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Internal Improvement commission investigate}! deep waterway. and pre pared recommendations for completion. Sinre grain inspection improvul. “a shipment. through Chicago otflce in- “-__-j Chicago charter commission up. pointed to aid In framing of new Chl- cago charter. Demand upon former state auditors for $155,193 fees, believed to be due the state. ’ Mommy! upon farmer state treasur- ers for $287,915. Igelieved to be due state. Pure food commission reorganized with technical experts In charge of de5 partments. Payments to state by Illinois Centnl railway Investigated. Settlement 13 now pending. Pflsoners are mamitncturing clothing , and overalis, brooms. brushes. school and omve furniture. mattresses. bed springs, emailing stone and doing state printing. ' sate highway commission organ- hed. Experimental roads constructed at salem. Greenvme, Springfield. Mc- Lean- andDeKalh. One hundred and twonty application: for 250,000 cubic yards of crushed stone received from forty-five counties. State board of prison Industries has } diaposed of $456,432.97 worth of prod- , nets since organimmm, July 1, 1904. _Normal training schools have been matched in Pontiac reformat-wry und at. Charm: School for you. and In ‘overan factory established nt Pouflaan which 200 boys are em- Law place- 2.168 pulflonl m clvn service. Communion mulled Nov. 1. 1905. has 1,028 appoint- ments: held 114 mm! tions and re- celved'2g745 applicat Training schools to!" um have from ambushed" in hos Is for the Amman. emulating to 81.1%. 000 were vetoed." Ammumpereentonm five dis-u of might rates. Tax rote reduced from 55 out: on $100 to 50 canto. \ An act ' _ . ‘ 3 meat comma ’ I 01 deep "may. An not creating unmo'loolorlcll nun-«y, under whichwmjgmnt noes tlom of the «an that“. prov- erly damned. and mm m. A. pet Mn; for straight vow In MI: unitary district tun-tee. in m Instead o! n hum-flan cumu- hflvo vote. as under old Inten. A municipal court bill for m Which thouubau all justice chops. act «avowed-c the city 0! Oh!- to tune It. on: charter. I“ million not under wh'el 350'" “I was procured formed" «Chicago. A. “‘0 A but!“ by [M A eel-m primal-flew. A dvll eervlce luv eovertng I” payee In avenue: cute cum Work of Admln Yen-3’ History The state geological survey was 1]" pointed. this sung and state high- way communion “firm been provided for by manure: pun-ed by an. win-n- tor by manure: M by t5: Forty: Fourth General Ambly. Under the The state h-ig'uwny oommlssion has been organize] and experimental toads have [men constructed. Appilcstions for crushed stone have been received from forty-five counties. and the com- mission has given its advice to many local organizations on the construc- tion of bridges, more than $7,000 haw inn been saved to local communities on four bridges upon which the com- mission was consulted. ‘ [ Theadmh‘flmtionof Governor Do- neen hm! been marked by its economy; business-like methods and the appoing- men: of men or the highest reputation who have given their services freely to the state without rpnoiving any com- pensation in return. The administra- tion’s enforvmnent of the law has re-‘ mired in gv'mt saving to the state thi‘ough rontrncts in the state lnlfltth firms and in the, state house. ' the next legislature wlll Rxfiéha Elie. present act to Include the Mal and refonnatory lustlmtlons. which will place about 500 more employes under clvll servic‘e.' - _-.. ‘...