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Show COUNCIL AGAINST CITY OWNERSHIP Chicago Aldermen Turn Down Plan to Buy the Street Railways. CHICAGO, Oct. 17. Mayor Dunne succeeded in putting the City Council on record on the question of municipal ownership last night. The Aldermen voted, 37 to 27, against It. The Mayor sent to the Council an order or-der directing the local transportation committee to cease negotiations with the street railway companies for a franchise and the vote was taken to indicate that a majority of the Council Coun-cil favor the passage of a franchise ordinance. The vote showed only one over a majority ma-jority of the Council, however, and not enough to pass the ordinance over a veto of the Mayor. The City Council also pledged Itself not to pass any franchise ordinance which had not first been submitted to the people and approved ap-proved by them. |