, 1870-10-05
NORTH SIDE IMPROVEMENT
Moro About Cleaning the North
Brnnci1--Thc Lake TunnCl.
DR.. Dyer on Cow Driving-Connecting
the Parks--Financia].

The Standing Committee Of North Side Cit-
xeps, Oh improvements, met last evening II
Turner Hall, Ar. Atwaser in the chA1r, MI. r. F.
Culver, Secretary. The minutes Of the lastmeet-
ing were read and approved.
THE PROPOSED CANAL
Air. J. G. Glndele, in the Ab8snce nf the Chair
man Of the Commlttee On Canal WIS invited TO
tmrart such Information ~ he possess ed on the
subject. he went into a history IT the river and
The great ship canal project WA before Congress.
IT WIS during the Wsf, and the canal WAS to hare
been 1eo feet vide and at least feet deep, 70 that
Ennhosts could pas from the lakes to the MIS-
slA*tpp1, II necessary. The project Tas abandoned
On account Of the necessity Of nfst providing
good ws.el, aud The tunae! sook pubic attention
ing eonsuueted, { was found thai he
d snFdng ;. frs.aets ,,.es seoared out tas river
| The time when the city will ue larger, and the
river dlrsler, arrangements were made, aud now
exist. 20 that 1t nnT time the tunnel caa ba ex.
head OF the Soulh Branch - Calumet was pro
!ectet by himself. 1hat would relieve the south
ntaQsh; Int something should also be done for
! tae So.1h Branch. he nal Lcforr advocated the
cutting OF canal. in northeasterly direction,
" near the north line ot Section 8 thence directly
east To The lake, distance ol two and half
the Norti, Branch lie hal calculated that q
canal through that Territory. sixty feet wide aud
ting the machinery to raise The water two feet
t@Sse % i9cnes high. T:ns ship c4nai might follow.
saa p the esnsr go
Impurities. the pumping works, the late, tue wa
1er works, a1d other Nell-knoWn N :ttets. lie
advocated the noxmany1lIe project for 4 shn
places would be benefited thereby the commerce
OF the city would be nce1mmQaate1 with ns much
more aoclsEe a. n5E available: the North
oat, sse:sss de aox @ q T x.!eT s1 xeuia ID feep
constantly c'esnsed. lie criticised the resolution
i'asssd q he la.t meeting saying that Il looked
Is mind ts.t T .se canal ~ asaSt eoaa be be
s9s!,y aus IL, H. re ns,sabofhood q Iake veK
and half OF that was already dug BY the fivet.
Were these rocks thirty feet aboye the water
rock. eia not deter Governor nc Cnton, 1Sss s su ne
WAS digging tho Erie Canal. They cou1i do the
work ID two yeaEa, II they wen, At It earnestly
lion Elliott Anthony woula like to know
where the money WIS to como from. Tint was
the main lin1culty.
time. some Two years ago. when he eaefed 4
resolution in the Council calling upon the CITY
Engineer TO furnish n estimate Of the cost
ratent machine for consuming smoke, tod how
bis sprarslus would prevent The smoke from the
xatsr works from annoying the rea!teni4 IN thc
cow-DRrytSG EXTRAORDINARY.
Mr. Dyer anREesteti, "a new business, that they
Do ssme'hIng .ewan, rg,.:,ns s.Iay cows tn ne
years driving COWS out Of his back yard. 80 that
Le did not know II II was really. new business to
Vi E1gin. be invited TO attend one of the meetings
and explain the snalus ope1andiof his patent track.
The motion prevailed
MISCELLANEOUS
Mt Anthony moved 1lss the Secretary be- iu-
st1ucted 70 report ofnclaly to the Common