, 1870-09-20
TIE NORTH SIDE.
Ol,c1tils: New Strccis..-AFcsl Side
Connections.
Canal from the Lake to the North
Branch.
Cost OF the lIndersukinf.-Thc
Results and Advantages.
Lincoln Park and Dilato1y Commits
sioueta.

of North Chicago and Lake View. met last eve
Atw,ter In the Chair. Nj. Y r Culver Sccrctat
50 >@1' a,,1.,,,.., .,n,.-.
w., ,.,,tn.s u.aStSo s1Malis' ",, .. .,
lne Aon. h'uo1. An.aonJ sa,a ~. ane1s n1..,' w..
! from the lake to the river, It seeme;f to BIZ
pot,aae o1nqa '1as 1na Luz snvs
'Wnca oclole 'ne r"ro'at.on gas" ss'
dense and property valuable lie moved That
committee Of two bc appointed to tnvestlgal
the matter aud to report to a future meetiu
what streets between Chicago avenue and III
nnr1bern c,tr rm,,s sho,,11 Ic onone.1 frnn, :, ~
lake TO the river. .-...
The motion prevailed, and Aessrs. Anthony an
| NORM s1nr cASAf'
Mr.. Atvater reported iron, commtt,ec a,
pointed 10 request he Boarti OF Public Works i
direct Nj. chcsbro,irh 10 make snrrsv ~ /,
pIont sel canal in TIC yiri,,jfT ~ WowGaur ~ r.
Thai The Roard of pn}1ir Wortn rrom;sa
10 attend to tie mailer neSt weSt' tbouah The
thc exn1nsaa ri fbe s;,rxeS ou, nv ,bc on nronoso
canal was outside inc citT iiIn,ss- Thc snrose
had been over the eIounc, and Vas Of the opinio
undertaking, Tne sand tasen ont of i,,c ~ air r.
WCull NAV Sart Of 1ht. ..xrense ~ thc csihl,;rs
The sand maid for thu digging Of the nnrfh ssnrrt
.leetpr q tnat canai he cons!icteS s ana ~ "a
most nfacticnDIc and Impnrtans nrnterts hefor e
I The pepp1e II wOtttt{ bis it1medafs1v nsa.l =
% ME. Anthony sat,, TINT :rosonb No,,,, to,, ,ro,
e1cat deal VI attention 10 fhts matfnr ana hs,
much valuable infoTmat,on siatfsttcs on1 ,act na
70 ~ to ls pHblc M ~ He thought NJ
reet,nn caltcti fnr thaf nnTnnsn oeAoAe puon
CLEANSING M 11,F SnRTm nu,xcu
~ T. n;d1,l, r nurd 9t Eyanst9n spoke ag follows
ot this .trrn nraes, u seaxnss tae NoIIa Branch
Council baye di1.ntssd iVs ~ s1iat!9n; Ihe ComEor
to repu plan far 10 ~" ofnw mi ~ aoaG 81 VOTES
hest me,hnJ " nas nSea iookinR about tor the
erst.,d hJ. y 20 ~ Lhe WORK uu
wi @ reconmsnJ @ Il nuS no' se' determined what he
m favr sa s Wnlon nc th,nS ne was at arst inclined
~, ~ IaSos. va g pnt large sewer through from
wa1cr 'u Ut ine en iaSe e ess ei
nu,s anu run II across through thts sewer and
olo, es nusa me faSer It will be observed that this
norm te north bolevarI @hich Hls It i as al
~ diain with IT, and but jnst to the point where
iouicd by dlstille1tes and manufac-
n!sas 11lGs at IL inc ;a! nresent time Population and
# WIN not be long before q demand viii be nude,
II not now provided for for the purifying Of the
o. Mr. chcsbEough to the practlcaidlity Of throw
,uk Tic Tlter INTO the Ntrth Branch, ut poIut
ahont h'ill mile northwest OF Bownanrtlie,
Gross i'on: to the river at that point.
West 6f t.c ridge upon which Bowmsuyt]tc.
Rosehl!1, and Eranst0n, are situated, b a low
Prairie, formerly 50 wet as to bt. almost impas-
tahlc, except In the dreest Seasons. This pralrIe
reaches from the North Branch to Lake Michigan
ut Gross Point. In 1856 q ditch was dug tbrOsi1G
thts prairie, from the lake to the river, draining
the ianA both ways In consequence of tue incli-
Eats0n Of the lanu toward the south, nearly the
eutirc length OF the ditch epptles into the
river. u have .bcforC me the map
made ut the time lhts ditch was laid ont. show
nG ,n ,ie levels unon this line AZ tue shore the
south IT is eighteen feet; three miles, seventeen
ieeI: axe miles, thirteen feet, mud at the river,
the river Is seven miles II this ditch were en-
iarEed, and the pump erected at Gross Point, the
river could thus be easily flushed for the distance
If eight miles, instead Of about thtec as viii be
the case II the water Is carried acfoss on FuIler
ton avenue.
St!ne 0f thc ndvaot,res nf ,hta rlon ovn,