Gottlieb & Schwartz records, 1921-1949.

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Gottlieb & Schwartz records, 1921-1949.

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Briefs, notices, agreements, transcripts, drafts of legal documents, court exhibits, research files, memoranda, correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, and other records of the Chicago law firm Gottlieb & Schwartz. The firm represented bondholders of the Chicago Surface Lines, especially bondholders of the Chicago City Railway Company and Calumet & South Chicago Railway Company, and the collection includes notices to bondholders and copies of bondholders' protective agreements, as well as financial assessments and valuations of the Chicago Surface Lines. Most of the materials in the collection relate to the unification of Chicago public transit, especially as it influenced Chicago Surface Lines bondholders. Also present are materials on plans for the reorganization of the Chicago Surface Lines and Chicago public transit, as well as on city ordinances created to enable transit unification. Present are transcripts and exhibits from federal district court and Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) hearings on transit reorganization and unification plans. The collection also contains transcripts of hearings, clippings, press releases, pamphlets, and correspondence related to Senate Resolution 83, known as the Walsh Resolution, which passed in 1928 and lead to an investigation of public utility holding companies by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

30 linear ft. (71 boxes)

Chicago History Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8081936

Chicago History Museum

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Schwartz, Ulysses S., 1887-

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United States. Federal Trade Commission.

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Chicago Surface Lines

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On November 13, 1913, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Surface Lines Ordinance, which went into effect on February 1, 1914. It provided for unified operation of Chicago's various street railways under the supervision of the Chicago Surface Lines. The transit lines involved retained their independent ownership but functioned as subsidiaries of one parent company. From the description of Chicago Surface Lines records, 1857-1951. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: ...

Calumet and South Chicago Railway Company.

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Schwartz, Charles K.

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Gottlieb, Harry N.

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Chicago City Railway Company

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Chicago transit authority

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Chicago Railways Company

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Gottlieb & Schwartz (Law firm : Chicago, Ill.)

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Gottlieb & Schwartz (later Gottlieb, Schwartz & Friedman) was a Chicago law firm whose clients included bondholders of the Chicago Surface Lines during the transition to a unified transit system and the creation of the Chicago Transit Authority. Members of the firm included Harry N. Gottlieb, Charles K. Schwartz and William J. Friedman. Ulysses S. Schwartz, brother of Charles Schwartz, initially represented the bondholders of the two railway companies in court until Friedman replaced him...

Friedman, William J.

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