-‘--,.u. vs. W In Its platfom; or 190:: the parade- clams for an extension at the chi! service law 99d it Is expected that Al“ n , _ _ , WW , m? m, "View; '- y ' . . man" ' ‘ " Jamaal! .49 4' has MW)!!!” Maw-.1; may FIIMTM'kw F3", um. ”fit fig and all, Wntmenu,x-~1;023 Inna-é the, 50M»? Chicago this right to a": her, have been made under “the dtroe- unite , mfg mm. cw Justicé. ind ’ flon of the commission. It has abol~ twenty-omen municipal pour: mam; “5"“ m“ “we"‘AG‘ “PM“ “a This act a'hollahes the em. ot'thc Ju' in no instance has the political amua- ' tlce courts. and Is expected to be a’ flan 9! the applicant been reqnutpd Hz ‘ by the mission. , protection to the ct am of (Mum . ,frmn vicious legal actions in future. It Pug-Km PM”, passed an act changing the cumula- ‘ ’ ~ » (, five voting system I: vogue In the the? £31,531???“ 953:? $3333 I election 0‘ trustee? of the mm"! «I» pledge made In its platform of. 1904 : trict of Chicago. to'n straight vote (or In Its platform of 1908 the party'de- ; cachcandldnte. Dndm‘tlua system, clan-cs for an extension or the civil Instead of having a thnrflnnn board, service law and “18 expected that the Republican party elected nine the next legislature will amend the trustccs and assumed tlm‘responaibillty present act to Include the MM! and "5' the “mm" “”3“" i" ”m" “"9 refonnatory Institutions, which will ”a“ "9"” ("med ”we“ the m" place about 500 more nmnlnvnn and.“ x parties. has been ”flamed since NOV-31,. 1905 and all appointments; 1:023 In nun-é her. have been made under me direc- tion at the commission. It has nbo!~ {shed the “momenta! employee and in no instance has the political amm- A1_, man district and feature. Ill name: to hold primaries on tho lame day and in the same polling pace. It ‘7” the votar the rights to express “like: on utatoofllcers and United sm- son- now. , Tumctvn service law. passed by the Forty-Fourth GoneralAasembly.coven seventeen state charitableyjmumuout including 2,200 employesl The law - \vulluvucullVO cwu eervlce not. When the people adopted the M tutlouel amendment. the Republleen member: of the Forty-Fourth General Assembly uve thelr support to en en- abling act nuthorlxln: {he (thcuxo rub-rte: convention. ln which legisla-‘ tlon the at: of Chlcexo has been seek- lng for-yeere will he provided for. That conveatloe he. (um I charm: and wlllpreleetltettheluthlle- letm-e teem The Femâ€"lewd: Ocean! Ale-fly. deepened. , melee» .tlon millet m Intel-deduce Im- eoutllpfleeel by the supreme mun. The at: following the findlnx Govern nor Deneeo celled en extracting"! ””1"!!on Vaucuon 1. m p immune”, ”:00 W. ~, The law in; °‘ 11 m. 1. 1900 “m"mm “ t seed a manic! )23 In nm 9:. A... -. a“! Governor Deuce-aft message at the opening of the ge‘neral‘aooembly rec- ., ommended that the legislature pan. 1 5 law providing for the creation or a- mu» geological survey, and a state " highway, or hard-mad! commission. a His recommendation was carried out. I; nnd both the commiqsio’m created, al- 4 though the hard-roads bill was not an €exteniive as had been recommended. i The only measure. whit-h the admin- ? lstrntlon supported, that the legisla- ture felled to men, was a hill pm 5 viding for the reform of the cont-c practice act. While this measure full- ad of passage. it is the purpose of the governor top‘rm again in mi me.- smile to tMFony-th Generm Al- ‘aemhly. ' ’ 1 The Forty-Fifth General Assembly I will be called upon to elect a Unltea States actuator. and pans measures in 5 fulfillment of the pnrty pledge In the {platform of 1906. which calls for “:1; T extohslon of the civil servlce net. This 3 extension is expected to «war the pMml ilml refonnntury lnstltnuwm. and '- n- _' oib‘iy the state house. at Sprlngflvld , | Tb work of the quty-Fonrth Gen- eral Assembly was sweeping in char- acter. and con-red every pledge upon which the party had given imam It passed a compulsory primary law. a civii service luv. and an act Gin-5 powering the city of Chicago to m f it. own chum. It mecca}: ; regal-flan Iui under which a of Chicago in: since obtainené-fif-gi- ‘ auction}! the price of it: new 3 f'.ifig§'_99:;; 0-Cl- arc-"HIM _ ~ vw" â€"-v,wvw bearing half at the on“. 