, 1862-02-21

fpIlHE AUD0S 1GANfEd VI tAiC AiA4ta4A4 lAithtC1
that has accumulated during the winter, it
is not often nanseous to TASTE OF smell. But
the increase in the length Of sewers, and
the rapid additions to the population Of
1he city, warn us that the exemptions
which we have heretofore enjoyed
from the nuisance By which every one is
afflicted, will grow shorter and shorter;
and that no long time will e]apse before
bad water will be tie rule and that which
is pure the exception. When the amount
Of sewage is doubled, as it soon will be,
each fall Of roin OF each change Of wind
which affects the flow Of the current down
the west shore Of the lake, will make the
contents Of the reservoirs just as nauseous
and unheaithfnl as they are to-day.
Our readers will agree that the existing
condition Of things cannot he suffered to
continue, and that the material interests
and the health Of the city demand that |
the best and NEST feasible plan for a
supply Of pure water should at once.
be put into execution But they need be
informed ROW that the necessary work viii |
be attended with 10 iuconsiderablc cost, |
which, in these times when the credit |
Of all cities is ct so low IN ebb, nothing
but taxation will meet It is evident that
the pumping works must he carried far up
the lake, probably above the old cemetery,
and possibly to point where deep water
can be found near in shore. THIS and the
uncertain and dangerous plan Of running a
main mile or mile and half into the
lake, opposite the present basin, are the
only plans which promise any degree Of
SUCCESS The object is Of course to take
the supply nom spot where the presence
Of the river water atany season Of the year
is not discoverable by any test that the
senses can apply; and We know no other
scheme by which this object can be accom-
p1ished. This, as VIC have before said, in
wolves an expenditure which the city can
iii afford; but which Is demanded by con-
siderations which appeal at once to the
stomach and pocket with degree Of
force which no propcrty holder can af-
= ford 10 neglect Good water and
plenty Of it is the indispensable pre-requi-
site Of civilization. That, cost what it may,
! Chicago must have not only for ten but for
:: twelve months Of the year.
Al the 1isk Of being tedious, VIC refer to
another subject which is akin to tha.
which we set out to discuss: The health
Of Chicago, NOW unquestionably better thar
that Of any other city Of equal size in til
;. Enited States, cannot long Withstand th'
presence Of so filthy stream Of water a
Chicago River will be as soon rs our sys
ten Of sewers is completed, and the eS
crementitious and refuse matter frou
one hundred and fifty thousand pee
pie is: poured into it. The cha1
acter Of the stream-slow, stagnant, SUI
ject to frequent retluA-is peculiar; an
: unlike swift running water, it does not ad
nit any 1arge quantity Of animal matte
before it becomes offensive. To-day til
water taken out from beneath the ice, c
dipped up from the surface,
like That in which put1id hes
has been macerated; and We need ,onl
wait until such time as this condition b
f.. comes permanent, to see-a fearful increa!
in our bills Of mortality. Fortunatel
the remedy for this is easy. A fe
thousand dollars expended in turni1
-. tho waters Of the Aux Plain throuf
Mind Lake and into the South Branc
would create constant current that you
not only carry out the put1cfyin deposi
:: but take viii, them during every consider
lie rise, a portion Of that Formidable bar
The montl, Of the harbor, which tl.reate
to annihilate our commerce by shutting
the port 49,. ...
:,.= We are glad to sec that the attention
the. Board. Of Public Works is turned
!: ward these: important questions Let
hope thai, when their plans are matuE
.~ 7l.ey VAL appeal 10 our citizens IN suc1
!. way 7hat before another winter comes
>.causcs of complaint growing out Of
- quaIityyaa: the water that onr people
: constrained to consume, will BE- remog
w.. Tint they Em be besecondcd byh 81 men ?
:;:: hare the permanent interests Of the cit
-: hear; W hare % doubt :. =. r.
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