, 1865-01-18
CiEAks[NG the RIVER,
Meeting Last Eyenfng---The Blll Submitted
Oljeetfons-Adortion Of the Report
Without Amendment.

0ljeetions-Adoruon Of the Report
Without Amendment
A public mcetin: o. the citizens OF Chicago t
consider the project of clcansfn: the river, wa
held at Metropolitan Hall last evening. ]. Il
Dunham called the meeting to order, and briea
stnted the object of the gathering. On his nc
ton Hon. J. T. 6cammon WIS chosen Chairman
and Hon. George Schneider Secretary.
Hon. E. C. Larncd then read the report md bill
for the establishment OF Board Of River Com
mtEe1oneiB, already reported IN these columns.
since the publication above referred to, addi
vid1ng that the President Of the Board OF Rive
Comulesioners sball devote his whole time TO III
o. d5e GG6n@sson and reeeyea sua6
Judge OTIS offered the following:
WHEEEAs-Ata public meeting Of the citizen
81 GnisaE9 e. held Ut Me:ropolissn Hall on Tuesday
pointed TO Inquire into the hst mode Of restnrin,
oe wa,e1s e @ o. take Michigan and the Chicago
70 prepare such legislation tor the actjnn ~ ~
General Assembly It its present session. a. shni;
p taem De toqnd need;al, and to report the sane
re,9cd n e, ,paole meeting Of the cltizens to bt
eaia eommittee have Unanimously reported a bI
entitled aAn act 70 Incorporate The Chlcago Rive,
TED to this meeting for Its apprcyai:
1exo.psa. That We Dc heartily and fully approve
fsfi,. . ~ sa1o Dill, ana do horeby respect
1ud!y request the General Assembly Of the State ii
an1nHs 70 pess the eamc with as li1ue delay as
poee,Inie and we Do hereby respectfully and car.
nesy a f;sanest the Senators and REPRESENTATIVES
Eesolttd, Thai The ssid Committee Of ctnzcns
heretofore appointed. be requested to continue in
acted upon said bill; and, In case Of It's passaoe
until afler the Commissioners have been appointed
q sad de and t the @
this ueeuug to confer with tho said Committee II Il
reference 70 said appointments.
Msoirfd, That committee Of thrce citizen. },c
| ni,poln!tea oy ne chairman Of this meeting to
Passent lns sad bill to the General Assembly, to-
to take sueh etepa as they may find ueedfui 10 se.
CUE the prompt pa.sasc Of the same.
forthwith to The General Assembly such additional
!eE1sladon as they shall find Necessary or dcsira.
t blc to prevent and remove nniaanecs from onr
present scselon Of the General Assembly.
Mt; Waite objected to the provision In the bill
The duties contemplated in tho Bill without con-
pcneauon. He would have preferred to have the
enterprise prosecuted By the Board Of Public
MIR. Iarned said that the Doard of Public Works
@ TeTe already 9yeItssksa as IN ths prosecnlion Of
Of iberality enough in The city who would Be viii
Ing to dcrote their energic. to the accomplishment
Of this gEeat work without compensation.
| = W. Gntes ". opposed 70 some PORTIONS Of the
Chicago 10 he Calumet ETer, because of It. great
a1d ,, the ~ met Nas .na, fqh project would
c1aly advocated the deepening Of fhe
Illinois and Michigan Canal, rs recommended By
hr. Goodin,g. lie ease as the reasons for this ad-
/ vocncy, the commercial importance OF the
rneaeure% the increased drainage it would give 10
the tract Of country around Chicago, and the i'm
ncn.c water power 1t would secure u at Lockport,
For immediate relief, be recommended the nse Of
The present pumping works at bridgeport, and the
plan he offered for adoption at former meeting
Of III the Sd;, Citizens IS @ o. Chicago: 60
| Gates upon the table and gave az bis reason for
the motion that be did not desire the bill to com
nit the Commission to any measure whatever.
Gates withdrew his amendment.
