, 1869-02-21

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1hsusK COMPANY.
1HK 1AK1 FRONT B1L
An considering the Lake Front b,l
ao" pending in the Legislature, twc
Questions prescut themselves, viz: 1ss
What ought to be done! -. Wna, Ia !,
practicable To dos
In answering the first question wer
Pc. What We have said many Hues
:. during the ,Rtvtwo ,yesrs-.he. L,ke
'FRONT.' onghsto be granted to the c,ty al
here cannot be found an in.
$$ao1dAn legislation where ,he
fhor Ct great city has been prsnted
bF the St8te to any other than ,hc mn.
'n1dpaf corporation that Is, to the ~
pie OF tie city within whoee c7roars,.
lfmits ard Jurisdiction /. lies Ths c;sT
g chnsgo is deeply and vitality in,e1ss,ed
In having 8 good hArbor, and in an
regulating 1t as to bring The lsrees,
amount OF business to 1t. We sre not
oufa 70 The fact that ltree rndertaktnos
o4 to1s Sino are not always we'll or hnn.
ssuy managed by political machirev
oat 1ooSlaR It It from every polnt of
view, We think that the outside b.rhnr
"n'oh 70 sure to be built iu the lake hv
SOMEBODY, will be less liable to abuxe IN
lse asaas of the city than in the contro]
OF The Illinois Central Rsilrosd C.mnanv
or OF privAte harbor ard dock ccmnsns
49,. II ia tacf, patent to every observer
1na' cur existing harbor accommolsuons
are grossly inadequate. Every available
4oos OF room In the South Branch Of The
.rsei occupied. Three-tourtha of the
ttn Branch u occupied, and even now
pahfut and costly tfto1ts are br;n,
nsde TO deepen this portion Of the dvep
p'aeoa where there is hardly water
enough 10 noat gosllng. When slfps
are constructed valuable real estvte has
70 be sacrificed to make room for them
The expense cf towage and The nuissnc.
o1 nf.oge opening are perpetual drsw.
p.ek 10 the use CT the river at any con.
Siderable distance from iss mouth. There
II no rtom for ressels to auchpr In the
s'team. After discharging a cargo they
ere pushed of the dock, and sent flost-
ing ooWn suesm In search Of some nlAce
70 ue 10, aId+ in majority Of o.seg.
1ney become involuntary t1espss,er, IN
On other peoples property. Vessel own,
us IN a.st.of ports, agreeing to deliver
csfeoes In Chicago, always Jake into ar.
count the place where it il to ba unlo,d. 1
60. They have one nrice for the main i
.iulk Of The river, another price for The
sou1h Branch, ard another Tor the North
branch, varying according to distance
ana me cost OF towage. In short we :
aa7e ohsgfoTn our h8rbor. WE muss
nave more room, and we must 70 into
s@ 'ake to get IT. We must I
follow the example OF Liyerno7l c
a1o go INTO the open sea, and there con- c
fuct lhc decks which are to accomm,. 4
oaSe lhe future commerce Of the North- Z
West. The Illinois Cenra, Railroad Cam 9
paog have already shrwn, on a small
scale, what can be done IN the deep water y
on lhe eouth slde OF the river; Mr.. o., q
oen and bis associates Whist can be done n
On Inc Forth side. Necessity has CON- 81
Felled the construction OF shore dn-ks c
a1o necessity will compel the construc- Il
Non o' more It's our opinion thst the a
p,esens generation will see the Like 4
'front.' occupied with shipping as fat Z
toutn IS T~entY-secoud street. This was =
tAe limit fixed by the projectors OF the
chicago Hsrbor Improv ement Com. =
psnJ t"o Jea1s ago, and they were not ..
lar wrong in their casculs,ioua.
1.-The Legislature will no. grant this pto.
perry to the city Of Chicago, ~ 1t ought .
TO, The question arises, what o,her meas =
ure is practlcablea WHAT kind of bill :
can be passed which will accomplish the =
object scught-the buiidirg ct lake har- =
bor-aod be liable to the fewest ob}e:- =
ttons and abuses: AS between the Iih- .
nols Central Railroad Com pany aud a =
private dock company we decsleoly pre- :
fer the former. They have the position, :,
the experience and the capital to nske
such hArbor. They can do it. 4 prt- =
vate ha1bor company would finally be-
come football tor Wsll street. The :
amount OF money reeded for such an uu- =
de,tzkirg gees up into the millions. :
The capital 10 be expended in sea walls, g..
slips, hllirg, etc, Ia not here. Il must
be obtained from the East or from .
Europe, where the rate Of interest is low. | ,
By and by the harbor would be owned !
there, just is The railroads are now--j1st :
a. the stock Of Mr.. Ogden's Dock Com +
pasy. Is now. It would be at best !
coubtiul and hazsrdous undertaking.
The Illinois Central Railroad Compsuy ,
have the facilities and the credit neces. :
sa1Y to make the work success from 9
the STAR. Tney can furnish the hArbor
uAh immediate |
employment. With prtYalc ,
company the case would be
different, especially II the railroad should 8
assume "a attitude Of hostility toward It
We have 10 complaint TO mske against >,
the Harbor Improvement Company, !,
Ehcfe project came to grief two years
age. Il embraced some OF our best and I
most enterpEisirg citiz.nz. They h2d tho
ssgRcity To perceive 1hAs an outside hAr-
bor Was Desded, AID they sought TO fur
nish IT, But their objections 10 such
htrbo1 st this time, based upon sanitary
ard esthetic principles, are materially
weakened by the fact that they wanted
To CONSTRUCT nad own such hh1 Dor Two
Jea1sago.
While, therefore, we deem the Illinois
SE4lnA pl&!GAAIlC W n fAANRsV AM WI |
ccmpAry, We arc not in tAyor of giving
them The properly tor less than 1t Is
worth. The clauke inserted in the pe1l-
ing bill, which makes the rates Of wharf.
age ard dcekage subject to the control OF
the STATE, is vic provision, and goes far
10 relieve the ncasn1e Of the character Of
monopoly. The seven per cent clAusc ia
not, IS some people represent, q humbug.
The charter OF the company requires the
payment ofeeren per cent OF the gross
1cteip!s "from the ros1 ard Its branches"
into the Ssste Treasury. There IL no
clause in it which would require the pay
nent Of seven per cent from its leased
lines In Iowa or Its Dubuque bridge, or
lis grain, elevators, or Its
steam tugr, or i's wharf boAts,
or It's 'harbor. Therefore the seven
per cent clause in The pending bill hAs
subsiratum Il fact TO resi- upon. 1swou!d
be better, in our judgment, for the Lcgls-
lAture to provide for the appointment Of
three OF more appraisers to fix valus-
tson upon the property proposed to be |
grnused, and eel 1t outright for cssh or
hDproYe1 securities Al ftx tscertAiDed