, 1873-06-18

II the Board OF Public Works would construct
sowors whore they wore notua1ly needed. In tho
year1s99 that body oxpendod the aum Of $685.
144.26 for the construction Of boWera, more than
1872 combined, yet not cont Of. that money went
to tho Sixth and Seventh Wards. ~
SPECIAL NEED OF 6EWERB.
Chicago has more need Of sowora than any
om S9s and d soy i s 81 sop9 ~S sns Of Na% s
York; St. Louis, Cincinnati, md othor large
towns have o natural drainage tloy being locat-
cd on high and undulating ground, and yot Aaye.
MORO aeWoEs than this city. Ths city ia sltuatcd
its highest points; aud the: :rofuao matter Of its
large population cannot bo carried away by
heavy rainfalls, except whore it has an oltlet,
throughsowers. consequently green, postilontial
maas Of Alth Is continually standing. In tho gut;
ters, or, rather, ditcheY Of most Of The uusoWer!
cd atroeta, aud evon In the severed ones where
tho houses aro not connected with tho sower'in
.:. CONDITION or TIE i o1rY. II H. :. ,,":; s.
An attompt is sometimes nnaao to ,celcan those
cutters or bitches, but beyond fishing out q TOW
STRAY leayop and piocoa Of wood, little is accom-
pliahod. Tho nlthy Wator cannot by any poBsi-
havs boon @ Jug 50 several fast deopos The oateh
basius into which they lead, aud al q amajority OF
our strcots aro unBewered, it is g. matter of
course that most Of them are in On unhealthy
and dangerous condition.
T.
and dirty but tho soTorad and ,payod onos, With,
but fow exceptions, arc hardly IN battor condition.
Heaps Of rubbish, mud pools Of stagnant wator;
everywhere insult tho viaion Of tho pasaer-by.
the Bame condition in which tho fire Of 1871 LETT
them: Though originally entirely: level, thoy
now presont as picturesque an gppeasance "a
/ tho Rocky Mountains. Hills and Yalos rivers
and lakea, follow In rapid succession, and WOO
to tho horse TINT caroesaly sleps into ono Of the
many abyesoH that abound. Ono Of our prlnci-
pal thoroughfa1os,
aourA cf.knx srRERr,
has bocona entircly impassiblo, mud IN attempt
is now making to repair it. This pavement is
being laid In the most reckless manner, having
alroady settled In several placcs. II any Of tho
renderB Of this article take the trouble to look at
1t between Washington and Madison streets, they
will find doep depreasiona in the gutter on either
sido OF the street, filed with stagnant water,
although it haa not rained for moro than two
weeks. Stato street, another one Of our businosB
| thoroughfarcB, has tho old.fashioned' 'oobblo-
stone pavement, which WAS laid many years ago,
mud ia fuli Of hoios a fllod with pools Of watar,
| wlilo tho moisture oozes from betweon every
atonn. In the spring and full it Ia an utter i'm
possibility to croas this atrcet, e1copt ina .fow
places. Such a pavement would bo . disgraeoto to
prosperous ytolorates 1t, and allowa spread
! disease or death over our bost ayonuoa. With
| tho exception OF Michigan md Wabash avenues,
aud fow other atroeta inhabited blythe ariatoo-
:
noss and corruption. unrebukol by the authori-
ties. and tolerated by, all whom 1t most con-
| cerna. =" 1.I j"
=, II; STREET BwEEp1Na. - :
Tho unrlyed streets caunot be aWopt, and the
paved onoa arc ]ittlo bonotltod by tie process OF
| sweeping. It Ia done with maohlneBt which Con-
siata Of q wagon, undor Which there Is O. large
broom, TINT rayolvoa by tho notion Of tho whoola,
and through MI aperture tho dirt Is thrown into
tho guttorg. whero It ia al'owedtq rentnln foroy-
ermore But the principal evil In. sweeping tho
| streets with these naohines ID because the broom
| touches only tho lovol etreot, but cannot renoh
down into tho holes and cavities which
disaguro our streets everywhere, consequently
they arc generally nIlod with putrid mattor,
| which Ia allowed to remain from one year TO the
| other, .''oi' ~ >
| A DETAILED srArEMEHr.
Another article, published Tomorrow, will be-
gin tho description OF tho actual condition Of
lho difforons atroots aud pestholea that endan'
ger tho lives Of every human boiug IN this city,
aud will he continued until every dirty stroci
and evory pestholo has boon polluted out to opi
| indignant citizeuH, WHO Room to bo Ignorant o1
tho actual asato OF affairs.
- THE MAp. -" :.
In order to mako tlloBe artlolos on tho sewer.
age question nlore oonprohonBbio' a.. aud to to glyMs y
this respect, than could bo dono by pagos !ol
description, tho accompanying map Of tle
sewerage systom Of Chicago las boen prepared
All the heeyy limos indicate sewers y m but, oWiIl
to tho small plzo Of tho map. 1t is impossible t.
Indicate their dimollslous, wlother feot Or
loot in diameter. The Bladed parts arc tht
lower ground, lying along tho North and soutt
Branches, and which is almost entirely destitute
toonth, and other etrootB Indicates tho ware
boundaries Thoro ara now q littlo over III
niilos OF goworago in the city, and the mal
shows, at q glance where 1t has gono. Th'
sixth, aro to1erably vol severed. So arc tn.
Eighteenth, Ninotoonth, and Twousioth of th
North Sido, and the Tontl1 and Eleventh on tn
| Wont Bldo, But tho remainder OF tho Went Dl
vision, n.oat OF 1T denaoly populated, Is total
destitute.
The Governor OF Rhode Island has rotalne
tho Hon. Thomaa A. Jonokos to respond to til
| Gts%o