Fort Dearborn established. 'ort Dearborn massacre.. hicago surveyed and platted. Cook county organized.. Town of Chicago incorporated. ity of Chicago incorporated. irst election held..

irst railroad opened.. Cholera epidemic...

Serious money panic.

1854 1857

Great fire (loss $200,000,000)

.Oct. 8-9, 1871

Second financial panic..

1873

City incorporated under general law, April 23, 1875

1877

Internal revenue collected in Chicago district (1906) -$7,455,774.28.

Latitude-N. 41 deg. 53 min. 6 sec.

Lawyers, number of (1907)-5,117.

Length of city, north to south, miles-26.
Libraries-21.

Lights, electric, in service-7,438.
Lights, gas, in service-23,594.

Lights, gasoline, in service-5,832.

Longitude-87 deg. 38 min. 1 sec. west.

Mail, pieces of, delivered, fiscal year 1907628,288,615.

Manufactures in 1905, value of product-$955,036,277. Medical schools-34.

Newspapers and periodicals-744.

Parks, area of in acres-3,191.

Passenger trains arriving and departing in one day-1,584.

Passengers carried on street railways in one day (average)-1,354,450.

Policemen, number of, including officers-4,345. Postal receipts, year ended June 30, 1907-$13,937,-"

Beloit-Fresident. John V. Norcross; secretary, B. Z. Terry.

Brown-President, A. H. Nelson; secretary, Frank
L. Morse, 6432 Monroe avenue.

Cornell-President, Bion J. Arnold; secretary, A.
H. Barber, 229 South Water street.
Dartmouth-President, Charles W. French; secre-
tary, H. A. Haugan, Jr.

secretary,

Harvard Club of Chicago-President, G. A. Car-
penter; secretary, C. H. Schweppe.
Indiana-President, George M. Cook;
Dr. F. C. Test. 1401 Indiana avenue.
Iowa State College-President, Rodney B. Swift;
secretary, A. R. Boudinot, 1136 Perry street.
Johns Hopkins-President. James Taft Hatfield;
secretary. Lessing Rosenthal, Fort Dearborn bldg.
Lake Forest-President, Clifford A. Williams, 23
Randolph street; secretary, R. H. Crozier.
Massachusetts Agricultural-President, Asa
Shiverick; secretary, Arthur B. Smith, 332 5th

avenue.

F.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology-President, J. T. Cheney; secretary, A. W. Woodman. Miami-President, J. A. Hair; secretary, A. G. Work.

Nebraska-President, Bion J. Arnold, 1539, 204 Dear. born street; secretary, James Sayers. Northwestern-President, Frank E.

Lord; secretary. J. F. Oates, 626 Hamlin street, Evanston. Oberlin-President, Amos C. Miller; secretary, F. C. Kettler, 50 Wabansia avenue.

Ohio State-President, C. W. Shepherd; secretary, Miss Minnie Porter.

St.

Ohio Wesleyan-President, Doremus A. Hayes; sec-. retary-treasurer, Miss Jennie M. Walker, 57 Washington street. Princeton-President, William B. McIlvaine; secretary, Ralph H. Poole, 414, 169 Jackson-bd. Purdue-President, Van Wagener Alling; secretary, H. Prime Keefer, 810, 188 Madison street. Ignatius-President, Bernard McDevitt, Jr.; secretary, John T. Lillis, 467 South Robey street. St. Vincent-President, Joseph L. McCarthy; secretary, Leslie A. Webster, 1505 Wellington-av. Swarthmore-President, Prof. T. A. Jenkins; secretary, Francis E. Broomell, 601 Reaper block. University of Chicago Alumni Club-President, Charles F. Royby; secretary, Charles R. Barrett, 5540 Cornell avenue.

University of Chicago Alumni Association-President, Burt Brown Walker; secretary, George 0. Fairweather, University of Chicago.

University of Illinois-President, A. O. Coddington; secretary, D. R. Enochs, 100 Washington street. University of Michigan-President, John D. Hebbard; secretary. Philip G. Bartelme. University of Wisconsin-President. Edward S. Main; secretary, John G. Wray, 203 Washington street.

Vassar-President, Miss Isabel F. Adams; secretary, Miss Grace McCarthy, 4558 Lake avenue. Wabash-President, Henry A. Ritter; secretary, Charles H. Leech.

Williams-President, Dr. Harry Pratt Judson; secretary, R. B. Rutter.

Yale Club of Chicago-President, Judge Henry V. Freeman; secretary, George B. Carpenter.

MAYOR'S OFFICE.

