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	Chicago ''L''.org: Historic Figures - Charles Tyson Yerkes
		Yerkes often used a great deal of political and corporate maneuvering to gain his franchises and one technique often employed was to obtain the franchise in the name of another company.
		Yerkes was accused of handing out over a million dollars in bribes to secure the passage of his franchise and during the City Council meeting a mob surrounded City Hall, demanding that Yerkes be repudiated.
		Charles Tyson Yerkes died in New York City on December 29, 1905, at the age of 68.
	www.chicago-l.org /figures/yerkes (3705 words)

	Charles Yerkes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Tyson Yerkes (June 25, 1837 – December 29, 1905) was an American financier who played a major part in developing mass-transit systems in Chicago, Illinois and London.
		Yerkes moved to Chicago from his native Philadelphia in 1881 after making a fortune for himself handling the sale of municipal bonds.
		Yerkes crater on the moon is named in his honor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Yerkes (259 words)

	Chicago ''L''.org: Historic Figures - Charles Tyson Yerkes
		Yerkes often used a great deal of political and corporate maneuvering to gain his franchises and one technique often employed was to obtain the franchise in the name of another company.
		Yerkes was accused of handing out over a million dollars in bribes to secure the passage of his franchise and during the City Council meeting a mob surrounded City Hall, demanding that Yerkes be repudiated.
		Charles Tyson Yerkes died in New York City on December 29, 1905, at the age of 68.
	chicago-l.org /figures/yerkes (3705 words)

	Yerkes (crater) - TheBestLinks.com - Albedo, Crater, Latitude, Longitude, ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yerkes (crater), Albedo, Crater, Latitude, Longitude, Lava, Mare Crisium...
		Yerkes is a lunar crater near the western edge of Mare Crisium.
		To the east of Yerkes is Picard crater, and further to the north is Peirce crater.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Yerkes___28__crater__29__.html (203 words)

	Charles Tyson Yerkes - Encyclopedia.com
		In 1892, Yerkes furnished the Univ. of Chicago with the funds for the Yerkes Observatory, established (1897) at Williams Bay, Wis., near the Wisconsin-Illinois line.
		Ostorius Scapula, Thomas Farryner or Charles Tyson Yerkes.
		In 1900 Charles Tyson Yerkes, a colourful American financier, was engaged to sort...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Yerkes-C.html (665 words)

	Yerkes Observatory: A century of stellar science
		Yerkes Observatory owes its beginnings to its wealthy patron, Charles Tyson Yerkes; a visionary University of Chicago president, William Rainey Harper; and an ambitious young astronomer, George Ellery Hale.
		Yerkes, who made his fortune in Chicago financing the elevated tracks, the underground cable system and the Peoples Gas Company, was seeking to repair his reputation by making charitable contributions.
		Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950: The Birth, Near Death and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution, is published by the University of Chicago Press.
	chronicle.uchicago.edu /970320/yerkes.shtml (1671 words)

	Charles Tyson Yerkes and Street Railways
		Yerkes played a crucial role in modernizing and integrating the city's public transit system.
		At the same time, however, Yerkes was gaining the unenviable reputation as Chicago's most notorious “robber baron.” He cheated his stockholders and partners, insulted newspaper editors, bribed city officials with impunity, and retaliated against customers who complained about inadequate services and broken-down equipment.
		Uniting Yerkes' opponents, the battle for municipal reform was fought in the state capital and the city hall over the next two years.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/2416.html (281 words)

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		The Yerkes Observatory is an astronomy observatory of the University of Chicago, in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
		In addition to the Yerkes refractor, the observatory also has a 102 cm (40 inch) and a 61 cm (24 inch) reflecting telescope.
		The combined solar spectroscope and spectroheliograph at present used with the Yerkes telescope is the instrument designed by the writer in l889, and used in his work at the...
	yerkes_telescope.iqexpand.com (465 words)

	History of Yerkes Observatory.
		The Yerkes 40-inch Refractor owes its existence to George Ellery Hale (1868-1938), a pioneer in astrophysical research.
		Yerkes Observatory was completed and dedicated in 1897.
		The Astrophysical Journal was founded at Yerkes by Hale and James Keeler in 1895, and it is even still an important journal in astrophysics -- as well as still published by the University of Chicago Press.
	astro.uchicago.edu /vtour/history (539 words)

	JS Online: Public can scope out Yerkes Observatory
		For more information, contact Yerkes Observatory, 373 W. Geneva St., Williams Bay, WI 53191-0258, call (262) 245-5555, or visit the Web site, astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes, for a fascinating look at astronomy and the history of the observatory.
		The observatory is named for, what else, a Chicago industrialist, Charles Tyson Yerkes, who donated nearly a half million dollars to fund the project.
		Yerkes had served a prison term in a Philadelphia bank scandal and was trying to rehabilitate his public image as a transit tycoon in Chicago when he agreed to the project, which was being pushed by noted astronomer George Ellery Hale.
	www.jsonline.com /dd/destwis/jun00/yerkes18061500.asp (439 words)

