, 1864-06-26
THE NORTH BRANCH
Filthy Condition Of the Rivera vldt to th1
0lsd1Ieriea-Ths Casse Of the Er;,-
= The gsrt Of Stuff Ont Of Which
Whisky Is Naae. . :

AIM ea0 "akeI ID Qllc01 uAk, a00.tE&ck ~ tho mos
consistent tnnd- Tho vile compound vhlc
there, under tho rame Of wa.es, lies ls,ify ro,tn
in the summer air and emitting the most po,sou
oub atenches battles Ill attempt at DESCRIPTION
The miserable stun Is not susceptible Of 4 name
or 1t be one must be coined 70. the OCCASION 70
surely nothing that ever existed before lies be
tween those banks. A scientific chemical process
would tsA to express its compoaItion; II ha.
Jailed: or at least the professors Of that most noble
and exact science hare hitherto failed to maize ths
required analyeis. The components OF thar mix
tuie include everything known to the vocabulary
oI uolonon, With many other Substances brou ,hI
omonsic civilization.
We really feel A. though an apology were needed
rsens Of cfeaso Iii aaes,ioa our co. ~ bn,
thst the aseave1ation Is unnecessary, people Know
It wei! esoueh already. Did the repetition Of The
e es TT III d L %oa nSR s Ts a
but unfortunately the subject like the riycr ttsei
seens to get worse With stirring, and the people
apRsaE s1te1 yeass Of ss.ten !" be settling
the iaci, snd philosophical endurance Of Inc in.
nieuoh. Ihtrs seelat to be no hopr. We hare
ho "a, so hs ~ ng goimmittees and Ba q salth,
one faoak for platform of Sanitary reform: we
BAYS teen analyses performed, and conaule .tions
held with no practical benodt. Meanwhile The
rapidly. -Four yeass ago the subject attracted
attention; three Year, ago 1t was decided thst
something should bo done: two years since, peo-
pie eatd that the Duiaauce could be endured no
longer. and one year agone everybody thought the
acme Of pnbllc fnhic.ion was attained. sill, the
poison plant hss crown. and stil 1t Grows The
question u, Where is it going to ttop2" I! the
evil goes Oh increasing for another three yeare in
tie tame ratto as In the past, we shal! have no
1fs.; it II VIII be ons {pro) crustean bed q solid
which eret was liz theatre 81 chcssos Greatness
not q FAIL will be seen In the ha1bor-for harbof
ihere VII be none-and We arc greatly uistsken
calamity ty--they will al hare been Killed od By a
more deadly demon OF destruction than The bullet.
1he dread eestroylng pestience will rise from that
animate naee-net into cutnnon grave for mono
will be Left to perform the buziaL
What i the cause Of the filthy condition Of our
eaee is half its cure" We believe it usually Is 10
Il It 90 in this caeel We think not. The cause
has oten and often been pointed out: tha Cause is
'f se fsss ~ Is
ssasss o ey
that those who feeopnlze are affa1d to take hola,
while tho,e who perpe.5ate tne vile nuisance arc
ate ther unwilling % a5.taln from intlictins ,his
cure upon ahe city, but all their energies and
fophitma are brought to bear to convince the
granb.sss eithsr r .hst they a1e not concerned
Leaving the South Branch for some future time,
We propose 10 show what IL the matter In the
North Branch Of the river. Our reporter paid q
Mac, aang ia h.nss ~ noqn.nv 4e ,+ ps'aGipal
men Roberts and Tslcost and Health Officer
Perry. They, Visited the d1*,iilefies md COW cow
rht&.e which dot the banks, saw the vile products
Of these places flowing out Into the river with ss-
ed the appearance Of the arc:orerattd nlth wa,ch
oecupiet that channel IN the place Of water, and
to make It appear that they were not guilty oI
practically consprtng 10 poison The inhabitants OF
ne re rsy: They came to one unanimous eonclu.
vas was based. INC '@s'' ~ ~ n'sn 'na' eoncaas1on
The drts tit.til.e.y visited Ia 1ocsted on tbe
bridre Thsre T. ntrie II si,b gas Eaeago avenne
frn5 this est.hishosn, ;,at ta sa'espe me rivei
I'll sold OF hsync been sttenei ior s The ~ .,ss
runmeI frsn ,hs .1i sS,c !. tIen ~ s9 Wei "
fod in thasa Wn,cn is fne eiaple of thei,
bssk viii .h due pastaIiy to the ns5s
ern,,, thaie pa.rs Mso 10 nc MN eccumulatet
tha ,as uMn 1T esauy bnspended exeraons to
contents are removed Viii dclty a I'D on71 en11 l y
s3us autstsaF, tnoses epoens oelne determined b.
