The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-22
LETTER FROM CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. March IA. 1869.

OH1C4GDs MARCH III ACOCs
Journal:
The fall of the Court House roofs,
last Saturday and Sunday, is a consid-
triumph, though a CHASTITY one.
to the newspaper men, who, time and
again. warned the proper authorities
of Its insecurity.
In answer to these journalistic
clamors came John M. Van Asdel, an
architect and former builder. exam
ined the new wings where the roof
fell, and reported them as safe and
sound in every particular. from base
to apex, adding to his report an ILL.,
bred and gratuitous insult to the sa-
gacity of newspaper writer's.
Messrs. +. Litz 81 Son, who put on
the roof, have hated Mr.. Van Asdel
with a most hearty hate, and ridiculed
his ability for years, now seek to hide
themselves behind him and Mr.. Rose,
the architect of the building. Messrs.
Litz & Son, too, hold newspaper men
as rather cheap goods, having perpe
trated a very shabby trick on several
of cur papers last winter in order to-
get their name prominently before
public as men of unusual skill. The
TACT is, it was like many other jobs
for the public-a job for getting the
largest possible price for the meanest
possible work.
Mr.. Frederick Litz, the senior MEM
Der of this firm, was legislated out of
office as a member of the Board of
Public Works for notorious incompe-
tency. Mr.. Van Asdel is a superan-
nuated ass, while the members of
the Board of County Supervisors n
der whom, and the City Council, the
work is being done, are according to
their OWL showing, very corrupt;
members of the Board being charged
with perjury, sWindling paupers out
of their fuel 10 the bitter cold Of our
northern winter, corrupt bargaining
for Office, and receiving brides.
A justice Of the peace is being sued
for imprisoning a man for contempt,
said contempt being the dunning of
said j. p. for a debt due. a police
man is under arrest for entering a
bank with a false key. Another po-
liceman tried to prevent one of Pink
erton's men from i~mprisoniBg a bur
glar caught IN Buffers great tea
house, while another is on trial for
stealing ten dollars from a man who
went into the station house to confer
with a friend under arrest.
The Supervisor, undergoing an ex-
animation on the charge of receiving
a bride, is the President of the Board,
He is a reformer, of course, and a
Democrat, to boot. The excitement
over the Blonde-Story riot has about
faded, yet the Times keeps up its firing
of filthy fusilades against them. The
editor of the Times is a man Of such
pure life that of curse he is entitled
to throw the first, last, and every
other stone. Business is Frightening
somewhat, or more properly speaking
is not quite so dull as it has been fol
several months past, and if il contin-
ues TO improve, petty thieving may be
discontinued.
Old Banyon, of the Police Court
having made the usual exhibition Of
himself regularly twice a week fol
some weeks, seems to have beer
seized with an attack of temporary
sanity, and has not shown the ear:
for at least two weeks.
4ACGOAAGA 14AAAAAAoANA ACAA OAO OAOA
on his usual months work this
month, sending only thirty-nino con,
vic.s to TOILETTE forty per month being
the average.
HHow aaevenIy- faunra are distrib-
uted! Here in Chicago, We have an
abundant supply of pure clear water
through our lake tunnel, and the con
stituted authorities are talking oil
erecting additional water.works, sc
that force enough will be given to the
supply from the fire plugs, to make
less necessity for steam fire engines
While they speak of an insuficiency
of supply, there are over two million
gallons Of water. almost going to
waste, daily, by the refusal OF the
city to buy and utilize the artesian
we'll, that spouts a FIVE inch stream
with such force as Il send the water
nearly thirty feet above the level oil
the lake. The only use that is made
of this stream, is to flow an ice field
in winter; IN summer, 1t runs to
waste.
| have already written SO much,
that [ cannot impose on your space,
to give you any description Of our
Italians, as was my intention to have
done in this. Yours, ID.