	Charles Yerkes -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This event in Yerkes's life, as well as his future successes would form the bases for the (United States novelist (1871-1945)) Theodore Dreiser novels, The Financier, The Titan and The Stoic, in which Yerkes was fictionalized as Frank Cowperwood.
		In an attempt to reform his image, Yerkes renovated a couple of tunnels under the (additional info and facts about Chicago River) Chicago River and built two bridges over the river.
		Following his time in Chicago, Yerkes moved to London where he used his experience to help build much of that city's tube system, the (additional info and facts about London Underground) London Underground.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/charles_yerkes.htm (254 words)

	Stargazer Online \|\| Yerkes Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the time of its construction and for many years afterward, Yerkes was at the pinnacle of astronomical research.
		Hale invented the spectroheliograph (an instrument for studying gases in the upper layers of the Sun) during his tenure and many solar discoveries were made using the 40" refractor.
		Yerkes staff member Vivian Hoette showed the first half of the group the 24".
	my.voyager.net /~stargazer/yerkes.html (988 words)

	OnMilwaukee.com
		Yerkes Observatory was the pet project of Charles Tyson Yerkes, a Chicago transportation bigwig.
		In the southeast transept, on the main floor, is the Quester Museum, which celebrates Yerkes astronomers who have profoundly impacted the scientific world and the local community over the past 100 years.
		Yerkes Observatory is located at 373 W. Geneva St., in Williams Bay.
	www.onmilwaukee.com /articles/print/yerkes.html (603 words)

	Charles Tyson Yerkes -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Yerkes started as a clerk at a Philadelphia commission broker, and by 1862 he was able to purchase his own banking house.
		Yerkes, Robert M. American psychologist and a principal developer of comparative (animal) psychology in the United States.
		Usually known as the prince of Wales, Charles is also earl of Chester, duke of Cornwall, duke of Rothesay, earl of Carrick, and baron of Renfrew, among other titles.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077943 (601 words)

	The Yerkes Era
		Charles Tyson Yerkes was born in Chicago in 1837 and became a very wealthy man by dealing in brokerage and investments in tramways and urban elevated railways in that city.
		Yerkes established a holding company for the management of the group of lines which in 1902 became known as the Underground Electric Railways of London Limited (UERL).
		Yerkes' UERL purchased the BSandW from the liquidators in March 1902 and as a result fresh capital was then available for construction work to resume.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~gsgleaves/london3.htm (890 words)

	The Whip
		Yerkes kept ten lawyers on his payroll at a salary of one hundred thousand dollars a year just to keep the women quiet, the stock traders said among themselves.
		Yerkes folded the paper in half and was ready to place it back on the night table when he saw the other thing.
		Charles Yerkes sat amidst baronial splendor on an ornate carved throne borrowed from the university.
	www.neleth.com /gloria/Chapter_Eight.htm (2742 words)

	Learn more about Charles Yerkes in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Learn more about Charles Yerkes in the online encyclopedia.
		Charles Tyson Yerkes (June 25, 1837 - December 29, 1905) was an American financier who played a major part in developing mass-transit systems in Chicago and London.
		A partially reformed City Council under Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr fought against Yerkes, with the swing votes coming from aldermen "Hinky Dink" Kenna and "Bathhouse" John Coughlin.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /c/ch/charles_yerkes.html (321 words)

	Astrotale - How do you talk a reluctant railroad tycoon into building the largest refracting telescope?
		He finally set upon Charles Tyson Yerkes, who had made it known that he was interested in donating money to the University of Chicago.
		Yerkes was a crass and vainglorious businessman trying to buy his way into high society through philanthropy.
		Yerkes saw a huge telescope and and impressive dome with his name on it.
	www.wpo.net /astrotales/yerkes.html (426 words)

	"Astronomical Figures," University of Chicago Magazine, February 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Charles Yerkes had a reputation as a ruthless financier.
		Three men and a "maybe": Under the main dome of Yerkes Observatory is the Great Refractor, the colossal telescope made possible because astronomer George E. Hale (top left) and U of C President William Rainey Harper (center) wouldn't take "No" for an answer from Chicago tycoon Charles Tyson Yerkes (standing by his baronial fireplace).
		Photographs of Hale and telescope are courtesy of Yerkes Observatory.
	magazine.uchicago.edu /9702/9702Yerkes.html (387 words)

	Stargazer Online \|\| Yerkes Observatory
		At the time of its construction and for many years afterward, Yerkes was at the pinnacle of astronomical research.
		Hale invented the spectroheliograph (an instrument for studying gases in the upper layers of the Sun) during his tenure and many solar discoveries were made using the 40" refractor.
		Yerkes staff member Vivian Hoette showed the first half of the group the 24".
	www.richardbell.net /yerkes.html (988 words)