1 61h mmhdon. hill- M “It!“ In the campaign of 1904 Gonna Deunen' pledud himself to curry out the DI“! blltforni find further to [lb- fldofar the establishment of inh- lng school- in tbs Itnte refill-mm and to nice the Institution to tho highest ofllciem'y. Ha ha- kept its out pied". profldln‘ : mnnul tran- In: school it the Pontiac Rotor-mam, whore Professor Drew. 5 tom;- teavher in the University or Clue.“ it giving 300 boys practical training. A mu: training building l- bu.‘ ‘ Med at the at. Charles-Bela] (q 3'. which will he WfiDQ-iq mulled then M V urination Em In! an act Ill-'1 thouu'nd copies oi himoototm (my road: have! enough nut moon and t which the yany hundred: 01 obtained: l I" ll diflero‘nt part. i' it: m (”II There hme bet 5 cents ,-â€"-¢ lai' for 91'1st stone 1 Han to the nomad it will 1 dflhg‘ a. m :dgel. § Iliu- be: One or the chief phases of the work of the mmmlssiau is the preparing a: specifications and estimates for bridges of all kinds. In the past three months plans have‘heen drawn for over sixteen bridges and applications for” a number more are. on file: on the first font brfdgeg which Were cone stmeted under the. Manon! the high- Wny mmlsslm. ”ml-Mmmeb- ‘7 000 was saved tn the local mmmnnmes. It will he the endeavor of the 01mm!!- slm to mine the standard at hfldm undo-Mm” the adoption of more suitable and permanent forms M mn- ntrncflon, particulmty the emwhnc- flan of‘cngerote bridge: for "1' short v ,u. ~ ~ r3” .7..-‘ '27: “F 2mm applications; 5 A“. «united ‘h: ,law. the commlulo‘ln‘, m nadir. u- ,rangoments with the railroad: for :nteu. which lt win nocesury‘ to do before this material could he uncoun- fully d'lz-trlbumd. It has now secured from nearly all roads :1 ‘5 cent per ton mile rate and on'sm'ne roads :1 3 mill per ton mlle rate. It is probable“ thln work meson and becomes more system-sum. lower rate; will be granted. Experimental made have been con- structed at Salem. flreem‘iike. Spring» field, McLean and lleKnni. If time per- mits. construction will begin on ex- parimentnl roads at Lcckport and Book Inland. Q . erg will he npproxhnntely 1.300 cubl'e yards 3 day. Oné crusher has haep in operation at the Southern penitentiary, having a capacity 'of *nbnut 300 cubic yards :1 day; 1: MW crusher has been installed it Jolie-t. which hug been in operation since the middle of August. having ii. capacity of about 500 yard: 3 day. Another ember in being installed at the Southern penitentiary which will be in operaflbn hrnext season. The combined ('apaclty of the three crush. Special attention has boon ("a (I the mintenanve of earth roads by md amp. The commission bu be. dragging a piece at “and ~ I Springfield to uncertain mum is and what the out. mm 3mm copies of a Mi. Mi- .fugmdahavehea,ly , mt moon and mm m For the nut time in thin country an exact eenm or road tulle has been mun and an actual count 0! "yids. puoln‘ over some forty 61!- ! j Jul- In um pan- of tho 1 ‘ Ii M~mmm The 1» “fl m- m will flow anon. wetting: anal: how thq condition ink to“ mm In use. 1% upon upon the mas and btidm throughout the ante. villa will 50 tabulated mad but ln spec-dbl. form. The commission bu enlisted tho lid of the penance department (or sending a list or question to over 2.610 «rum for Information ecum- Iu their routes. hmtnmonfluthontauhb- "1 commission has been It M lie! Interest In: boa: around In M mum-neat. Accunto Intona- uou ha- heen second mm. tho Ion: wmwu' mm Wauam. In an. tun-bud luau I 1mm hn ve has any“ stone (1 (find It will ‘3 warduof m th 3'; ct'ed by nude ar-