sIr,os; r h o. Hesnets' tne ORDINARY dow belnf
The ne1t d,sti]lery Ia located ne,, Eo,th 49,.
nue., Just below Wards rolling mills. The COW
eneos herc are partially Vacated, hut in many o
troughs which convey to them the swii whici
forms the staple Of consumption. Tho unnsei
swtll and the dung from the atables dow out into
mile IN length and some hundreds Of Tapds AT ~ i,
width. II mutt ho seen to be snnrrctete3 r. =.
depth Of eight 70 ten feet the vile th lies ther.
permit general fermentation through liza WRoj,
meee. This whole ares once formed portion n
tue bed Of the river but has recently been bankei
I the bog without. The dih lies ior weei,. M
months IN the bog proper, rott1ne and tefmentins
and breeding msgeots BY uncounfed billions. ane
leaks OH tile and little ipto tha 1IIc1 ,s
whole time, = eeethipg mass Of corrnption' and
every Dow and then s1uice way IL opened ant
stream than that Of the burninr lays emitted fTom
volcano. The river here Il cSated fnoTn hnmI ~
bank with q thick scnm Of the exact cnlor ant
and seethet inst ar that does: In fact ia iSsntis
with it, and we caunot tell the dIT,ranca ercsnt
at one is little more diluted than tie other. I'll
ali The world lie bnea Taah fnh ~! !aas s.1s aot
tatIons riee aIl ovsr the sn,sscn .nG z
BY the God OF nature was created "A T be,ntidni 1
cicar, pure sheet Of ruuninp Wsfer il hsrr chot;
up and IL changed INTO Y1le mase IN .sh,ch .d
Is too good name: it remin5s ons ~ tast ee aHe
which We s1e told remalneth for the punishrnent
woree than any conceivable volume Of ysnG,
that eEer Issued fum the lake Of brInetone. Il II
wonder that the thing does not breed pesti.
that mighty cess pool, were 20 oYerpow esing inst
the yi.ito,s shrank away In disgust, and could
SnSl H. M ts, 80 emn lons enough to Inspect the
e t RSa. e. seey q Je1d
Ms MMieket, Which stands near North avenua bridge.
nete NE appearances we're abeolute'y worse than
foe sod Sabnas saa e 3atns tn se aa9
aoout ha.1 ~ aeroes fhe rtveE, from which Il WINS
h.d IT, Is 10 oG 'fneed 70 6g bank Ct d, which
in~ t,b n0neea H. . Which tns REX.
Ia neae 9h;o oseT me came as below, bnt little
s1H luz w cows we're mere fadne thetE
fisasv sin, ths @ me fart5 looked atten.
sa .oo,n.ess- ata!e inquiry ea!sitea the inter
.n',h anns t nsu1t nEe MecRs N tnat place wai
snstf her heneetdrt t4 nosn h q ae6y eoF ans
~, e,nf ~. wese nero engaged IN digging
~ Mt,I 'Gt t1 ot Luz noass anu e9iting t aWay
ine,s as psar ne bsnS as befor sua is hoepos @
lion where alsht rain would wash Il III into 9th H.
1or ihsv RENTED tsin mste augs We.e aoisS IA
man in charge had thu ha11ihooG ~ sfs,r, IN IN
nsIs h.d .esn II 1nI so n tset though th
.r,p 1an c,51on. ~ N nc rate o. at leas
no,hisr Of The ema,1ar s,,a ~ onS p.aee 70 say
WY th.otn 'ne enoankment'
| ~ 1ne laet paca v!eited was that oi Niekersou ]
~ @ aouve - G1oour9e AFsn1e Bridge. Here ther
eo saoeo 'Hm 1oe nyef on!y 6I an Old barge moore'
in1o ~. ,,49 chsnG, 'ae na rms 9noosuctod
divided aerots by dam, which scsves only t,
piSsHve olnelence o. anout half yard in th
| testt VI tas 1"o eect'ons-it Is perfectly Until
dnI INC pnlpoeS o. seePinE back the mstesiaI
| lne MANAGERS Claimed that the elops and dun
were all taken away to the prairie By a trough, O
which we tha1 speak presently, bat the partT iitg
tilctfy saw the stuff pouring In large etrcam di
rectly INTO the upper division Of the creek an,
| Wash over into the lower halt, whence 1t made It
| way to the river. which ia there email
bsd as at any other n1acn II n.ed9 ~
the river what It IT, yet the tact was sbsolrtely d.
MEG os the Partlcs iu chsrRe- In needs only +
issnons spose sos poini Waefe these vi
and th Sport Ia tie watcrs hein al r. T. 40
" ard death-eare ss d e. aud their maeross r;T