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FOREWORD.
In the autumn of 1915 the Department of Public Welfare, City of Chicago, published the first edition of the Social Service Directory. Its value and usefulness as a handbook for. social and civic workers has been so generally appreciated that the second edition needs no introduction.
The collection and compilation of the material for this edi- tion is the work of Miss Valeria D. McDermott, Director of the Bureau of Information, and Miss Annie Elizabeth Trotter, Investigator, Bureau of Social Surveys, of the staff of the De- partment of Public Welfare.
A word of appreciation is sincerely extended to Mr. Frederick Rex, Librarian of the Municipal Reference Library of Chicago, for the compilation of Public Agencies-City and County ..
Appreciation is also extended to all organizations and in- dividuals who co-operated with the Department in furnishing necessary information.
Such a large number of requests for copies of the Directory has been received that it will not be possible for the Depart- ment of Public Welfare, with a limited edition, to meet the demand. Every effort will be made to distribute the Direc- tories where they will be of the greatest use and service to the largest number.
LOUISE OSBORNE ROWE,
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City Treasurer 204 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
City Treasurer, Clayton F. Smith.
Charged with the receipt, custody and safe keeping of the city revenue and trust funds.
City Comptroller
501 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Comptroller, Eugene R. Pike.
Charged with the auditing of all receipts and disbursements of the city; control of its fiscal affairs by prescribing forms for keeping and rendering records of account and the issuing and redemption of bonds; supervision over contracts, obligations and property of the city.
City Collector 108 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
City Collector, Charles J. Forsberg.
Collects license fees and permit and inspection fees and com- pensation for franchises, fines by the Municipal Court and all moneys not otherwise provided for; collects special assess- ment warrants for improvements and forwards daily to the City Treasurer all money collected by him.
Paymaster 503 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
Paymaster, John L. Healy.
Issues checks for the payment of every employe of the city, including school teachers and library employes.
Department of Law
511 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Corporation Counsel, Samuel A. Ettelson.
Furnishes legal advice to and handles the law business of the various city departments and bureaus; furnishes legal advice to the mayor, members of the City Council and the various departments and city officers; charged with the duty of preparing and approving all deeds, leases, contracts, or other legal documents required by the City; drafts ordinances required by the City Council and its various committees.
Department of Police
506 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
General Supt., Herman F. Schuettler.
Is charged with the preservation of the peace and securing good order and cleanliness within the City of Chicago, and the enforcement of all laws and ordinances and. the orders of the City Council and of the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
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Police Stations
1st Precinct, 180 N. La Salle St., Tel., Main 3756. 2nd Precinct, 625 S. Clark St., Tel. Harrison 51.
3rd Precinct, 210 W. Twenty-second St., Tel. Calumet 237.
3rd Precinct, 210 W. Twenty-second St., Tel. Calumet 1951.
4th Precinct, 2523 Cottage Grove Ave., Tel. Calumet 1145. 5th Precinct, 454 E. Thirty-fifth St., Tel. Douglas 1117. 6th Precinct, 740 W. Thirty-fifth St., Tel. Yards 1260. 7th Precinct, 2913 Loomis St., Tel. Yards 938.
8th Precinct, 3900 S. California Ave., Tel. Yards 1304. 9th Precinct, 11033 Hale Ave., Tel. Beverly 189.
10th Precinct, 5233 Lake Park Ave., Tel. Hyde Park 47.
11th Precinct, 4802 Wabash Ave., Tel. Oakland 345.
12th Precinct, 6344 Harper Ave., Tel. Hyde Park 342.
13th Precinct, 834 E. Seventy-fifth St., Tel. Hyde Park 141. 14th Precinct, 100 East 115th St., Tel. Pullman, 108. 15th Precinct, 2938 E. Eighty-ninth St., Tel. S. Chicago 21. 16th Precinct, 3457 E. 106th St., Tel. S. Chicago 210. 17th Precinct, 6347 Wentworth Ave., Tel. Wentworth 373. 18th Precinct, 8501 S. Green St., Tel. Stewart 9863. 19th Precinct, 4736 S. Halsted St., Tel. Yards 797.