Room 204 city hall. Hours 10:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Mayor-Fred A. Busse, R.

Private Secretary-Bernard J. Mullaney, D. Duties-The mayor presides over meetings of the city council, approves or vetoes the acts of that body, appoints all nonelective city officials, sees that all the laws and ordinances are faithfully executed, issues and revokes licenses and exercises a general supervision over all the various subordinate departments of the city government. BOARD OF ALDERMEN (1907-1908). Total membership, 70; republicans, 34; democrats, 36 1. John J. Coughlin, D.... .125 LaSalle street

Michael Kenna, D.

2. Thomas J. Dixon, R..

.279 Clark street ...299 5th avenue

Geo. F. Harding, Jr., R..155 Washington street 3. William J. Pringle, R....624, 184 LaSalle street Milton J. Foreman, R..1203, 100 Washington-st. 4. John A. Richert, D....2603 South Halsted street John W. McNeal, D..... 2807 Archer avenue 5. James J. McCormick, D...3462 S. Halsted street Alex. J. Burke, R...........3529 S. Marshfield avenue 6. Arthur B. McCoid, R.....412, 122 Monroe street Linn H. Young, R... .4501 Prairie avenue

7. Bernard W. Snow, R..1116 Cham. of Com. bldg. Frank I. Bennett, R...818 Cham. of Com. bldg. 8. John S. Derpa, D....19, 9206 Commercial avenue P. H. Moynihan, R... ..719 92d place ..38 West 12th street D. J. Egan, D...830 Chicago Opera House block 10. Rudolph Hurt, D.. 637 Blue Island avenue

9. Henry L. Fick, D...

Thomas F. Scully, D......156 Washburne avenue 11. Peter L. Hoffman, D.........986 West 13th street Edward F. Cullerton, D.....511, 97 Clark street 12. Joseph Z. Uhlir, R...

Michael Zimmer, D..

13. J. R. Considine, D...

..814, 97 Clark street .1047 West 21st place .15 Stanley terrace Arthur W. Fulton, R.........1103 Ashland block 14 William T. Maypole, D....60 South Canal street James H. Lawley, R...651 West Chicago avenue 15, Albert W. Beilfuss, R....448 Milwaukee avenue Herman F. Kruger, D....405 N. Paulina street 16. John Schermann, R... ....151 LaSalle street Stanley H. Kunz, D.. ....685 Noble street 17. William E. Dever, D.......50, 70 LaSalle street Lewis D. Sitts, R....39 West Washington street . 18. Michael C. Conlon, D...381 West Madison street John J. Brennan, D.....114 West Madison street 19. James B. Bowler, Ind. D..460 West Taylor street John Powers. D... ...79 Macalister place 20. Nicholas R. Finn, D............818 Reaper block John P. Stewart, R... ..126 Adams street 21. Charles M. Foell, R.... .803 Atwood building Francis W. Taylor, R.. ..247 Monadnock block 22. Michael D. Dougherty, D......41 Wendell street Arthur Josetti, R..

220 East North avenue ...218 Mohawk street .924 North Halsted street ...56 Fullerton avenue .781 Clybourn avenue 25. A. D. Williston, R..1001 Fort Dearborn building Winfield P. Dunn, R... ..167 Adams street 26. Peter Reinberg, D.. .3465 North Robey street William F. Lipps, R....522, 37 Randolph street 27. Hans Blase, D... ..3585 Milwaukee avenue Henry J. Siewert, R.. .1230 Armitage avenue 28. Daniel Herlihy, D.....1528 North Albany avenue F. D. Connery, D....1523 N. Washtenaw avenue 29. John Golombiewski, R......1810 West 48th street John Downey, D...5043 South Hermitage avenue 30. John J. Bradley, D.... 808 Garfield boulevard

23. Mathias J. Jacobs, D..
Jacob A. Hey, R....
24. August Krumholz, D...
Albert Hahne, R...

Michael McInerney, D..... .4541 Lowe avenue 31. William J. Roberts, R....5536 S. Halsted street Patrick J. O'Connell, D......522 West 63d street 32. Jos. Badenoch, R...1105-6 Stock Exchange bldg. Albert J. Fisher, R.. 131 LaSalle street 33. Ernest Bihl, R..... .11938 South Halsted street William C. Hunt, R.. ..1264 94th street 34. Patrick J. Nolan, D.. .1970 W. Madison street Joseph F. Kohout, D..619 Chi. Opera House blk. 35. Chas. J. Forsberg, R....2583 W. Superior street Frank L. Race, R......100 South Central avenue

STANDING COUNCIL COMMITTEES (1907-1908). Finance-Bennett, Maypole, Williston, Finn, Foreman, Zimmer, Beilfuss, Reinberg, Bihl, O'Connell, Moynihan, Kohout, Scully.

