEIR WORK
DURING THE YEAR OF 1922.

: free public shower baths in all tn
B congested districts. These baths ar
!, a Godsend to the children of the poo
s during the not months of the summer
Development of the wonderful Cal
umet region is due almost entirely Il
the efforts of Aid. Woodruff and Fur
: man of the Seventh ward, while thu
J great army of workers at the Pullman
r shops, the steel mills and other bis
industries in the new Ninth ward, rely
on Aid Govier and Madderom, to lool
out for their interests. Aid. Goviei
helped establish a commissary at the
. Pullman shops where the workers can
make purchases at cost
The Eleventh ward is ably repre-
sentel by Aid. John Richert, chairman
of the finance committee, and one OF
the council leaders. His vote has been
recorded for every constructive meas
ure of merit while Aid. Timothy Ho-
gan pleased thousands and thousands
of workers by his daylight saving or
dinance. This measure has done more
than anything else TO provide proper
rest and recreation for the toilers dur
ing the summer months.
Aid. R. J. Mulcahy of the Twelfth
ward, is doing his part just now to
showing up the Ku Klux Klan, but
he has been heard from before in his
fight against grasping landlords and
rent hogs, both in Chicago and at
Springfield.
Free athletic fields in every ward in
the city, is one of the aims of Aid.
Joseph B. McDonough, of the Thir-
teenth ward, who is chairman of the
committee on small parks, bathing
beaches and Fairgrounds. He is not
forgetting the colored sections of the
city in providing these athletic fields
and has asked Aid. Anderson and Aid.
Jackson for suggestions.
Aid. William R. O'Toole, of the
Fourteenth ward. chairman of the
committee on buildings, has made It
his business to see that the poor have
not been Disseminated against in the
of the new zoning ordinance.
which is now being completed. He
has also taken leading part in brand
ing and condemning unsafe theatres |
and playhouses. His associate, Aid. |
]. Lynch, is heart and soul |
in the council investigation of the Ku
Klux Khan and he does not spare
words in condemning that outfit.
Aid. Tommy" Byrne of the Fif-
.eenth ward, is we'll known for his
friendship to organized labor and he
played conspicuous part in the set
cement of the street car strike.
Tommy" is never of the job when
he rights of the laboring man are in
jeopardy. Aid. Scott NJ. Hogan, sell
om loses a chance to fight for per-
onal liberty. He has stood loyalty by
iayor Thompson in the traction,
chool board and other rights carried
D the floor of the council.
Aid. Kovarik, associate of Aid. /,
'yrne, is doing more than his share -,
S a member of the track elevation =,
ommittee, to force the railroads to 7
nd the slaughter of human lives, by :,
Ievating their tracks throughout the !,
ity. He is also a member of the high =
ost committee and has been a valu- ,
bic aid to Aid. Kaindl in the latter's
,tivities to force down the cost of liv- =
g. g.
Aid. John H. Lyle OF the Seven t:
enth ward, has always lined up on is
lie side of the common people. 1t j
as he who introduced the ordinance A
eating the high cost bureau. Also o
was Aid. Lyle who showed up the n
-asping coal dealers, the reasons for C.
e high prices and the causes for the D
'al shortage. Aid. Lyle, as a men,
II of the athletic commission, has r
,ne his share to clean out the graft n
s in the boxing and wrestling game. .,
e is an amateur boxer and an ardent I,
pporter of clean sports. >,
If there is a busy man in the city e.
uncil who is on the job from morn O,
g to night, that man is Aid. Ben n
'ilson of the Nineteenth ward. He q
ever on the go and he no sooner o.
ans up one task than he tackles an Il
her. He has no special hobbies but nc
ties right on every worth while tn
OPPOSITION that Is presented to the mr.
uncil. u
Aid Henry Flick, of the Twentieth co
I'd, did a great service to the people at
len he cleaned out the grafters in m,
, Maxwell street market while his tn,
'ociate, Aid. Franz. has done much IA,
bring back popularity to the six bis
: bicycle races in Chicago. ate
Aid. D. A. Koran has done many thu
ngs for the people of the Twenty sis
{ ward, but he is now trying to do sh:
members of the FIRE department a me
service by consolidating the places
-