=, Mr. Hayes was inclined 10 opPo.e the bill, for
M cy lne4es I'LL % be- ea,a Hes anasas nsesI
In Its purport. and created powerful corporation
irresponsible 70 the city and Independent Of the
sponsihlc for all the ioul odors that pervade our
city, md Was not prepared eEen to admit that the
air surrounding the city was any worse than that
He objected to The canal project because Of the
sa,s snsxss Vs., 70 e ne, tss ~ s,g,ssstsa y 4s
Al Bridgeport were INSUFFICIENT to effect lie ppr1d
cation If thei river, he ead he had been informed
" Mr. Gooding that 1ne works were now 10 con-
aitiCn to empty the Chicago River within thiry-sfx
hours. He Objected to The bill because 1t conveys
| to the proposed Board OF River Commissioners
powers already conferred By the CITY Charter ppon
The Board OF Public Works; also because 1t con-
ferIed extraordinary powers on an irresponsible
body because they are required to give no bonds
q T. the case Of other officers holding places Of
the disposition Of the bonds placed In their hands;
becnuEe Of the manner Of appointment 0! the
IL e as n ees
aen,ly pretsctsd; beeaq;e Il Is e direct
for the prosecution Of the very entesprises con. con
templaed in this bills becanse 1t Ia direct insult
to the people Of Chicago who have elected TINT
work, md to paH The taxes and the bonds when
they become due, have, BY the bil no right to in
dicats WHO shall exrend their money; because II
ouae &c 4s passse ss Of tbe 81 b, @Ga ~oua
inevitably def1oy the credit Of the citv; because
the doctrine Of taxation with reprcsentanon-the
ssmc principle which underlies our whole form oi
eovernmeni-is altogether ignored.
The argument Of Iii. Hayes Was a very earnest
and powerful one. At its conclusion be offered
by the Committee Of Thirty:
a EiAtor a Act to nrorfit for the Cleaning o.
ths Chicago MreT ord afs branches.
SECTION ]. Be II enacted By the peop1e of nff.
nois rcpresented in thc Gectrnl Assembly, Assem- T. @ tha1
The Board Of rubtfc Worke Of the CITY Of Chicaro
be, and theyAre hereby, authorized. required aSd
1 AO0f0TAi
the Common Council Of said city. to execute q
plan for cleansing the thfccgo River and its
.1a aasfgs "a s ia f. H. pure
the Trustees Of The Illinois and Michigan Cansl OF
Otherwise to provide for changing the water In
sad river and branches; but the consent Of tsid
Trustees can be had. The experiment Of cleansing
sa1d river by using the pumping works Of said
canal shall be first thoroughly uied before any ex-
rcnditu,e for constructing any other canal or
SEC. :. Il in he judrment of said Board ard of
the Common Council II shall be found that per
Hanent and complete drainage Of the said river
! Ing chancel from some point on the Chicago
River to some point eouthwesterly towards or
near 1, 1octport of hy Widening and deepening the
hereby authorized and empowered TO deviee plan
for that purpose, and with the consent of the Com.
mnn Council, to make any contract necessary 10
Of lie illinois ind Michigan cans1, or with s the
Cniied States, or the Smte Of Illinois, or with any
Rass e. IL sng essaa sea sa 81 T.
sese III sh'sss sSs tss Is
Illinois and Michigan Canal arc hereby % authorised
| and en- covered to make erch contracts as they
may deem juat and proper with said Board or the
SECTION ). For the pu1poee of carrying ont
The Improvements contemplated BY this act.
:d aDd by sections 5, .; : and Of Chapter 1s q
have power to borrow from time to time, a.
! the Board Of Public Works and Common
Council sha1! deem exnedient an additional eum
credit Of The said city Of Chicago, ind 10 Issue @
honda therefor In the manner Authorized by sec
tio9 1G Of said chapter; and all the provisions in
fale of sewerage 1oan bonds, the custody and ex-
penditn1e Of the proceeds thereof, and the pay
ment Of The principal and interest 10 become due
thereon. and providing for sinking fund for the
liquidation Of the same. shall 1rlike manner apply
to the bonds hereby authorized.
SECTION 4 Should the work OF en1arring and
cann], he prosecuted By the United States, or the
State Of Illinois. or the Trustees OF the Illinois
aud Michigan Canal, the Common council Of the
CITY Of Chicago are hereby authorized and en-
improvement Of such sums Of money or bonds,
part of the bonds in the preceding section OF
this act PROVIDED for, Or their proceeds, not cx-
skc.5. Upon application Of the Board Of Pub.
lic Works, the Mayor. hy the adstce and consent
Of the Common Council, 1nay appoint Consulting
competc11 engineers, to aid In devising the plans
and arranging details rendered necessary By this
act.
This eubat1tutc rms then defeated.
AID c. c. T. Holden then offered tho following
As m additional section to the bill offered By the
Committee Of Thirty,
approved b. majority Of the legal votes cast at
the annual municipal election for the said city Of
Chicago, to bc held on the third Tuesday April,
words: @ For lie acf to incorporate the Chieago
1'osatsng lie chicago Rtper tomDsittion y on any
cas. IN iasoT Of his act hen the same ahall r.
is hereby made he duty Of the City CLERK to as
certain and certify, without delay, the number OF
ss e. as act 70 1da ne
words+ aforesaid printed or written upon them,
shall not be counted either for Or dgai"st the