	The Cable Car Home Page - Who Was Important in the History of the Cable Car?
		Charles B Holmes, president of the Chicago City Railway, became interested in cable propulsion, which had not spread to other US cities beyond San Francisco.
		Charles A Smallwood was a good man who was the pre-eminent historian of San Francisco's Market Street Railway.
		Charles A Smallwood, a retired cable car repair foreman, author of a book on San Francisco streetcar history and collector of nickelodeons, was found dead Wednesday in his Richmond District home.
	www.geocities.com /cable_car_guy/html/ccwho.html (3602 words)

	Yerkes Coat of Arms
		They were akin to their Welsh neighbors to the north, who also spoke a Brythonic Celtic language, and they were the root stock of the Breton people, who settled in Brittany in northwestern France in the 4th century.
		The English Civil War of the 1640s was marked by the trial and execution of King Charles I and the suspension of the monarchy for a period of eleven years.
		It is hard to say exactly when man first came to the lands that were to become the British Isles, but it can be said with certainty that Paleolithic tribes were flourishing there by 8000 BC.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/yerkes-coat-arms.htm (1171 words)

	If they can't save CTA I'll have to start my own - Chicago Flame - Opinions (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yerkes came to Chicago for the same reason anyone did back then - he was looking to make a buck.
		For it was Charles Tyson Yerkes vision that created the Loop, which is synonymous wit the city's downtown.
		And despite being a questionable man often vilified by the people, the government - not to be confused as "the people"-, and the press, Yerkes was true transportation wizard; and our mass transit system would have never gotten to the point where a "doomsday" scenario would present such a threat to our quality of life.
	www.chicagoflame.com /news/2005/05/31/Opinions/If.They.Cant.Save.Cta.Ill.Have.To.Start.My.Own-954633.shtml (532 words)

	Telescope: Yerkes 40-inch Refractor
		George Ellery Hale, an American astronomer, convinced the Chicago tycoon Charles Tyson Yerkes to finance the telescope.
		Yerkes was a convicted embezzler with a reputation for dishonest deals, but he liked the idea of his name being attached to a famous telescope.
		He said he would pay whatever it took, but insisted repeatedly that the telescope had to be the largest in the world.
	amazing-space.stsci.edu /resources/explorations/groundup/lesson/scopes/yerkes (171 words)

	Facility's reputation is known worldwide \| The Janesville Gazette \| Janesville, Wisconsin, USA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is named for transit tycoon Charles Tyson Yerkes, who donated half a million dollars to the University of Chicago in 1892 to fund the project.
		Yerkes was also birthplace to a number of astrophysical instruments used to measure the heat of stars, to study nebulae and to locate and aim instruments at infrared stars that are invisible to the human eye.
		Yerkes is no longer the cutting-edge research facility it was designed to be 100 years ago.
	www.gazetteextra.com /yerkes_side093005.asp (429 words)

	N.G.P. Productions Ltd
		With this aim, $15 million and some highly questionable business methods, Yerkes spent five years fulfilling his dream only to die before it was completed.
		Yerkes' story starts with a poor uneducated Quaker farm boy and leads to the making and losing of three, multi-million dollar empires.
		Despite Yerkes' major influence on the Underground, very little is known about his extraordinary story which is mixture of Jekyll and Hyde machiavellianism in which Yerkes appears either as one of the great unsung heroes of our day or as one of the most cunning entrepreneurs of this century.
	www.btinternet.com /~dov/ngp/LastLink.html (298 words)

	Yerkes Family Crest
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Yerkes coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
		We encourage you to study the Yerkes genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/yerkes-family-crest.htm (438 words)

	Charles Tyson Yerkes -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Over the next 15 years, Yerkes used stock in one line as collateral to acquire the next, creating a tangle of companies to own, build, or operate various parts of his transit system.
		By 1901 Yerkes had sold his interests in the financially overburdened streetcar and elevated systems to Philadelphia transit kings Peter Widener and William Elkins.
		In 1892 Yerkes gave the University of Chicago the funding for an observatory, the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wis. The observatory's 40-inch (102-centimetre) refracting telescope is still the largest refractor in the world.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9077943 (888 words)

	2 "Astronomical Figures," University of Chicago Magazine, February 1997
		Dorf first encountered the streetcar magnate's history during a trip to Yerkes Observatory while enrolled in the University's "rocks and stars" class for non-science concentrators.
		The elevated system that Yerkes built permitted the average worker to live in neighborhoods far outside of the Loop, he contends.
		Yerkes is not the only visionary in Dorf's musical.
	magazine.uchicago.edu /9702/9702Yerkes6.html (475 words)

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