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L162 CHICAGO CITY MANUAL 1909 CONTAINING The Names and Official Addresses of the Executive and All Other City Officers with Descriptions of Their Functions Lists of the Aldermen and of the Committees of the City Council and the Rules Governing That Body And Many Other Matters Relating to the City and Its Institutions Prepared by FRANCIS A.EASTMAN City Statistician CHICAGO: BUREAU OF STATISTICS AND MUNICIPAL LIBRARY 1909 nrir^ THE FRONTISPIECE. ^ The half-tone picture on the opposite page, gives a perfect view of the site of the City Hall as prepared by the contractors on the foundations and as turned over by them to the contractors for the super- structure. A few words of description will inform the reader of what has been placed below the surface of the site to support the enormous weight of the building when that is completed. From the records in the possession of Alderman Francis W. Taylor, Chairman of the City Hall building Committee, it appears that the wrecking of the old City Hall was commenced on August 11, 1908, and that work on the new foundations was begun on January 4, 1909. In this latter month 733 men were employed, in three shifts, thus car- rying on the work day and night. So far as possible the stone in the old building was crushed on the spot and utilized in the manufacture of concrete. As fast as spaces were cleared the excavating for caissons was started. In the frontispiece are seen tent-like indications of where the caissons are placed. Every day these marks were changed as the work advanced, as may be seen on the series of blue prints furnished, one each day, by the contractors to the Board of Public Works and to Chairman Taylor. The tent or cap of the completed caisson shows a bar directly across it. There are 124 caissons in all, their diameters varying from four and one-half feet to eleven feet. The reason of this variation is, the different weights that will have to be supported by them. Where the lightest weight will be, of course the caissons will have the least diameter, and where the heaviest weight, the caissons will have the greatest diameter. There is an average of 8,000 cubic feet of concrete to each of these supports, which are of the average depth of one hundred and fourteen feet and six inches below the city datum. In a number of instances, where it was uncertain whether the bed rock, and not a boulder, was struck, the excavating was carried eight and a half feet further. An idea as to the combined extent of these works may be had, when it is stated that were the caissons placed one on top of the other, and this repeated one hundred and forty-four times, there would be had a column ten feet square and over a mile high. The rapidity with which the caissons were put down is the boast of the contractors. In the construction of the New LaSalle Hotel one caisson a day was the record, which beat the world's record up to that time. The workmen on the City Hall foundations put down one caisson in three-quarters of each day that the work was proceeding; thus they themselves beat the world's record. The contract for the foundations called for the completion of them and their turning over to the contractors for the superstructure on April 28, 1909. They were completed fifteen days ahead of contract time. The second set of contractors are under a bond in the sum of 51.100.000 to secure the proper doing of their work, and under a $400 a day forfeit clause foreveryday they are behind time at the completion of the building. Their contract requires them to have the new City Hall completed and ready for occupancy by October 10, 1910. It will have one floor more than the County Building, and contain 335,000 more cubic feet than its twin edifice; while the cost will be |146,000 less. ^OQ.^'ti'b Telephone Number for all City Offices .... Main 447. For Information, call City Clerk's office, 82 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor. DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICES LEH MAN BUILDING 200-206 Randolph Street FIRST FLOOR Assistant Superintendent of Police Custodian, Police Department, Room Room 101 108 Detective Headquarters and Chief of Secretary, Fire Department, Room Detectives Room 113 103 Chief Clerk, Detective Headquarters Chief Clerk, Fire Department, Room —Room 107 104 Secretary, Police Department, Room Attorney, Fire Department, Room 105 102 Telegraph Division, Police Depart- ment, Room 106 SECOND FLOOR City Council Chamber City Council Committee Rooms Bureau of Firearms, Room 203 Secretary, Finance Committee, Bureau of Vehicle Inspection, Room Room 206 203 Sergeant-at-Arms, City Council, City Press Association, Room 