CARL O. TRIEBEL

Carl was a republican, he was manager of the Hunter Lumber company for years in Chillicothe and Owned  the Ideal Troy Laundry.

\He did not want to run but a group of local business men  Called themselves  THE DIRTY DOZEN   Literally talked him into it.

He was Born in 1895 and spent his life in Peoria and Chillicothe..   He died November 5, 1972  he was 77He took office from Woodruff on May 1, 1945   People called him a reformer but his record shows that that was not totally true…

Main Example…He took office in May of 1945   He immediately refused to accept  Funny Money from the gamblers in town  BUT he DID not shut them down until September 6, 1946   What is that ?   So that is a total 16 months, does that sound like a reformer to you? 

 A lot of people criticized him for that  and when it was reported that the city was in the RED after his first year   he was soundly criticized…..Why would the mayor allow gambling in town and NOT collect what we in Peoria called   SIN TAX  or  FUNNY MONEY. On September 6, 1946  he made his famous

  NO GAMBLING IN THE CITY OF PEORIA speech and  believe me with a few very minor set backs  Gambling ended…not the slots…we never considered that gambling in our town…it was just a fun game most people knew they could not win  I mean CASINO gambling  among the 242 Taverns we had every form of gambling known to mankind…  in fact we had 9  flat out casinos    But all that ended  and even Bernie Shelton  our pet gangster   moved out into the county.

 

Carl did a tremendous amount for this city   He promised an intelligent   honest financial honest administration and I think he did that.  He improved the police and fire department   demanding that they be rated on their merits   not political connections, aided our infra structure and help improve our animal control…  He brought the first

DRUNK  O   METER TO THE Peoria Police department and bragged that Juvenile Delinquency was down….sounds good to me.

He often told his voters that he was doing an honest JOB.   “   We are doing all this for the city without being on the TAKE from gamblers”   meaning of course the sin tax or funny money…It seemed to most Peorians that he was indeed one of our better mayors  So he decided to run for a second term..

So why did he lose by 3,000  votes to JOE  MALONE, a  printer from the journal  star and a Democrat? That is exactly what happened.

Carl was always a public servant and served on a dozen boards and usually was the chairman…he was truly a great asset to Peoria…

 

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