, 1862-12-30

APork Packer ON the Chicago River.
CHICAGO, Dec %, 1862

Eo3totH GafEaG0 tribune:
49,, An 4stiele in yon1 paper ef recent date calling
uty to the condition Of the Chicago River, ia cal-
culated to Eorl az injury to large and growing
5000 families in oaf midst d empIoVmsnt somS npS
support an interest that draws to our city vast
sums Of money, and that fills our hotels with cap
ntess ms ss &c RiFts eo
ma9d our Warmest support rather than our frowns
The acton Of the city Council, incident upon
this article, would seem to refer all Of tie lth and
stencil in the river, to the slaughter houses. 10
show that such is not the FACT propose to sub NIT
In the first place, it Will be remembered that the
blaek, sinking water that disgusted us all LAST
summer, came entirely from the North Branch,
mill the pumps at Bridgeport were started WITH !
rieE Of relieving the river: Now there is, 80 far
The TT5,er j. informed bit oas slaughter house
there aye at least dozen on the South Branch.
So the black water. was not occaaIoned By the
gen nStss5 Was shs
tie river inst aboye Old st1eet all summer, and
sRsaks %n5 WI what he knows Secondly there rs
ean be run into into i hnm tie slaughter houses.
esns9e ep e. 5Soa & o1 raa IN
Into the rivet this season At leaat
1
at Temperature below 49,, and the riyer Water
even this wa1m weather il fully below that: ana
isa purifier rather than the reverse. There Is
this argument in favor Of running the blood d.
recty into the river instead Of caffng it out into
| the prairie. II thrown in now It passes out iuto
| the lake during the cold weather undecomposed: ::
bnt il carried into the country 1t works its way
back to the river during the spring rains. And Il
these come late L. decomposed by the warm Feath-
q, and breeds stencil and pesle1ee in It's course,
and still passes of through the Chicago River after
| all the expense and Inconvenience Of carting OF
/ through mud roads. -
Thirdly y-The fact that the water is eozored with
blood Ia no evidence that 1arKe quantity Of blood
[ is run into the river. k77oto that some Of the
| pacEng-honees are carting their blood out on the
| prairie In accordance with an agreement entered
into with Alderman HoJt; and that too at very
| considerable expense. 4 very small quantity 81
| blood WILL color very large quantity Of water.
But the color is nothing 20 long a. the blood does
/ not decompoee and become offensive.
Inc real cause OF the stencil is undoubtedly to bo
| found In the sewers.
The privies, stables, cow.penB and cutters, with
an thetr loAthsume and Offensive matter, are emp
tied directly into the sewers, and they into tie
Chicago River ~~-
L pasees comprehension that community that
| Will tolerate enCh state Of things 1hould be nd
tntolerant Of the eoo, of blood in the water
The remedy for the eri1 Is unuuestionably the
chip canal But until that Is finished the onY other
remedy that occnre to me fe to raise water from
the lake and cay it uyer to the river In quantity
snmclent to Keep current d0zpn instead Of up the
river.
Let me beg you to examine this question care.
fully before raising dangerous degree Of fndigna
ton againet an enterprise OF such vital importance
to our whole community, SLAUGHTER HORNE