. Historical review of Chicago and Cook county and selected biography. Waterman ... ed. and author of Historical review . wab,daughter of Charles H. Schwab, the well known retired shoe manu-facturer and public official. They reside at No. 4706 Grand boule-vard. Mr. Foreman is prominent as a clubman, being identified withthe Union League, Standard, Marquette and Mid-Day, all of Chicago. John C. Fetzer lias been identified with the financial, real estateand busines affairs of Chicago since 1895. Locating here as raan- ager of the Cyrus Hall McCormick estate, he was-L largely instrumental in
. Historical review of Chicago and Cook county and selected biography. Waterman ... ed. and author of Historical review . wab,daughter of Charles H. Schwab, the well known retired shoe manu-facturer and public official. They reside at No. 4706 Grand boule-vard. Mr. Foreman is prominent as a clubman, being identified withthe Union League, Standard, Marquette and Mid-Day, all of Chicago. John C. Fetzer lias been identified with the financial, real estateand busines affairs of Chicago since 1895. Locating here as raan- ager of the Cyrus Hall McCormick estate, he was-L largely instrumental in organizing the International r ETZER. Harvester Company, with the McCormick andDeering interests as the largest components: When the Union Trac-tion Companys affairs became so involved that they were thrownunder the direct supervision of the courts, Judge Grosscup appointedMr. Fetzer as managing receiver of the traction property. Whilemanaging receiver from February 15, 1904, until May 15, 1905, hedirected the expenditure of more than two million dollars in rehabili-tating the traction lines on the north and west RY L CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY 1223 Mr. Fetzers ability as a financial organizer and manager wasnext brought into prominent notice as the result of the MilwaukeeAvenue Bank failure. This institution, one of the largest on thenorthwest side of the city, in which an army of depositors had storedtheir hard-earned savings, failed to open its doors on August 6, 1906, following the regular examination by the state bank following day Judge Brentano, then chief justice of the superiorcourt of Cook county, designated John C. fetzer receiver for thebank. His bond, fixed at one million dollars, was temporarily givenby the Illinois Surety Company, and two clays later was endorsedby the National Surety Company, the United States Fidelity andGuaranty Company, and the American Bonding Company, each com-pany becoming liable on the entire bond, making one of the lar
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