, 1864-07-18

l!shmrnts, aHd cause current OF water to aow
aiong nc channa TO wash o9t the impurities
sFSady 81 fhsr and those whe M
On the ntst We have already strongly tusfsted the
second ts equally necessary to the welfare Of the
Gy Az ntv aGsT s ne 1asen IN hand soon or ne shall
has been proposed 10 create current Ia the
Ha. S@aah nraqeh By bringing in The water OF lie
nhesaaaes ih hisss This pan would bcinutile for
~ sxaason @ mat 1hG supply q! wattr from that
eeaTe would always be acauty, and oftep eausl to
aS1nnG; Asscrnt measurement. taken b1 order
sra1: rGe boaIu Of puhlc Works, showed the mean
Ute. Or about a thousand feet per ho1r ynmre
which mnst be mu]tip led by eichty-tTo, IN nrder
70 ,utnlth water enough to feed The canal; 10 one
ean euppofe ior one moment that such meagre
pan at that would be adequate to the end souCit:
me money would be simply thrown away
cstna % m ~ M outside as 7a!uesss, the advo
cient Supply can be gained except from the lake;
mai contains an exhaustible volume Of water ono
NOT subject toin5urous iuctuet!on IN dry OF taioy
etaeont aid IcquliinS o1t lug but the application
OF slight fu1ce to drive it into the river. 4 ma
.ortT of the packers seem to be in faro: Of making
6e .he ser It's own channel and turning tie current
alone the Summit level Or to deepen that suni.
Gently TO Jet the water enter the mouth of the Cal
9: 1ts Pravlty into the Illinois River. They ciMm
tnat tnle would be efectual In removin. tbe bar
and o9vaais ths Necessity Of dredging. It won'd
nseE. aud choke It up. Besides, we remember
the indignant protests Of the country people Wheu
a.t p8 o9 ps, a. t 1T hsse gyen them slight
theE Would oppose any such method of ee'tllng tie
difficulty. II would too be iound 70 be rather too
to he s. sbs
o. Fublc Works ~ its last annual report, Just pub
!ithed The gentlemen Of that body recon mend
teet diameter, along North (sixteenth) et1ee: ut
present cost Of about ss00, ,tsO, alonY which watsr
,s hs . Tn from the taks t. t.e iyer being ed on
iake, and perhaps by deI,vs'ive aetion draw tae M
Sfth I'll tn t5o@ bidgeR9 and the Soh Bsayh We
q putting iu covered M Dr. afatn aa'aRiaSe %heie
cided!y objectionable in this respecMu ri 4 in no no
olhes-that more atsple means would very eopn re-
gn,le e be adopted N order to keep tue river
e,eaa; aseip cana! constructed on Sixteenth
only objection liable to be ralsed to this. ia that
sesaes gould not enter It from the lake account
DC remembered that lhi. would moi be 20 o.sible in
any caac owing TO the difference in teree. Rnt The
1hse ee & ava1eG 4h ,er the aatn: o "
dlfectly, and those nom the late coming in by
way OF the present harbor.
ntn Ihe enly pin really AVAILABLE il which has
presumed e1penflvenesa. 1t ia to cut one cbouocl
1rom Bridxelor1 direct to the lake. and simfiar
vAe4uHi LIE NoItQ Ifanch, some distance outside
the city limits, near G1aceland Cemetery, at Bow
manviiies where there IL natural valley which
Won!d oaly need TO be deepenee. The length Of
this last cut would be abont two miles and d Guar
lers that OF the loruler might be Assigned at any
lining oEer mile aud a quarter, 1t should be
taken ron the first slip crossing the Alcher road
or between that ind the fork
We Go not wish to claim this ides as original
Wl:h nf: the plan WAs announced by the Board Of
Pubic Works In report made ns long ago as July
II, 1Sbs- III that report it Was estimated that a
supply Of one thousand cubc feet per second could
be kept up In each channel with d SIX inch cur
rent, The water requiring to be lifted two TO two
rnllnon he work womb doubtless cost mora
nov. The undertaking will be 4 rna9nitndinoQs
one, but it is really all that remains
i W would Provide for cleaning cut
short Of tins, will insosye only useless e1aense,
and NAV inst as well be left alone. The north cut
HouId doubtless 1emalu for many years compara-
Lively unproductive, but that to the south would
in less than five years have Its banks covered with
dockaGe+ and fac1ories Of various kinds: the real
estate in that neighhorhood increasing In value
much more than enough to detIay the cost Of the
Whole work Whether or not 1t bs possible to un-
denAke tins low, IL question for others to sette,
but to this must come at iast" and VIC therefore
protest Gga1nst any other measure being adopted,
since any other would be hut like Macbeth's
witches, who .epeak the word Of promise to our
esr, and I'd, break Il to on5 hope" "Aat cesssr,
r We eet ourselves on the accomplishment OF this
idea, 1t will soon be done, especially when our
Copperhead Cny Charter shall have been 60 amend
Cd ne to permit legal assessment t. be made.
Meanwhile We must not relax In our efforts to pre-
vent the river from being made worse than Il Is By
cannot Just now get the pound Of cure, let us, at
least secure the ounce Of prevention forthwith.