20th Precinct, 1700 W. Forty-seventh St., Tel. Yards 4. 21st Precinct, 943 Maxwell St., Tel. Canal 83 . 22nd Precinct, 2075 Canalport Ave., Tel. Canal 1829. 23rd Precinct, 1700 W. Twenty-first Pl., Canal 1056.
24th Precinct, 2250 W. Thirteenth St., Tel. Canal 984.
25th Precinct, 2656 S. Lawndale Ave., Tel. Lawndale 1272. 26th Precinct, 4001 Fillmore St., Tel. Kedzie 49. 27th Precinct, 120 N. Des Plaines St., Tel. Monroe 262. 29th Precinct, 2433 Warren Ave., Tel. West 935.
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30th Precinct, 4250 W. Lake St., Tel. Kedzie 487. 31st Precinct, 5610 W. Lake St., Tel. Austin 214. 32nd Precinct, 1123 W. Chicago Ave., Tel. Monroe 1063. 33rd Precinct, 1312 W. North Ave., Tel. Monroe 2585. 34th Precinct, 2256 W. North Ave., Tel. Humboldt 774. 35th Precinct, 2138 N. California Ave., Tel. Humboldt 859. 36th Precinct, 3973 Milwaukee Ave., Tel. Irving 15. 37th Precinct, 4905 Grand Ave., Tel. Belmont 6832. 38th Precinct, 113 W. Chicago Ave., Tel. Superior 1037. 39th Precinct, 1501 Hudson Ave., Tel. Lincoln 1781. 40th Precinct, 2128 N. Halsted St., Tel. Lincoln 678. 41st Precinct, 2742 Sheffield Ave., Tel. Lincoln 960. 42nd Precinct, 3600 N. Halsted St., Tel. Lake View 11. 43rd Precinct, 3801 N. Robey St., Tel. Lake View 1415. 44th Precinct, 1940 Foster Ave., Tel. Ravenswood 787. 45th Precinct, 7075 N. Clark St., Tel. Rogers Park 32.
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Fire Department
.105 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Chief, Thomas O'Connor.
Charged with the extinguishing of fires, fire prevention and investigation of the origin of fires, has right of way in public streets and alleys; extraordinary powers as to the destruction of buildings in the neighborhood of fires; jurisdiction to in- spect buildings as to the storage of combustibles, explosives and other measures tending to insure the public safety against fires.
Board of Examiners of Plumbers
1008 City Hall,
Tel. Main 447.
Master Plumber, C. J. Herbert.
Examines applicants for certificates as plumbers and issues certificates to successful candidates; investigates all com- plaints against persons operating as plumbers and prosecutes those guilty of unlawful conduct.
Examiners of Stationary Engineers
1008 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Pres., Edward L. Miller.
Examines applicants for licenses as engineers and boiler or water tenders and issues certificates to competent applicants.
Board of Local Improvements
207 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Pres., M. J. Faherty.
In charge of local improvements by special assessments such as condemnations, streets and alley paving, laying of sewers, house drains, water mains, water service pipes and sidewalks.
Building Department
702 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Commissioner, Charles Bostrom.
Charged with enforcing all ordinances relating to the con- struction, alteration, repair, removal and safety of buildings, including inspection of fire escapes, elevators, billboards and signs.
Inspection of Steam Boilers, Steam and Cooling Plants 111 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Chief Inspector, Geo. E. Nye.
Passes upon plans and specifications and issues permit for the installation of boilers or other apparatus under pressure, or the remodelling, reconstruction of, or addition to, an .exist- ing plant, whether for power or heating purposes.
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Department of Gas and Electricity 614 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
Commissioner, Wm. G. Keith.