202 201 THIRD FLOOR Board of Local Improvements Room Chief Clerk, Special Assessments, 300 Room 301 Secretary, Board of Local Improve- Special Assessment Rebates, Room ments Room 302 301 Bureau of Sidewalks, Room 301 FOURTH FLOOR Civil Service Commission, Room 405 Bureau of Compensation, Room 401 Fire Marshal, Room 407 House Moving Permits, Room 401 Bureau of Streets, Room 402 Street Permits, Room 401 Bureau of Sewers, Room 403 FIFTH FLOOR City Comptroller, Room 500 Track Elevation Department, Room City Auditor, Room 500 502 Special Park Commission, Room 501 City Paymaster, Room 500 Bureau of Statistics and Municipal City Real Estate Agent, Room 500 Library, Room 501 SIXTH FLOOR Corporation Counsel, Room 600 Law Department, Board of Local Im- Traction Expert, Room 602 provements. Room 606 SEVENTH FLOOR Mayor's Office, Room 700 Chief of Police, Room 701 Secretary to the Mayor, Room 700 Secretary to Chief of Police, Room 701 Commigsionerof Public Works, Room Department of Supplies, Room 703 705 Business Agent, Room 703 Deputy Commissioner of Public Chief Accountant, Department of Works, Room 705 Public Works, Room 705 EIGHTH FLOOR City Engineer, Room 810 Consulting Engineer, Intercepting Chief Assistant Engineers, Room 807 Sewers, Room 806 Chief Clerk, Bureau of Engineering, Division of Subways, Room 807 Room 810 Testing Division, Room 804 Bureau of Bridges and Harbors, Water Pipe Extension Division, Room Room 801 802 4. CHICAGO CITY MANUAL ASSESSORS' BUILDING 82 Fifth Avenue FIRST FLOOR City Collector Deputy City Collector SECOND FLOOR City Clerk Assistant City Treeisurer Chief Clerk to City Clerk Firemen's Pension Board City Treasurer THIRD FLOOR Bureau of Police Records, Room 301 Building Department, Room 302 Photographer, Police Department, Superintendent of Horses, Police De- Room 300 partment. Room 300 FOURTH FLOOR Department of Electricity, Room Gels Inspector, Room 411 400-2 Bureau of Maps and Plats City Electrician, Room 400 GALBRAITH BUILDING 215 East Madison Street FIRST FLOOR* Information Office, Health Department THIRD FLOOR Commissioner of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Secretary, Health Department Burial Permits Division of Contagious Diseases Ambulance Service Bureau of Sanitary Inspection FOURTH FLOOR Assistant Commissioner of Health Food, Milk and Ice Inspection City Laboratory HAMILTON BANK BUILDING 80 La Salle Street BASEMENT Battery Room, Fire Alarm and Telegraph FIRST FLOOR Superintendent, Bureau of Water Chief Clerk, Bureau of Water Assessor, Bureau of Water Cashier, Bureau of Water Meter Division, Bureau of Water Water Inspection, Bureau of Water Shut-Off Division, Bureau of Water SECOND FLOOR Permits, Bureau of Water, Room 21 Division of New City Hall Construc- Plats, Bureau of Water, Room 21 tion. Room 22 THIRD FLOOR Office, Fire Alarm and Telegraph, Room 35 JOURNAL BUILDING 117-125 Market Street FOURTH FLOOR City Architect FIFTH FLOOR Department of Weights & Measures, Police Pension Boeird, Room 504 Room 505 Testing Laboratory, Board of Local iSoard ot txaminers or Plumbers, , _ __„ Room 500 Improvements, Koom 502 Board of Examining Engineers, Room 503 SIXTH FLOOR Examination Rooms and Labor Bureau of Civil Service Commission DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS 5 REAPER BLOCK, 95-97 Clark Street FIRST FLOOR Smoke Inspector Inspector of Boilers and Steam Plants RAND-M'NALLY BUILDING, 158-174 Adams Street Second Floor— Board of Election Commissioners FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, 119 Monroe Street City Attorney, Room 822 ASHLAND BLOCK, 59 Clark Street Prosecuting Attorney, Room 513 TRIBUNE BUILDING, 143 Dearborn Street Board of Education— Sixth Floor MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING, 148 Michigan Avenue Chief Justice, Judges, Clerk and Bailiff, Municipal Court CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING, Michigan Avenue and Washington Street BORLAND BUILDING. 181 La Salle Street Board of Supervising Engineers—Tenth Floor TRUDE BUILDING, 67 Wabash Avenue Oil Inspector, Room 505 City Physician 72 East Madison Street Harbor Master Lake Street Bridge Chief Vessel Dispatcher Anchor Line Building, LaSalle Avenue and the River City Warehouse and Garage . 204 Michigan Street Municipal Lodging House 12 North Union Street House of Correction California Avenue, between 26th Street and the River Dog Pound Sacramento Avenue and 29th Street Board of Examiners of Moving Picture Operators 107 East Madison Street PREFACE The first issue, some ten months since, of the Chicago City Manual was at the time regarded as an experiment, but it soon came to be known as a necessary thing that would take its place as a regular an- nual.