, 1862-07-26

tar less expensive there taau Ut any other
point II the canal be built here, Is it would |
ee located oeEow the slaughter houses and fac
tories causing the ofsnstvH condition Of the |
10 work both .wags-that ia, to lift fresh water
into the river and foul water out of 1t. Tat
this canal and improvement would hare some
etcct in removing the nnisaace5 complained |
OF, Is unques Ionable, and If it be decided not |
to adopt the more expensive and complet. |
remedy named below, ii should by all means |
be tiled. Still We do rot think il Will entirely I
accomplish the desired purldcation. Our pref
erences 6 are decidedly In favor OF the mora ex- |
I9efve and elaborate plan.
Let canal be constructed from the head Of |
the South Branch shove all the slaughter +
honses, one mi e and . hals outside Of the !
City Limits, extending along Douglas Avenue !
TO Indiana or Peoria Avenue, and rom thence |
diagona1ly towards Cleayervil1e, striking the ]
Lake near 2. o. Neill'a Brewery or the old |
this point where the shore has that physical |
conformation necessary for the construction ]
OF a breakNater, . wheel and pumping works. |
This canal shon1d be left open, because It |
wou1d cost much less than to build brick |
adopted, it will be necessary to vacate Doug
las Avenue. This canal, with slope of one |
or one and half inches, would be two and a |
half miles long, sizty feet vide and eight |
1sanssas ss DEP Peoc TT Topd aecSGS dSSchS @ 6ns
chinery Of four hundred horse poaer-the
same as On one wheel at Bridgeport. The |
canal. t.would furnish such quantity Of water, |
as emptied In the South Branch would create |
a strong current At all times, sufficient to
create current of SIX inches, sufficient always
to keep the water clean, fresh and pure. On
Douglas Avenue, the earth from Halstead
street to the west end is already washed away
five feet deep, and distance Of one-half
mt 10 hall +1f.. -Fx
calculations Of expense. Tbs cost Of this
proposed improvement would be from $780,
Geo to $200, ,O00 This Is less by $50, 600 than
the estimated cost Of twelve inch geWer of
the capacity OF fue, hundred feet per second,
built.
II ever the Illinois chip canal should be con
stIucted, aud the condition of the river be.
come changed through the operation of that
improvement, or any other cause 50 as
to obViate the necessity for the use Of
Of the canal, whose construction We advocate,'
our city will have grown 50 much and her com
merce have increased to that extent that we
shall require another outlet to the lake aud
this canal would be just IN the right place.
One hundred thousand dollars 1nore expended
enoDgh to float the. largest schooner
navigating our lakes. By TINT time also,
the sewerage system viii have been extended
over the entire portion Of the city this side Of
the proposed canal, and the system Of inter-
cepting sewers may be adopted, in which
event, the engine and pumping apparatus will
be needed.
Asimilar plan shonld be pursued in relation
to the improvements on the North Branch.
Surveys which have been made indicate that q
canal Of like capacity With the one proposed
to be constructed on the South Branch, can
| be made On the Jefferson road, four and two
| thirds miles from the water-works,
requiring machinery Of 500 horse pow.
er. The course Of the North Branch Is
| irregular, and some short cuts and considerA-
! Bile dredging you'd be necessary.
The estimated cost Of this canal, including
| the straitening of the stream. machinery,
breakwater, bridges, and land is 526S. GOO. Tie
difference in the cost Of the two canals is ex-
| planned by the greater quantity Of excavation
| necessary on this side. To construct brick
| diameter, Of the capacity only Of 500 cubic
| feet, with the necessary discharging engine,
would cost $500, 900. This plan is therefore
preferable in the matter Of expense.
It is estimated that the cost Of maintaining
wou1d NOT exceed $50, and that. on the North
Branch $l86 for every twenty -four hours.
The Chicago River, with both branches and
the two canals, would contain 10000, 300
cubic feet on an average, and to pump that
would require hut fifteen hours work. It il
said that # the works be in operation thirty
hours each week. it would be sufficient to
keep the water fresh and pure. This would
make 1860 hours year, at cost ol
fourteen dollars an hour, amounting II the
haEf mil '' tax upon '''' the 'fs PROPERTY epe
within the city The entire cost, then
Of the two canals would be $450, 600
Of which the animal interest and the sinking
fund to meet the debt would amount to, ea1
oa tha ,sspS 5 q s f.
0G0. This would necesBltate an increase O
I taxes one and three quarters mills, no incou
siderable item We acknowledge, but consider
ing the influence 1t will have npon the sani
tary condition and the reputation Of our city
; the nerest bagatelle IN existence. By tht
plan, q constant flow Of pure lake water car
BE- secured to the river, and there will be no ne
| cestity Of removing nom our midst those es
tahlishments which are now so offensive, bu
whose presence within our limits has becnm
a commercial necessity,
} If the canal on North street between tn
lake and the South Branch, be decided upon
it would undoubtedly be the most economical
means that could be devised for keeping tn
South Branch 1eloao North street, and tn
main river free from ofansiveness.
} The question arises, il By this plan only th
5 South Branch be7oau North street, and the mai
, river, are TO be relieved from noisome exhala
lions, what Is to be done with the Sout
8 Branch dbooe North street, where there al
. already SO many packing houses, and NOR
t going up, all Of which will discharge thei
1 blood and filth into the river; and With th
: North Branch, which has been so offensive fu
: several ears from the discharge iuto it of th
. refuse from dis1iueries, tanneriea, packin
g houses, &c, /? What wonld be sufficient al
4 sWer in any Eastern or European city, woul
be, that the discharge Of such offensive ma
e tiers into the river being contrary to law, ougt
E not to be permitted. But the immense az
. constantly Increasing business at these esta!
o lishmentB Is the source Of 80 much wea9t
10 10 the city, that public opinion seen
to haze decided that it will not do to enfort
t the laws against them lest they should
It driven away and thus the commercial inte
,e eBts Of the city be greatly damaged.
IS These questions present grayer difacultie
n and require more wisdom and prudence
e, their settlement than are likely to be catle
ID Investigation. II it should be decided til
le the canals from the lake to Il
a. South Branch, and from the lake
,e the North Branch. ought to be but
ae What relief would !the projects afford fro
% tions ofthe North and West Divisions Of ii
n city, from the piggeries and COW stables {
10 tached to the distileries on the Nor
!, Branch2 Does any one doubt that the
=, is coming when these nuisances must
abated, as much as the abomfnahle exha
., tions from the river? It, then, strict JUST
O. demands some restriction to the present frt
t. dom Of creating nuisance, may not expe'
ae ency, as well asl some wisdom lead us to
ne what the experience of older communities b
70 taught them WAS necessary, and what our o,
J, existing laws require?
n Pending the settlement of these question
Ct if the city could begin at once to construct
4e proposed canals, on Douglas Avenue and
70 ferson Road, or falling that, on MOI
ne street, together with the necessary engi
=: and II heel for driving water ordinarily fl
OF the lake to the South Branch, but eometiu
ls the other way, the epeediest, most praeticab
ae economical and permanent reliefmay be look
ge for.
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