January 6, 1902 – The Chicago Daily Tribune reports that the troopers
at Fort Sheridan are awash in whisky as “The officers at Fort Sheridan discovered
… where the soldiers fund large supplies of whisky without leaving the
reservation.” [Chicago Daily Tribune, January 6, 1902] It seems that after the saloon of Dennis
Murphy in Highland Park is shuttered, “soon after several barrels of whisky
disappeared from the stock.” The men of Company E at Fort Sheridan had a pretty
good idea where the whisky was … it was hidden in the woods adjoining the base,
and “They all filled their canteens and then told members of other companies.
Many soldiers were walking about with canteens full of whisky, and others with
empty canteens could not walk.” Before officers at the base could determine
what was going on, “the supply was practically exhausted.” Happy New Year!
January 6, 1925 – The Chicago Daily Tribune reports that during the year of 1924, according to the city’s Smoke Abatement Commission, Chicago’s economic loss from “dense, foul smoke” is placed at $42,500,000. Sighting an earlier investigation by the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research at the University of Pittsburgh, the paper observes that Chicago’s laundry bills are higher than those of any other large industrialized city. “The average cost per person for laundry in Chicago at the time the Mellon Institute analyzed the census figures was $3.25 per year, while in Philadelphia it was only $2.01 … Chicago even surpasses Pittsburgh which had the reputation of living up to its name of ‘Smoky City.’” the article states.
January 6, 1972 -- George Vavoulis, the regional commissioner for the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, tells Mayor Richard Daley that Chicago will lose $20 million in federal urban renewal funds because of the city's failure to provide more low-income-housing. This sum came on top of $26 million that had been frozen three months earlier because the City Council had failed to approve enough public housing sites in white neighborhoods.
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