, 1865-08-07

clifton of deraity which Gives but little oppo,tu.
n1ty to1 the p!Ey Of the hr1e4:s uf hetycu Ia tse
cot1efs Of Cur dwellings. To be safe in the pre-
sale de.ts uct!cn IN The iutnre, wc must Institute
thorough prpeese Of cisic purldeat'ou; N fhat
Immediately, ~ every fett'e ce1ay NO. Qn'y Ia.
czca:et The dtrgtr bus makes tic work Of reform
The ar11 Of ll1din Chic1go suhisc. to of, ia,
drx1nsge II tmal. eompafet with 4he wnole terri-
tor,-rLlJ :bon! one e'gbtb--three mt'es ont OF
nue, Hals'ebd ttrcst, Sat epth btreet atd the
lake, IA to!eratlF draDad; beyond this, the great
sxp.1ss o. neafiy twenty one squire rnles Ii bnt
few 6Fttus ste found outslde tAo.e l.mits. are
COZ pensa'ed by The hhtenee Of drainage In the
nos1hN.ttetn eoroer O. the snslle1 ares, md ems
which lie along the ba1ks Of the RIVER snd he
1ake 4hore, are Of co.rse drssned hut taxing out
~ MS The fsct 1tmsi1s that MOI m orc thln On
1'dded OF ite local atcunu'stltns In lue IeEt,1-
mtte way An the rest IL c.esned by evaporation
OF snb s16 @ toll tiEksnE, except when hssvy rsin
carries portien Of II into the r.Eer Or lake.
And even IN .hote portions whleh ara driinet
there Is l!tto enough chanea for the morbid
down at time when The futnfe greatness nrd I'd
ec1rerpordIng dlth1nets Of Chicago wsre only
guetted a BY few th.ewe thinkers, ind owing
neeets.rily n5ed 1t The ,oinimarn. re essds de-
Ear'es frpm tvo seet rer mile In the laree sewers,
to one IL Eva hundred In the minor onee, Emal
tDegth fcr the free h.nsit ot ordinary ~a,e1,
u wny into the seaerb. Tne depth below the
turtsct is from four to sixteen feet. Al of the
NWr. except abnat two. empty into the river
sqfae!enr proof that the packing houses and
eondf.ion Of the river. OF COURSE they largely
add TO the erti Hhen IL operation, and their
result. In the past have called loudly for remedy
hing i ea p'isd ,nio he nvef, and
It. il sd'c to b.sue ore source exclusively,
wien several are alike engaged in -pespetrst1n5
erd petpetuatirE the uu,s9nee. The packers
ehsfe Of The uui anee, and the dstllere haye sus-
pe1deb upetatlocs. 70 that the evIi AZ at preaert
e1iEttnt Is mslrls attributable 70 dtatnaea Or the
abk epce Of it. The cleaning ofthe river In. been
Taraticps. tu the avoldsI &c Of the chi seem: to
he scarcely thought Of. Yet MY one couveIsapt
with fhe subject knows thst no one Of the pllus
p1cpo, eo could hc relied on for more :hsn par
t!slpurdcat!on Of the river Ut present, while the
cIrrse nake lie thing an tmp1stlhl!ity. Still
further: 10 ono OF he p!aI1 provides fnr tty
tting beyond wrste Of the msterthl, whoee un-
ntqt.sltzed oeo,s Hop,d be an eislnh, nuisance.
the city 1tto healthy order. which Till he neither
teul oi-ry, tDcMeteEt, urraepral or wastefnl.
Were there no profit IN tte use Of The sewage
- Earure. It would pay Us IN health to thus use
rich prttrte roll nee6s no mapure," Is Invalid.
But Goes Feed tsnd every year alton In
ertsa.RlsrEe'y that peed. Uness We vi. our lands
to ,ur cut IKE ttose Of visctria;f7om sheer 1mpoy
lcts We ere willi to sske the .1sk Of being kill
ed CT fy 1t We must ret. rid Ct thst sewage. aEd
tb.t csn only be done by following out the course
ind1csted hs nature. The RENTS of any other
al thnee who have bkeu duped into allowing
those pleLk 10 be actual rcd.