, 1873-06-20
the ClTY'S HEALTH.
Why There We're lo,l66
Deaths Reported Last
Year.
Visit to tho Region from Whonee q
Largo Number Of Funerals
Depart.
What q Reporter Saw While
Walking Through
Bridgeport.
The hbominati0ns In and Around
The Slaughter and Rendering
Houses.
Frightful Condition Of Ogden Slip
= and Healy Slough
1,etters from Citizens on the
Subject of Sewerage.
Memorandum from tho Amer
ican Public Health Asso"
CiatiOn.
The hbominati0ns In and Around
The Slaughter and Rendering
Houses,
Frightful Condition Of Ogden Slip
and Healy Slough.
Letters from Citizens on the
Subject of Sewerage
Memorandum from tho Amer
ican Public Health Asso"
citation.
CHAPTER III.

ciatiOn.
CHAPTER III. ''
Filthy. odorous, and pest-breoding streotn are
largely responsible for tho creator portion OF tho
Ia. 15e deaths reported for tho yoar 1879. Ihas
must have boon the general verdict Of those
v,o hnye read tho description Of some OF tho
streets of tho Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Wards
published in Yesterdays Tribune. But, bad as
Tint district is, there are still others that arc &C.
cossorios, II not equally responsible, for this /
slaughter. Tho districts described
Yesterday wero given tho preference hecau6o
thoy aro situatel III tho worry heart OF tho city,
and nro tho most donsoly populated. Tint thoae
etreets hayo no sowers is unpardonhblo, II not |
criminal There a1o still other districts, tho
destl-rate Of which is equally largo, IT not
1areor than that OF tho districts described yostor-
day: but they aro farther out Of the way and not
ns donac1y populated as thoso mentioned. 1t Will
bo observed by looking at tho sewerage map
published with our first article, that au the
wards showing large death-rato ]lo within that
part of tho city which, on the map, ia shaded as
low aud n,arshy ground. Ono OF the lowost, as
well rs unhealthieBt, wards is the Sixth, which
includes Ill the territory wost Of Clark and south
of rSeptv-second Btreet. It ia tho southwest
corner of tho city, aud embraces within lis limits
tho wel-known, much-abuaed Bridgeport.
Dy taking walk through tho ward, aftcr GU
teting It ut tho corner Of Clark street md Arohor
ayenuo the first atreet reached deserving special
mention is Elgin, which has latoly boon sew-
orod, but, as tho houses aro unconnootod with
tho drain, tho sroot, or alloy, for it is only a
feet wide, ia in horrible condition, and
all tho yards and lots arc worry hithy'
Heaps Of garbage arc lying in the middle Of tho
Btroet, breeding disease in tho hot sun, while
mountainB Of manure decorate tho yards The
olors arising from this copglomcration OF tlth,
mix with tho fumes and gases escaping from
tho chemical works Of Mailer Il Chappol, on
Stewart avonue, between Elgin and Twonticth
stroots which combination of smells creates a
stencl in which that Of sulphur greatly pro-
dominates, impreasing ono with the idea that
hero is tue shaft leading down to the regions Of
His Satanic Majesty, aud this impression is fnr-
thor strengthened by the aight ofhcars Of sulphur
facing the street. How unhealthy these fumes
are may bo imagined from tho flot that oil the
large trees within radius Of 100 yards Of these
works have boon killed, tho black trunks
Of which are still standing, like ghastly
epectres, looking upon Elgin street as it to warn
the inhabitants to Bhun md loavo this place OF
pcstilence aud death, whore trecB cannnt exist,
much loss human beings.
Grogo ia another street that is lifting up daily
its odorous voice in supplication to be cleaned
but without avail, probably because the Alton
st. Louis Railroad runs through 1t, and Is OK
pcctod to carry al tho awees aromas arising
therefrom to our neighbor on the Mississippi
Calkins Il Fishcr's Understanding establish
ment, on this street, il surrounded By dark
brown pools Of staguant water, which eBcapos
from their boilers, and has no other outlet OK
cept to run under tho neighboring houses, wher'
it becomes stngnant and filthy, forcing sickness
aud death into tho homes OF thoae that arc com
pelled to 1.-Two there.
While tho reporter and the sanitary police
man thnt WAS accompanying him wore moasnr
inC tho depth Of the water which had collecte
under ono OF these houses, IN old woman, bag
gard aud worn, camo out OF her door and aaket
q Arc ye tho men to SEQ TINT there IL aomoshin
done for ~? On being anawerod in the ai>i'
native tho poor woman, with tears in her eye'
exclaimed " God blcss 20 and yer families Il
this. Two children have already lost, and tl
rost Of us will soon follow them Il nothing
done for u.s." The reporter and the party AZ
companying him assured tho poor woman tht
something should DO done for hcr.
A few yards south OF this place Ia large VI
rant lot, which ia filled to orertowing with stat
and % tue railroad company objects.
having its track torn up, which has to be dor
to repair the leak, tho water lis allowed to oyo
How and ip,uldate tho surrounding proport
though much damage iB done thereby.
undor tho sidewalk on tho northeast corner
Archer avenue and Grove atreotH thoro eau
observed such q sink OF iniquity the Like
cd up at, since Tho creation Of tho world.
etand ton minutes before this pool makes ont
nostrils curl with suspicion Of big own deea
II nccds only to bo mentioned Tint this pestho
water-cloaota that abound under tho sidowal
and no ono will over hereafter paBs that Rp
without holding his or lor noso.,,
Ovorpowercd and sokoned by tho poison, q
whiffs Of frosh mir on the bridge. But what
this? Instead Of frosh mir an aroma OF death
inhaled. Wondering what this can be, one loo
around but nothing UNUSUAL meets our q
dark ohaBm far below. An inky, boiling, bu
bling riyor meets tho gaxo, from which polsc
oeshsss e"s hsss esan? for oss'
silly for any longthy description o. tnls paG;o 70
Wabanl, nyonuo boartlor. Every one ~
1lavo rcaa Of tho BRIDGE and tho inky vat
below. It llas boon sung by all tl1o poots Of = n
and low degree Chicago han ever brought ior
jca-Brldgeport- the aty bonoath IL 0gdo
Slip, tho receptacle OF tho abominations
slaughter and rendering houses, and beyond,
far as tho oyo Gun roach, tho beautiful DEid
port is situatcl,
No sh!sanosing sun hero over shono
No laleso1no bseszo hero over blow.
Clouds of smoke oHyolop everything, and
all-peryading smell iB oil odor Of dead. Doa
gases TINT arlso from numboricga eHcapo-pi
arc carried by tho winda Into the homes Of
rich aa woll is Of tho poor, whore thoy are c
tnua|iy lnilnled a1tl ultimate diAeaHo aud do
will DO tho result. Nc such places aa aro fo'
IL this district should DO tolerated.
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