Local Transportation-Foreman, Maypole, Bennett,
Zimmer, Young, Dever, Stewart, Finn, Dunn,
Bradley, Bihl, Considine, Dougherty.
Judiciary-Dever, Pringle, Kohout, Dixon, Richert,
Harding, Reinberg, Foell, Powers, Lipps, Con-
nery, Siewert, Uhlir.

License-Dunn, Considine, Pringle, O'Connell, Roberts, Hoffman, Stewart, Nolan, McCoid, Fisher, Kruger, Siewert, Race.

Schools-Zimmer, Dunn, Bowler, Race, Cullerton, Snow, Connery, Lipps, Blase, Sitts, Hurt, Hahne, McInerney.

Gas, Oil and Electric Light-Young, Maypole, Williston, Bradley, Badenoch, Reinberg, Sitts, Dougherty, Snow, Scully, Stewart, O'Connell, Foell.

Streets and Alleys, North Division-Jacobs, Foell, Dougherty, Krumholz, Williston, Reinberg. Streets and Alleys, South Division-Dixon, Coughlin, Pringle, Richert, McCormick, McCoid, Snow, Derpa, Golombiewski, Badenoch, Bradley, Rob erts, Hunt.

Streets and Alleys, West Division-Finn, Fick, Hurt, Hoffman, Uhlir, Considine, Maypole, Beilfuss, Schermann, Dever, Conlon, Bowler, Blase, Herlihy, Nolan, Forsberg.

Building Department-Richert, Dixon, Hurt, Hunt, McCormick, -Roberts, Brennan, Lipps, Jacobs, Hahne, Herlihy, Fisher, Siewert.

State Legislation-Pringle, Powers, Dixon, Kohout, Foreman, Cullerton, Beilfuss, Finn, Stewart, Jacobs, Young, Considine, Schermann. Harbors, Wharves and Bridges-Hoffman, Race, Kenna, Hahne, Fick, Lipps, Nolan, Bihl, Blase, Foell, McInerney, Golombiewski, Kunz. Special Assessment and General Taxation-Hurt, Hunt, Krumholz, Sitts, Bowler, Fisher, McInerney, Uhlir, Hahne, McNeal, Schermann, Golombiewski. Roberts, Conlon, Hunt, Fick, Lawley, Krumholz, Hey, Connery, Taylor, Egan, Fulton, Downey. Fire Department-Fisher, Brennan, Snow, Coughlin, Harding, Hoffman, Hunt, Blase, Forsberg, Kruger, Josetti, McNeal, Burke. Police Department and Bridewell-Nolan, Cullerton, Moynihan, Fick, Uhlir, Conlon, Lawley, Kunz, Hey, Egan, Taylor, Downey. Water Department-Sitts, Brennan, Bihl, Cullerton. Badenoch, Kohout, Taylor, Powers, Lawley, McInerney, Race, Downey, Kruger.

Health Department-Herlihy,

Race,

Civil Service-Uhlir, Dougherty, Beilfuss, Kenna, Harding, O'Connell, Forsberg, Connery, Hey, Derpa, Burke, McNeal, Egan.

Elections-Roberts, Coughlin, Schermann, Richert, Lipps, Jacobs, Krumholz, Harding, Derpa, Josetti, Herlihy, Fulton, McNeal.

Rules-Cullerton, Pringle, Zimmer, Bennett, Coughlin, Dixon, Powers, Moynihan, Kenna, Hahne, Scully. McCoid, Derpa.

Street Nomenclature-Derpa, Foreman, Brennan,
Golombiewski, Coughlin, Young, Kunz, Josetti,
Hey, Fulton, Burke, Lawley, Taylor.
City Hall and Public Buildings-Badenoch, Ben-
nett, Harding, McCormick, Williston, Dever,
Young, Scully, Sitts, Kenna, Jacobs, Downey,
Siewert.

Printing-McCormick, Moynihan, Bradley, Dunn,
Conlon, Fulton, Kruger, Forsberg, Kunz, Josetti,
Bowler, Burke, Hey.

SELECT COMMITTEES (1907-1908). Track Elevation-Lipps. Zimmer, Fisher, Kohout, Moynihan, Roberts, Hahne, Egan, Taylor. Compensation-Snow, Harding, Pringle, Dever, Reinberg, Hey.

