, 1869-08-21
THE CHICAGO RIVER.
A Second Inspection OF It's
Smell8.
Improved State Of Aiaira
Distinction Of Ogden eilp.

The Board Of Health took second e1cura,on ou
the Chicago River, JosterdAy, on the tug Aosher.
Thorc wero on board 6anitarJ Superintendent
RSuchs Acting Mayor Schi1tE, Iii. reynolds, Dr..
1ohnson, Dr. 6chloet1ef, Dr, Aanhe!nner Dr.. LEY,
Health Omees Busna,n, Mr.. J. ". Russell, Ss1p-
taEy Of the Board, Sanitary Policeman White
engineer OF the scoop, and MI. Stewart Klngsbury
OF cenus1ia, who hoard great deal Of the fame
Of Chicago a. watering -plhce. and wlhed 10 so<,
the properties Of lts Wnters. Following Il . log Q,
the voJngn:
$50 Babe fArawelI 70 The loot foot OF 1Asale
atrees, taound Tor Ogden Slip Wind, Southwest
aason sest Gi Sse and
Q! oily SCUM floating on tho water near the ga1
house The smell Vas Moderate the water of q
htnTn'.h ass a. INT Faaaed numbers Of sewers from
plAined that matter from the scwcrs decomposes
IL the ~atcr when Aulphurettod and c1barestcd
hJornecn aFo eliminated. These gases make ad-
2:41. Overlook the Van Duten strcct gucI,. II
wAs new one, and baf1ed the efforts made hy tho
poIt boy AaM boJs swlmu!ng IN tho turbid
water. They had not their clothes on They may
have found coolueas In the wntar,t certainly
not & eeanllnesG @ NJ. Reynolds aud pr. Rsooh
s:a Passed Two men Ia boat md quantity
Of 0oaAnE ga5haer. Tho smell grow intense until
Twelt1h street snell This VA thick enough 10
cut IaAssd Two dncks, and some boTs, who bad
pteu hasc1nH Dressing On Ine bank; their ek1Ds
Wesr Hinged by the b1sck W1ter.
40. Encountc.rd the Sixteenth ssreet smell,
q big QUE Passed lot Of black water. I steam.
raaaed Inc railroad Zip fail ol timber, and Cd
coGntertd the Eighteenth street amelt. 5e4 calm
and tack Pissed corpso on the port bow.
agt, By others 10 be that tAlne old cat which was
met In the North Branch Two weeks ago. Tho
amel Wa sonewhAt similar. and tho insccta thas
crowded over the putsid carcaa2 were recognized
II old ACqpa1DtauCes. The CofDga Was ltoiud fnY
bridgeport, where the funeral will take plaen.
=, 500 seept past The Pittsburgh L Fost Wayno
Railroad bridge and hog on the per Enter tho
F1ftn Ward, when Dr. Manheimer, Sanitary In
spector Of the wAld, REMARKS shnt "ne feels at
SOS. Kc1ched the mouth OF Ogden Slip. 4 line Of
dcmaFcatfon dividing the water Of the ftYer from
the watef IN the altp ta1 across tho oatr1nte
ST lii
In this horrible branch OF the Chicago Btyx The
water came up thick md b!nck. The surface WIS
snveloped the beat ltwas positively alcteniug.
Thsse Tas s;1eyh s1a a9hsaDee II x Msh
1',,x 1oT the encss: *h,ca o,.as MM opened %
e
her nose Again Ind again wal the scrcw put In
molten, and the BLACK 1rotn zan 10 sna,l wavcs
rose higher and higher and stronger and stronger.
Dr. R1uch had th1ltJ.6lx b2S1els Of catooitc, Gre
hJic and tannic Ae!d On the bant to dlsln1ect the
nulEAnce, and HI. Durnam and III. Whtto remain.
ed 70 pour II into the water.
s:1d. Escaped from the multitude Of stenches
which tho EcTtW hal aroused in Ogden Slip. Mr..
KtnEghury complained OF q headache, and began
TO lose confidence In the healing powen OF cnlca-
60 EAterA
the he7dI1rda bounding the entrance to Drldge-
80 Made tho harbor and landed Bn.ely.
The party visited the water 1ortk Both wheels
nbPYAtiON md 1nrna nf WatnF
we're rowing into the csnal. The current behind
the whees was strong. Ileapa Of deaa Dab and
tne tie dam. ~ Inside the batiding Inc poaderoas
The engineer IN charge furnished some interesting
Ea1h whoei IN Hafes swo ana three- quarter reyo-
1uttpns per minute, utunx q ea1a revolution
~ o sge + t q e SoS t5a = 195s cc1s n1se,
wasted One OF the wheels rests twelve hou1s out
Of the twentJfou1, 80 that there are only tnl,tJ-
each day The quantity Of water lfled da1y, 81 Hat
r4te, Ia noout Il ooa o0o Eaous, and the daily e1-
pcuse averayes floo. Thus expense has TO "
OF water: hut when it is. the canal company pa5a
for the rumptnG. II tho wheels stop working 70,
engineer calculates that II one pump commenced
to ForE In June and wh kept in operation during
The summer, the. rvcr would always bo clean.
ycM.-ths present Tor instance there u so
much ram that the cannl Is on 1eYel wi.n tho
liver,
s:ta Lett lovely Bridgeport IN tho wake aua
put to sea Arrived At Ogden Slip
on notion q tns Mayer. NJ; Eeynolds Was sp-
certain what change tho dIllnfectantA lid nn1de
10 The clip. On returning. accompanied by Dr..
Kauch and MI. Busnhafut ho reported little
change, as the acils had not had time to perform
their duty.
10. After passing many things, arrived At Ran.
co!ph st1cet bridge, where Mayor Ecnlnt. was lost
overheard. not In the Wat.r, however, but on