Charged with management of municipal street lighting; the inspection of electric wires for power, heat and light; the care, maintenance and construction of the police and fire alarm telephone and telegraph systems and other matters relating to gas and electricity in which the city is interested.
Department of Public Service 613 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
Commissioner, John P. Garner.
Handles all matters relating to the regulation of rates and the quality of service rendered by the gas, telephone, electric and street railway utilities in the city.
Transportation Bureau 613 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
Acting-Supervisor, Thomas E. Flannigan.
Charged with all matters relating to service and rates of the Chicago surface lines and the Chicago elevated railways; and all transportation complaints.
Gas Bureau 613 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
Supervisor, Fred W. Able.
Charged with the testing of gas meters and matters relating to gas service and rates; and the enforcement of laws and ordinances relating to the same.
Telephone Bureau 613 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
Supervisor, G. W. Cummings.
Charged with the care of all matters and the enforcement of laws and ordinances relating to telephone service and rates.
Electric Bureau 606 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
Chief Inspector, Victor H. Tousley.
Charged with the testing of electric meters, the adjustment of complaints relating to the electric light and power service and rates.
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Department of Public Works
406 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
Commissioner, Frank I. Bennett.
Charged with the control of the use of the streets, alleys, highways and public places of the city for the erection of telegraph poles or posts, the laying of gas and water pipes, sewers, conduits and other forms of underground construction and to cause the prompt repair of streets and alleys whenever the same are taken up or altered; awarding contracts for public improvements in excess of $500, other than work under the control of the Board of Local Improvements; charged with the management and control of the various bureaus and divisions of the department.
Bureau of Architecture 1012 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
City Architect, Charles W. Kallal.
Charged with the preparation of plans and specifications and supervision of work for the construction, repair and altera- tion of all public buildings of the City of Chicago other than schools.
Bureau of Rivers and Harbors 401 City Hall,
Tel., Main' 447.
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Has jurisdiction over the water front belonging to the City, including wharves, piers, bulkheads, slips, basins, docks, stub street ends and land under water; recording arrival and de- parture of vessels in Chicago harbor and the operation of bridges.
Bureau of Compensation Floor 312 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
Supt., H. V. McGurran.
Charged with the receipt of applications for permits to use streets, alleys or public grounds, sub-sidewalk or any under- ground space and in determining the compensation to be paid the City for the same.
Bureau of Engineering 402 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
City Engineer, John Erickson.
Charged with the construction, maintenance and operation of the waterworks system, intercepting sewers and sewage pumping stations, river and harbor construction and the con- struction, repair and maintenance of city bridges.
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Water Pipe Extension Division
404 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Supt., Hugh L. Lucas.
Charged with the maintenance, operation and extension of the distribution system of the city waterworks; making rec- ommendations for improvements to the system, fire protec- tion and feeder main surveys; reporting on pressure and flow conditions in the mains and the preparation of all plans and extensions for new work.
Bureau of Water 101 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Supt., Wm. J. McCourt.
In charge of the assessment and collection of water rates and other revenue derived from the sale of water.
Bureau of Maps and Plats
410 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Supt., John D. Riley.
Charged with the examination and approval of sub divisions and matters pertaining to the keeping of the records of maps and plats recorded in the city; naming of streets and fixing of house numbers; making maps and plats required by de- partments of the city and surveying streets, alleys and other property of the city in order to prevent private encroachment or occupancy.
Bureau of Sewers 409 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Supt., George E. McGrath.
Charged with the construction of public and private sewers and catch basins and the issuance of permits for connection with or repairs to the sewerage system of the city.
Bureau of Streets 408 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Supt., Felix S. Mitchell.
Charged with the cleaning of streets and alleys and the collection and removal of garbage, refuse, snow, ice and street sweeping and the physical condition of streets, alleys, side- walks or public places.
Bureau of Parks, Playgrounds and Bathing Beaches 1002 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Secretary, Walter Wright.
