Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-08-13
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Chicago CO,fssUSS SdenCo..

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omoAoo, Jply 2S.-sInall ans of,iact gen
towns and djiel shan eciunns 81 assertioS
and bombasg. hstaheb; When no Chicago
tunnel was bored nnder Lake Michigan,
short time ago, many supposed ~ had PRO
vided an uhhilinB tupply of water Apd Very
properly, fof TIE tnnne has, . capacity iof de-
hvering 64,0OO,D00 gallons every twenty -four
hours. Yet water is getting scarce in the
city-is outof for hours every day in the
week-and we are actually contemplating the
erection OF q now tunnel. Additional ma
chinery Is to be purchased at once, 10. keep
up tbs supply rom thdpIeb ont tinhe and ere
l6ng anotief gkekt bore will b I'M existence.
As now worked, the tunnel is capabIe Of DIV.
Husonly IB, 0,06U Or % 00O, 200 gallons per
day. which is not sufticiqt for present use,
and aB water pipes are ,baing laid et the rate
Of About Ihlleh daN L d evident We must
soon hayb I'd 1ditppaf iariliiies fot procufine
water 0rgn thirstyS .AA, .NaE ~ W
\ And hpealEing Of tunnels, any person who
has been in Chicago lately, aud, been, com
PEELED % fAlt f6ra ap OPPORTUNITY 70 drdss tha
hnmerousS bridges which should span the
river, but are generally open to allow vessels
TO pass through, will 're1oiee with us 10 learn
.thatlthe tunnel under the river at .Washingl
bon tstreetis rapidly AppfoA Aelihg eompl eho1;
AMI es II promises V be 4 complete, success,
Will doubtless bathd f0f5-ruhhert0f others,
nntit tho bridge nuisance will finally bo ,pbpl-
ished, and peop can set about the city with
tout the delays now rendered necessary by our
extensive commerce the WAsliington street
tunnel will cost about half a million, and will
be formerly opened in No4etnber. % c9iltH
Among the improvements going on Just
now, which willIadd much to the beauty OF
ouId city and the comfort of our citizens, is
the widening Oh Wabash and Miehigan Ave
nuea, at the south end Of the city to a uniform
width nf one hundred feet. When conpleted.
each win be four and halfmiles long, and the
two viii furnish 90 fine drive OF, nine miles
as can be found In the country.
q And while on this subject OF improvements,
letme mention new and most important ar
ticle, introduced BY the Rock River Paper
Company Is La Sale street II is called
per, apdiis intended for covering houses,
either on the inside or outside, 80 as to keen
out both the cold of. winter! and the heat ol
summer. The company assert that by the use
Of this material a frame building can be made
warmer than brick one, and, it costs only
from Sl5 TO s25 10 completely cpNer any .dfit-
mary structure. The sheathing may be applied
on the studs, directly on the sheathing boards,
on the inside of the studs, inateAdI0f plaster
ing, under floors, undor slate or shingles, and
for gfayeled roofs. 1t is made plain and sat-
(1rated with tar, and is sold By the pound,
costing from five to seven cents per square
yard The plain board weighs aboutlt pounds
to the square yard, the saturated Il to II. The
saturated sheathing Keeps out yerInin, and
both kinds are highly recommended by some
bf our leading architects and builders, and
others who have used Il. Circulars and sam,
pies are sent free. ~
: Many may wonder that paper can benIanu-
factured into an article such as Is here re-
ferred TO, but When We reflect upon tho many
iand various uses TO which II Is being put now-
a-days, the fact will not appekfS 60, strange,
and 1t 10 very certain that this ishoathing is as
tough and solid as q rock, .,.tr n ~,
'sbfRe report 81 our sanitSry Sdp9tids6ndenit
shows. that nine-tenths,of the deaths which
have occurred this summer were among the
poorer classes, and. three-foprths of them
among foreigners. The crowding together in
filthy tenemeflts, lack Of cleahliness and want
Of proper food, are assigned as probable
Causes Yf much mortality ThereT. were 4s9
deaths among Children during the week, Of
.Mhofia had no medical attendance,
An item in Chicago papers regarding the
number of publications issued from the press
of this qity, is very lgkelyto create false inn
Now, there are nineteen daily publications in
the oity, but only. seven Of these. are neTspa-
.perR,1The balance are advertising sheets,
programmes, &C., and ought not to be classed
among dailies, as thatword is generally. used
The following is a correct statement OF the
publications. Of Chicago: Daily papers, ~ Of
which are English and 2 German; weekly
papers, 20; monthly magazines, 8, and one
quarterly magazine. Total, "a. PHeN1x.