Special Park Commission-(See Parks and Boulevards.)

Meetings-Regular meetings of the council are held every Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock.

Duties-In a general way the duties of the board of aldermen are to enact ordinances for the government of the city, levy and collect taxes, make appropriations, regulate licenses, etc. The matters coming under the jurisdiction of the council are indicated by the names of the committees given above.

CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

101 and 103 city hall. City Clerk-John R. McCabe, R. Chief Clerk to City Clerk-E. J. Padden, D. Duties-The city clerk keeps the corporate seal and all papers belonging to the city. He attends the meetings of the council and keeps a record of the proceedings. All city licenses are issued through his office.

CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE.

105 city hall.

Hours-10 a. m. to 3 p. m. City Treasurer-John E. Traeger, D. Assistant-Harry Hildreth, Jr.

Duties-The treasurer receives all moneys belonging to the corporation, deposits the funds in bank, keeps separate accounts of each fund or appropriation, pays warrants, receives fines and renders monthly accounts of the condition of the treasury to the council.

CITY COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
304 city hall.

Comptroller-Walter H. Wilson, R.
Deputy Comptroller-Louis E. Gosselin, D.
Chief Clerk-C. J. O'Connor.
Duties-The comptroller is at the head of the de-
partment of finance, of which the treasurer and
collector are also members. He is charged with
a general supervision over all the officers of
the city who take in or pay out city money.
He is the fiscal agent of the city and as such
has charge of deeds, mortgages, contracts, etc.
He audits and settles claims, keeps a record of
persons committed to the house of correction,
with fines, etc.; keeps books relating to appro-
priations, makes the annual estimates, signs
warrants upon the city treasury, etc.
PAYMASTER'S BUREAU.
312 city hall.

First Assistant and Acting Paymaster-John L. Healy.

Duties The city paymaster has immediate charge of paying the salaries of city employes, including school teachers and library employes. CITY COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. 102 city hall.

City Collector-Ernest J. Magerstadt, R.
Deputy City Collector-J. F. McCarthy.
Duties-The city collector executes all special as-
sessments and other warrants, receives money
for licenses, pays over to the city treasurer all
moneys collected by him, takes receipts therefor
and files them with the comptroller.

CORPORATION COUNSEL'S OFFICE.
303 city hall.

Corporation Counsel-Edward J. Brundage, R.
Assistants-Emil C. Wetten, Franklin A. Denni-
son, William E. Bagby, Clarence M. Boord, John
J. Beilman, Robert L. Campbell, Edwin H. Cas-
sels, Charles Cruikshank (also attorney for police
department), Clyde A. Day, George E. Dierssen.
Frank J. Hogan (also attorney for fire depart-
ment), Edgar R. Hart and W. F. Hapeman (also
assistant attorneys for board of local improve-
ments), Howard Hayes, Charles M. Haft, Robert
M. Holt, R. R. Jampolis, Edwin D. Keith,
George A. Mason (also attorney for board of
local improvements), W. K. Otis, William S.
Stahl, Nelson Thomassen, Michael F. Sullivan,
William D. Barge, Frank L. Childs.
Special Assessment Attorneys-Frank Johnston, Jr.,
George M. Haynes.
Duties-The corporation counsel superintends and,
with the assistance of the prosecuting and city
attorneys, conducts all the law business of the
city: draws the leases, deeds and other papers
connected with the finance department and all

contracts for any of the other departments of the corporation; drafts such ordinances as may be required of him by the city council or its committees and furnishes written legal opinions upon subjects submitted to him by the mayor of the city council or any department of the city government.

CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

Room 822 First National Bank building.

City Attorney-Frank D. Ayers.

Assistant City Attorney-Alfred O. Erickson. Assistant Attorney and Chief Investigator-B. W. Sherman.

Trial Attorneys-Robert S. Cook, E. S. Day, D. H. Wansley, Charles Swanson, Ed C. Fitch. Henry J. Frereks, Richard J. Finn, Harry T. Aspern.

Chief Law Clerk-Arthur S. Friedman. Duties-The city attorney keeps a register of all actions in courts of record, prosecuted or defended, in which the city may be a party, and defends all damage suits against the city. His chief duty is the defense or settlement of personal-injury cases against the corporation. He may be called upon to draft ordinances for the city council or for heads of departments. He is the attorney for the fire pension board.

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. Room 513 Ashland block. Prosecuting Attorney-George H. White, B. Chief Assistant-James Donohue. Law Clerk-William J. Anderson. Assistants--Robert C. Busse, Frank H. Hills, 0. L. Kelar, A. T. Powers, James W. Breen, Sigmund Jonas. D. M. Elliott, Victor Sarner, Henry Seligman, David Revell, Anton Zeman.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

2 and 4 city hall.