Charge of the parks, playgrounds and bathing beaches maintained by the City as distinguished from the sixteen separate park districts in the City of Chicago maintained by
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direct taxation. The bureau regulates the use of the parks, playgrounds and bathing beaches under its jurisdiction and the care and cultivation of trees in the city streets. See Recreation (City of Chicago Administration), page 171.
Department of Smoke Inspection
608 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Chief Inspector, Wm. H. Reid.
Charged with the detection and prosecution of violators of the ordinance providing for smoke inspection and its abate- ment and the supervision of the construction or reconstruc- tion of plants where heat or power are generated.
Department of Weights and Measures
Floor 31/2 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Chief Inspector, Morris Eller.
Charged with the inspection, testing and sealing of all weights, measures, scale beams and other instruments used in weighing and measuring commodities or articles of merchan- dise handled for purchase or sale.
Municipal Reference Library
. 1005 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Librarian, Frederick Rex.
Provides and renders available for the use of the members of the Chicago City Council, its various committees and spe- cial commissions and municipal department and bureau heads and other city employes, public reports, documents, books, pamphlets and other data bearing upon municipal legislative and administrative projects, plans and proposals; keeps on file all official public reports issued by the various govern- mental agencies in the City of Chicago and the annual re- ports, charters and ordinances of other cities.
Bureau of Statistics
1005 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Statistician, Francis A. Eastman.
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Charge of the compilation and publication each year of the Chicago City Manual and furnishing statistics and other in- formation relating to the City of Chicago to the City Council, department and bureau heads and the general public.
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Department of Health
710 City Hall, Tel., Main 447.
Commissioner, John Dill Robertson, M. D.
The authority, duty and powers of the Department of Health extend over the City of Chicago and the waters adja- cent within the jurisdiction of the City. It is the duty of
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the Department to enforce all laws and ordinances applicable to the City of Chicago for the preservation of human life or for the care, promotion or protection of health and to exercise the authority given by law relative to cleanliness and sanita- tion and the use or sale of poisonous, unwholesome, delete. rious or adulterated drugs, medicines or food; to record deaths, births or other vital statistics and supervise the purity and wholesomeness of the water supply of the City. See Medical Aid (Public Health), page 131.
City Physician
Clarence Leigh, M. D.
25 E. Washington St.,
Tel., Randolph 5572. Hours 10 A. M .- 1 P. M.
When directed, is required to visit police stations and examine and provide for the care of all persons found to be sick, injured or insane, also required when directed to visit, investigate and examine all cases of physical injury or illness claimed or alleged to result from defective streets, alleys, sidewalks and bridges or from any other cause which might render the city liable for damages.
Department of Public Welfare
805 City Hall Square Bldg., Tel., Central 7707.
Commissioner, Louise Osborne Rowe.
Established as the industrial and social research department of the municipal government. Research work is conducted through the following bureaus. See page 58.
Bureau of Employment
805 City Hall Square Bldg.,
Tel., Central 7707.
Supt., James W. Calley.
Ordinance provides that this Bureau shall collect informa- tion relative to working conditions, wages, hours of labor and unemployment, and shall operate the Municipal Lodging House.
Bureau of Social Surveys
805 City Hall Square Bldg.,
Tel., Central 7707.
Ordinance provides that this Bureau shall collect informa- tion relative to actual living conditions in Chicago, facilities for recreation, the causes of poverty, vagrancy and crime, and shall recommend to the City Council appropriate ordinances or statues for practical betterment of such conditions.
Board of Education
7 S. Dearborn St.,
Tel., Central 3981.
Superintendent of Schools, John D. Shoop.
Charged with the enforcement of the compulsory educa- tion law; taking of the school census; establishment and
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conduct of kindergartens, elementary, high, truant, evening, vacation and training schools, school playgrounds and recrea- tion centers. See Education (Public School Social Work), page 87.
Morals Commission
713 City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Sec., Dr. John P. Brushingham.
Established to study problems of sex immorality: Makes investigations and publishes reports to be used as basis for remedial legislation.
