Title
Conference
            Subject
Meetings
                    Illinois--Chicago
                    Illinois--Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
                    Governors
                    Tanner, John R., 1844-1901
                    Illinois--Chicago Sanitary District
            Description
Governor John Riley Tanner meets with members of the Canal Commissioners, the Special Inspection Commissioners, and the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago to determine whether or not the state will issue permissions to open the main channel. 
The gentlemen in the photograph are identified from top to bottom, left to right, as follows: "Clarence E. Snively, William Boldenweck, John R. Tanner, (2nd from left, seated at far left table) Isaac Taylor, Joseph F. Haas, Thomas S. Bell, Thomas Kelly, Bernard A. Eckhart, P. C. Haley, Edward J. Coen, Charles C. Gilbert, Howard O. Hilton, Daniel W. Braden, Alexander J. Jones, Homer J. Tice, Leon McDonald, Al. F. Schoch, Howard M. Snapp, Frank Wenter, Zina R. Carter, James P. Mallette, William U. Riley, Joseph C. Braden, and Thomas A. Smyth.
            The gentlemen in the photograph are identified from top to bottom, left to right, as follows: "Clarence E. Snively, William Boldenweck, John R. Tanner, (2nd from left, seated at far left table) Isaac Taylor, Joseph F. Haas, Thomas S. Bell, Thomas Kelly, Bernard A. Eckhart, P. C. Haley, Edward J. Coen, Charles C. Gilbert, Howard O. Hilton, Daniel W. Braden, Alexander J. Jones, Homer J. Tice, Leon McDonald, Al. F. Schoch, Howard M. Snapp, Frank Wenter, Zina R. Carter, James P. Mallette, William U. Riley, Joseph C. Braden, and Thomas A. Smyth.
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
            Date
1899-12-02
            Format
jpg
            Language
eng
            Identifier
402422
                    Chicago Drainage Collection
                    Chicago Drainage Photo Album
            Original Format
photographic print
                    b&w
                    1
            Physical Dimensions
18 x 23 cm
            

