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Show llltllll IH.i SDlIUIt. Tho mlimana(iiient and txtrava-gancu txtrava-gancu of the munlLlpal got eminent of Chicago aro thu subjejt of dally assault as-sault aud comment from somu of thu prtsa nf that city, one of which thu A'ctcs A'icord li particularly Lilsllliig and continuous In Us ixposltlous. In a recent niiiiiber It tnti's the inct Hut there was an Item In the lust npiro-Illation npiro-Illation bill for municipal urpoaes of J50,0)0 fjr sidewalk Intentu-tlous, Intentu-tlous, It beln presumubly to pay for building and repalrlug aide-walk aide-walk croulogs. The prluolpal part uf this wurkwheu It Is done, asys our cotemporary, conalsta of making aud sloping asceut from the gutter lo thu level of the walk, and this Is accom-lllsbed accom-lllsbed at small exjensu fur lumber and labor, "l'or a tut It may bu assumed that lheru aro Ilk) streets running run-ning e toll way In Chicago. That would mean 10,UOd street liitirsecttous. The appropriation would therefore bo $) fur thu tldealk at each Inturstollon. Assuming that It cjits $10 In put a street liitortuctlou In proper condition, then there Is enough miney appropriated appropri-ated for this purpose to build nnew tho work nt tach crosslug In the intlreclty every other jour. Or, If It cost $3U n iroislug to build Hum, there Is enough money upproprl-nteil upproprl-nteil for Ihe nrp;o In build 1,000 new crossings each yinr." It then goes on to show that there ore so 111 my Inspectors put on that very often Hiiro Is no niouey to pay for auytulug els and tbersby nothlug to luspeel, and thus Is the money squandered on favorltir, men who mu-t havu Jobs, and so on, while the utedud work la slighted or not don at all. dlut that Chicago's councllmon hau not gonu on a pleasure Irlp at Ihuexpensoot tbo city, Its current history, as tol I by Its press, and our own would read like "A Talo ol Two Cities." |