Municipal Court 917 City Hall,
Tel., Franklin 2684.
Chief Justice, Harry Olson.
In brief, the court has original and unlimited jurisdiction in actions of contract and for the recovery of personal prop- erty or of damages of the conversion thereof, and has jurisdic- diction up to the amount of $1,000 in all actions of tort; it has original jurisdiction of all misdemeanor cases where the punishment is otherwise than imprisonment in the peniten- tiary and of prosecutions for the violation of municipal ord- inances. The Municipal Court trials are by court without a jury, or with a jury, if the litigant so demands, and they are final in the sense that there can be no trial de novo in another court. Appeals are taken direct to the Appellate Courts just as from the other trial courts of record in the State of Illinois. See Legal Agencies, page 125.
City of Chicago Institutions
Chicago Public Library-See Education (Libraries and Mu- seums), page 91.
Municipal Reference Library-See Education (Libraries and Museums), page 95.
Municipal Pier-See Recreation (City of Chicago Jurisdiction), page 172.
Municipal Lodging House See Homes (Destitute), page 115. Chicago Parental School-See Correctional Agencies (Treat- ment of Delinquents), page 67.
House of Correction-See Correctional Agencies (Treatment of Delinquents), page 69.
Contagious Disease Hospital-See Medical Aid (Infectious and Contagious), page 153.
Municipal Contagious Disease Hospital-See Medical Aid (In- fectious and Contagious), page 154.
Isolation Hospital-See Medical Aid (Infectious and Contag- ious), page 154.
Scoleth Emergency Hospital-See Medical Aid (Emergency), page 153.
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Iroquois Memorial Hospital-See Medical Aid (Emergency), page 153.
City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium-See Medi- cal Aid (Tuberculosis), page 166.
Institutions Supported Jointly by City of Chicago and County of Cook
Chicago and Cook County School for Boys-See Correctional Agencies (Treatment of Delinquents) page 67.
Juvenile Detention Home -See Correctional Agencies (Treat- ment of Delinquents), page 71.
City Council
Council Chamber,
2nd Floor, City Hall,
Tel., Main 447.
Charged with the general legislative power of the City of Chicago; the making of the annual appropriation bill, the passage of ordinances, resolutions and orders and their re- peal or amendment.
1st Ward: Aldermen
John J. Coughlin, D., 17 N. La Salle St. Main 1157
Michael Kenna, D., 307 S. Clark St. Harrison 872
2nd Ward:
Hugh Norris, D., 3638 S. Wells St Yards 3764 Louis B. Anderson, R., 2821 S. Wabash Ave ... Calumet 1464 3rd Ward:
U. S. Schwartz, D., 906, 6 N. Clark St. Franklin 3230 George F. Iliff, D., 546 E. 45th St. Drexel 7373
4th Ward:
John A. Richert, D., 2603 S. Halsted St Yards 1148
David R. Hickey, D., 2625 Stark St Yards 292
5th Ward:
Thomas A. Doyle, D., 751 W. 35th St Drover 2463 Joseph B. McDonough, D., 544 W. 37th St. Drover 997 6th Ward:
Willis O. Nance, R., 5330 Hyde Park Blvd ._ Hyde Park 5202 Alex. A. McCormick, R., 954, 209 S. La Salle St .__ Wab. 4272 7th Ward: John N. Kimball, R., 6551 Greenwood Ave .___ Midway 2277 Wm. R. Fetzer, R., 155 N. Clark St. Randolph 3507
8th Ward:
Ernest M. Cross, R., 10200 Avenue L. S. Chgo. 218 Ross A. Woodhull, D., 9140 Houston Ave S. Chgo. 77
9th Ward:
Eugene H. Block, D., 9311 Evans Ave .. Burnside 18 Chas. V. Johnson, Soc., 11353 Stephenson Ave .__ Pull. 6000
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