Ball, Charles B. (1854-1928)

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Jane Addams to Charles B. Ball, December 10, 1903

Charles B. Ball to Jane Addams, November 10, 1904

Charles B. Ball to Jane Addams, October 21, 1905

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Birth Date

1854-08-31

Death Date

1928-10-28

Birthplace

New Haven, CT

Biographical Text

Charles B. Ball was a graduate of Yale University and an expert on housing. He did pioneering work in Washington D.C. as a field inspector of the Potomac River Improvement Department. He became Chief Sanitary Inspector for the New York City Tenement House Department in 1902. Ball applied for the Chief Sanitary Inspector of Chicago, passing the application test with the highest score, but lost the position to the tenth place candidate due to a law that gave preference to Civil War veterans. Ball sued and was appointed Inspector while the case was pending, but lost the case because he was not a resident of the city. This ruling was overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court and he took the position in May, 1907. In 1924, Ball was named to President Herbert Hoover's commission on city planning. He died in office of a heart attack in 1928

He married Lydia Graves around 1881. They had one son, Dwight B. Ball.

Occupation

Civil Engineer

Public Health Worker

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Photo from Chicago Daily Tribune, May 9, 1907, p. 3.

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1904

Bibliography and Links

"C.B. Ball to Be Chicago's Sanitary Inspector," New York Sun, March 27, 1904, p. 14.

"Charles B. Ball Dies Suddenly in Chair at Office," Chicago Daily Tribune, Oct. 19, 1928, p. 38.

"Chief Santiary Inspector," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 25, 1902, p. 1.

"Gets Appointment After Long Fight," Chicago Daily Tribune, May 9, 1907, p. 3.

"Many Taking the Test for Sanitary Inspector," Inter Ocean, January 13, 1904, p. 0.

"Merit Board Mystified by Judge Hanecy's Order," Chicago Daily Tribune, April 7, 1904, p. 3.

"Non-Resident Experts for Cities," New York Times, March 5, 1905, p. 15.

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

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“Ball, Charles B. (1854-1928),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 4, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/397.

Ball, Charles B. (1854-1928)

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Robert Weeks DeForest to Jane Addams, November 25, 1903

Jane Addams to Robert Weeks DeForest, December 10, 1903

Statement on Civil Service Hiring, April 4, 1904 (excerpts)

Albert M. Kales to Jane Addams, September 26, 1904

George E. Hooker to Anita McCormick Blaine, October 26, 1904

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, November 15, 1904

Livingston Wells Fargo to Jane Addams, November 25, 1904

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, December 5, 1904

Jane Addams to John Ihlder, October 18, 1911

Jane Addams, Graham Taylor, and Charles Henderson to Woodrow Wilson, December 7, 1914

Grace Abbott to Jane Addams, June 13, 1922

Speech to the Woman's City Club, May 19, 1926 (excerpts)

Jane Addams to Charles B. Ball, December 10, 1903

Charles B. Ball to Jane Addams, November 10, 1904

Charles B. Ball to Jane Addams, October 21, 1905

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