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The. Bertuccios of the: jury-Box Plot
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Appeal. to: Judge Gary Against
u::.:.es the :I1educed Pay:i 50;
Confidence operators Sent to the Peni:
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A., attempt to utilize the .Healy slonugh. by
id Of The 1aS, WE ; yesterday commenced ID the
circuit Court: Citizens uho have heard m the
1lougb: only as receptacle for flth,- as stag
o,nf rol Of oifal and every thing that is detest-
,ble, and have never visited the spot, have but
little idea OF the possibly immense future value
of ths hand bordering it; should the Law. be Buc
thpgsnov existing there. The. story told in q
bill Tor certain relief which is giTon. more for
tnaIy below, shows what series Of wasted OPP
uortunities this ii. sa1ne slough has. beon;.
md how magnificent "a prospect awiitBe it:
Briefly 7Btated;; the slough, waas formerly
paIig.h!e for = considerable defiance, from
the South Branch of the Chicago River
to beyond Archer avenue, the'land on both sides =
being avai1able for the erection Of ~elovators,e
mshntactories, whalves, docks. and tile thoa.
sard:and- one. Industries. that swarm but: few
hundred yards further on, and which have been
rendered Impossible on this. rtcular PROPERTY
b.: the erection of . certain rnlload bridge,
which his ehokea The slough, Stopped na7iga-,
ton, and caused to lie idle, unproductiye, even.
Nuisance an estate that should, be useful and
valuable almost Is the land on the main stream
itself. The owners Of the property, in the bill
Yesterday fled, seek: to hare thia rairpad bridge
removed and 3 swing bri1ge put up in its place,
by;whieh meanss shipping will be 7 enabled
to ascand the 6trea1n, wharyeH and docks will be
erected, elevators, Harehouses, and buildings
Hil be put mp, and. trade, which is: always .re-<
curing fresh accommodation on the crowded
highway known Re. the South Branch viii
eagezly, force, lts way into the new quarters
opened for it. Such, in brief, are the hopes and
prayers Of the complainants- -, -,... ~: ::
The: fo1oving'is syroposis Of. the bill
Robert W..::Healy, Jamas F.. Healy; Mary, 4.
Casey, and Ann Healy, represent that about
1857, RobertHealy, father Of Robert and james
Hea}Y; land. Mazy A. Casey, settled upon aud
acquired the pre-emption OF Lot G, Block l,
Canal tTfustees Subdivision OF the .outh
fractional part Of Sec. 2s, IS, IA, with
certaine1ceptiousna named afterwards completing
bis title BY purchase from. the Board Of Trustees
of the Illinois l. Michigan Canal, to whom such
119ds we're granted BY the Legislature for canal
purposes in 1913; which Board later gaye him q
proper conveyance, and ha entered and continued
il possession of the same until his. death, .in
1871. whcn his heirs these -complainants, Sue
ceeded ii possession. They REPRESENT that said;
premises are situate near. the. South Branch Of
the Chicago River, nevigable rater7 course flow,
ing through. the City" of Chicago into
Lake Michigan, = one of tie -navigable VS.
teta OF. the United States, which river also
connects with the. Illinois d Michigan Canal,
upon and BY means of. which river large
amount of shipping, internal: commerce, water.
transportation, and inland. navigation Of the
State Of IHinois. of. which, Chicago is the chief
centre ii transacted, :. and upon and along which
n5or. nre~ located many, Of the principal mare
houses; elevators, wharfs, and doc1s Of the city.
Further, that: the Hcaly: Slough, 40 called, is a.
natural stream of water, taklng it, rise in the
southwest OF said lands, running in north
easterly direction towards ,tbe Same, anu, ,curv
ing to the north, CROSSES Archer a7enue. touches:
taid;,1 premises 7on= the southEest corner,
ing its western boundary, and emptlea ipto the.
South Branch, thus bslng "a arm; branch, aud
atluent of;said South Branch, and thereby con-
meets with the Illinois d Michigan Canal and
Lake Michigan, apa- oeihs moreover one Of the
St; LAWRENCE River. Further. that said ,Hc.lT:
Slough ras antiently, at the time said Healy
took possession Of said premises, and has eyer
since continued to be-: except as the same has
been aimee obtained, az Hereinafter mentioned, !
!. :n.rignble-.~ ,'wa:er33courae, or. nay.
igpb|e <: arm Of the eaid !. south
Branch, and during all that time was Of sufficient
width (seventy to sesent.-fve ffot, depth. and :
capacity to allow the free and unobstIucted pas..
N4At.
ba5ges, etc., to i: considerable distance above
Artharayenae, and that it ,sas So used for many
years after 1884, particularly in carrying on the
business Of 6tearns' stone-qnarTy, Further,
that the chief Salua of said nremi.es under such
circumstances, was its adaptabllity for CONNER
eial purposes, andthat Hcaly and otaer property:
holders, sellaware Of the fact, :qnlted 70 deepen
and improve the water by dredging to uniform
width Of .serenty-ave fest and depth Of twanty.
test along ths front 9f their property,
valuable as Whardng lots. Then came the CHI
& sago& Toilet M2ilroad Company aad t bailt esi
lowing section of their act That: :wheneverit.
% shsll bs necessary TOR the construction OF said "
railroad to 1ntersect or cross any water
Of railroad, Or highway, it shall be lawful for
the corporation to- construct their railroad
actpss or upon the same ); 1.r0u7ded, that the
corporation shall restore the water-courso, rail-
Ioad, or highway. thus inter5acted to its
former state' Or in 8 sufficient manner net :;
% % have impaired IT'S usefulness: ~ au, j
lho11ty this sector, the Railroad
company, n 1926 or 1891, With 1ul kno"ledge
o. the naFlgapllty OF the waters, erected Fhns
" WA called 4 movable SWING draw-bnsse over Ra1d