, 1869-11-27


TIE REPORT CONTINUED,
We publish below The continuation Of the forth
coming annual report OF tho Board Of Public
TN hi 4rIsusE 81 Wednesday. The report i mi
and eataslRciorJ, the statistics being very ntcT-
essipg and valuAele. The report ts for the Jeas
Tue ui1EolI CANAL. ..
The tme for completing TIE Illinois and Ilcht-
gsa Canal @ na,ng eispsea, N ex'snsto1' tos @ a m
the board, and was xranted. a larger amount Of
WORK wss done during the }eaF than IN any pro-
ton % 10 I' Suspended on ne canal ana iae wsier
drained od, November I, 70 permit tho rock COZ
uacscrs to commence WORK Duttng the M1ntM,
completed lafYe amount OF machinery Is now
In operation on tho Remaining sections, 1et1ned
the earth sections Below We gtSe An t1hlbtt U
the amount OF material removed during the year:
Rctf c1eaTatea 81 enhtt y.t4s
Rh2.'s.s Rssp ~ III, tsns w: w:
''['-'' " F1xTif9 OF HE ais'iif Gy1s. - -
bridgeport wc7e e1aployed - became necessary,
and The main and South Branch hvtr taus uAln-
t.ined without o1ensi,eoeas through TIC season,
I he board having disagreed with the Canal 1f1.-
tees, rs 10 The psuporuonatc part Of the
expense Of pumping for the previous year
s.ed = ~
son Gatns The arhatrsto.- The Amounts paid TOR
purnrink that year and the LIST are stx3ed hers
@ Iss CO.. # hEe1 Esgpss tens ,eT
Of 1861, ST. ,61aa1 summer Of l66a, II, ,1tSsA.
CHICAGO HAa.oR --
The frequent grounding Of reasei1 IL ..oaoJ pAfpa
many rhsDow spota rtqatsmz deepening. Ae-
oordinsg, ess!5tn .ns sesson. gsopcsa3a xers u;
nade .tt6 AesArs. Fo1 ! Howard, = the
rste us foHJ-t~o ccnts cubic Jhnd for
sseaeps ,.f aoas md s'":a Taea ' Sss'h ,sa
Chicago eTeans. md s,I1y. .nins cents yard fos
material removed ahore tnoAe TWO sueetA a
s esss & sfss sss e dsa ,aSs.s &.
ia sealo1. A channel was also opened m sno
| Spatn Fox OF tho South Branch, from the canal
= n s1%1s9as % q sSs iess s9ea 81
years before. THIS enaunel vss nearty. oat nos
| guile, completed In the muuet and fail OF 16xs,
W. as HSfss s. So sort m % M eeea &c * found nscss.
sarJ 1t The mouth Of the hxroof, the previous eK
| tension OF the pier and dredEtnx % me Unhtd
for tho maintenance Of tho channel over tho bar.
8TRKkT WORE
The experience Of tho preceding yeat had dem
onat.aied mat the cleaning Of ne Paved street,
Of the e1tJ ooald be done more cnea2ly a1d eject
lively By contract than BY dAy 1aoot- waa %
llesod. also. that the wort could b. mora adVan.
| rAgeo1tly let tor term OF three yean than 10,
one seas. Proposals Tor doing The wost io1 @ ons
made 70 ,o1f honor sels body. Il was NOT, how
cScr, uoti 11te in tha season that tho board re
eeavea authority 10 let the woT1, aftas AEa1u "a
ve1tetnR fos bidA Tne conts7cs Is now Il
| the hauds Of Nj. john I. Ssiter (rsnte
sented b Nj. LeN r. WHghtb for II,
term Of thtee yeAr1. commencing November -
1855, snd ending November 10, ISL, for street
! IoT nppoyed. md for 1ucn ~ ehlu b tmMotea
during tho time Of the ccotTact. TIE prtoo 70 b
paid u Il ~ 20 per nils for one - As1 cleaning
ms conuan&n1 h doing hla Wosk enetyeteaH
/ doWu last year were aIl wooden block paTeenentz
~ ns1 bee1 the practice for severa yeaE1 Abou
stx miles Of StFeeta v wesc tan1 paved TIC paxtit
ce0eratlJ wtfh mat described n tha tnpoEt Of u
yeer rfe11uoa. A. new stJle Of p4venaen& NJ
however, introduced On seresal Of tho atEcoe