Commissioner of Health-W. A. Evans, M. D., R. Assistant Commissioner of Health-Dr. F. W. Reilly.

Secretary-E. R. Pritchard.

Chief Medical Inspector-Dr. Heman Spalding. Registrar of Vital Statistics-M. O. Heckard, M. D. Recorder of Deaths-James J. Dillon.

City Physician-L. Blake Baldwin, M. D., R. Duties-The commissioner of health and his assistants enforce state laws and city ordinances relating to sanitation and cause all nuisances to be promptly abated. They keep records of births and deaths and other vital statistics, investigate all cases of contagious diseases and take all necessary steps to prevent their spread, such as providing for vaccination, disinfection, etc. The city physician attends to all cases in the police stations requiring medical attention.

CITY LABORATORY.

Galbraith building, Franklin and Madison streets.
City Chemist-Hugo Jone.

BUREAU OF SANITARY INSPECTION.
411 city hall.

Chief Sanitary Inspector-Charles B. Ball.
BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PLUMBERS.
100 city hall.

Master Plumber-0. W. Herrmann.
Journeyman Plumber-Hugh H. Smith.
Secretary-G. L. McConnell.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
222 city hall.

Commissioner-John J. Hanberg, R.
Deputy Commissioner-Paul Redieske, R.
Private Secretary to Commissioner-T. J. Sullivan.
Duties-The commissioner of public works is the
head of the department of public works, which
embraces in addition the city engineer and the
superintendents of streets, street cleaning, water.
sewerage and maps. He has charge of all the
streets, sidewalks, bridges, docks, public lands
and buildings, etc.; collects water rents and
taxes, water licenses and permits and sewerage
permits and licenses, and makes contracts for
public improvements not done by special as-
sessment.

CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE.
321 city hall.

City Engineer-John Ericson, C. E.
Chief Clerk-W. J. Roach.
Duties-The city engineer has charge of the con-
struction of bridges, viaducts and waterworks
and performs all such services for the commis-
sioner of public works as require the skill and
experience of a civil engineer.

BUREAU OF BRIDGES AND HARBOR.

Engineer-Thomas G. Pihlfeldt.

Assistant Engineer-John A. Lennartson.
Harbor Engineer-Col. Ricard O'S. Burke.

Harbor Master-Walter Scott.

Vessel Dispatcher-Francis B. Higgie.

BOARD OF STREET-RAILWAY SUPERVISING

Duties-The board of local improvements is a body designed primarily to reform the method of making special assessments. As the name implies, it has charge of all kinds of local improvements, such as street paving, sewer extensions, sidewalks, etc. The board fixes the special assessments, hears complaints and considers objections to proposed improvements.

TRACK ELEVATION DEPARTMENT.

200 city hall.

Track Elevation Superintendent-Walter, J. Ray-
mer, R.
Duties-Frames ordinances for the elevation of
steam surface roads in Chicago.

BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
411 city hall.

Commissioner-Joseph Downey, R.
Deputy Commissioner-Robert Knight.
Assistant Deputy-John C. Christensen.
Secretary-James Slattery.

Duties-The building commissioner sees that new buildings are put up in accordance with the city ordinances, that fire escapes are provided wherever needed, that unsafe structures are demolished or repaired, that safe exits are provided in halls, theaters, etc.

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICITY.

12, 14 and 16 city hall.

City Electrician-William Carroll, D.
Chief Operator-Frank W. Swenie.
Superintendent of Construction-Harry Leser.
Chief Clerk-John B. Porter.

Chief Electric Light Inspector-George D. Bayle.
Chief Gas Inspector-William B. Burke, R.
Chief Operating Engineer-Frank B. Flynn.
Duties-The city electrician has charge of the con-
struction, repair and maintenance of the city's
electric and gas lights, power plants and the
police and fire alarm telegraphs.

BOARD OF EXAMINING ENGINEERS.
500 city hall.

Members-Hugh J. Gleason, president; Frank K. Rittenhouse, vice-president; L. J. Griffin, secretary; J. F. O'Connor, inspector and clerk; C. F. Swingle, Henry McMahon and Daniel Holland, inspectors.

Duties-The members of the board, who are practical engineers familiar with the construction and operation of steam boilers and engines, examine all applicants for licenses for engineers and boiler or water tenders, grant licenses and suspend or revoke the same.

DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLIES.