, 1874-08-27

hytsrant fund. Tho putting III Of tito plugs
with four outlets would lcason tho oliai,co u
large ro by giving TIM Department gronter fa'
cilitios for distinguishing tbou,., ..,
COMMISSIONER SHERIDAN AHKED
What bcnoflt 1t "onld ho to exponl t4e ,s20gQ0Q
In extendlnK Tho 35-inch pipe on LaSallo ssroet
to Eighteenth, And connecting It with tile 2t-nch
noclion out to tho 24.inch .pipo On Ashland ayo-
nue., and putting IN additional hydrAutB. How
much would thRt uoat? = .s, ~. ST,
Mr. chesbro,tgh could not toll, without .nats-
Ing calculation. !.
AID. sruLp1va suoaEyrED
that the extension Of, pipes ontBiao be stopredt
mud thar tito small pipua In danaerous. districts
DO tahon. up aud larger onos substituted.
Commissioner 8llori'an said tho pooplo noar
tho city limta must hayo wator. ...
AID. Quirk uotncidod will, him. There woro
portions Of Lis ward whero tho pooplo lad no
!; COMMISSIONER wAnn Bald ..
great daal Of; blame was thrown on tue Doard
Of Public Works lor the prosent condition Of
thlngs: 1Ie did nut think slloy observed It,, The
Council had rofuHod to make al appropriation
for tue now West, Side pumping works. though
tue A!lormen know tho tunuol was constructing,
1na r y" hst n,N was or oong ;a spout on r.
difficulty would bo eudod, for thou the
supply ot wator would be ample. lie did
not believe ln expanding s2oo,9oo In tho way
proposed. It would not tnoroaao tho supply Of
MAt0As my tAQ HEtQulAkOAN AOHA At
Tnirty-nintli street DO favored to tho dotr,n1one
Of tug lu!t-up PORTIONS Of tho city7 lIo adyo-
Gated Tho buYinR Of strip OF ground IN the
burnt district $50 fect wide. aud lining 1t With
traos-a good taing, to at9p afoa: aa,2 wtth.-and
tho city woro too narrow. II = 1lrc btoke out Ii,
Bomo , Of them tho engiucs could not
get at 1t. Tho land tor. a boulevard
10 protect tho 'businoss portion Of tho city
n,nrh fin hnnana .ro,,lf1 ofat. 1,oyc IL Ia ,,u-.
cbasod. a asriugout llro-ordlnaueo w4s neodod,
30 tint tho eractlou Of wooden BLantioa could DO
prevented. Tho town was spread out'too much.
I coyered enough torritory now TO aeconln,odato
had no pwor at all, mud IL might as we'll DO done
away with Thoy had to 40 to tho Council or tho
Comptroller for every iittto tning. md nine
times out Of ten were told thoro was no money,
Mr. uaYes remarked that that WIS 30, because
AID. schaffncr inquired why tho Doard Ind not
nskcl for HI appropriation to widen the HtrcotB7
Commiaalonor Walli replied that thoro were
men In the Doard wllo did not 1tnow anythinE
o 19qt Nth ao m sseSy s % III ~" @ ", 1sse9s ns S t. n a
everything thoy could tlo. II tl,cro Ind been no
big tlros no one would hayo thought Of theHo
THUGS The present flrc-ordinanco was null and
void.
THE rnEss 70 pLAafE. ~..
AID. 2ufrk thought the pross Was to blame,
since t!ls papofs Ind pehtd lnto tue Council for
making larBo appropriations.
Commissioner Vail did not believe tie city
NODDED = courthouse until everything was in or
der. Why should $3,0oo,O00 Or S4,00o,0o0 DO
oreastpin If ho had no shirt. ,:
AID. Heath lld not think thore wns any danger
OF the City-HalI boing built just at proBont.
TO NETunS TO our SUBJECT.
AID. Rchn[rnor repeated hls question regard
Ing the expenditure Of tue s2oO,00o. ,...
Commissioner Wahl believed the expenditure
Of that amount would leRsan tho danger from
lircs. Il could not bo laid out now, however.
They would have to wait until tho rainy season.
The erection Of tho WeHt Side pumping worlta
ought to DO comuetcett at onoo.
5ir. Gheabrou8h snid ton timos s2o0.000 could
be iudicfously expoMled. Tho pipeB here wore
smaller than those in Eastern cities. Money
bad been saved by laying; ,the'n; and thoy had
to bo laid to keep paoo with tho rapid grow th of
tho city. Honco tho pipes were amullor
than they should be for water pllrpose.. No
ono had anticipated that Chicn,o would hayo Il
population of A50, ,0o0 III 1574. He did not favor
Hnnll plpsa eyerYwhero. There were streets
w.aero 1t WIS n waste Of money to put in lnsge
pipaB--on small Btreots, tor instauco. lIo had
laid pipes that ought to hnyo been larger at1 WIS
responsible for it. It was folly in city like Chi
caGo to undortaKe to do everything as if it had 4
population Of 100000 1t was much better to
alton do it oyor. Thoy could not toll what would
ho wanted twenty yeara llenco. 4 Grest deal Of
money LAS boon thrown away by anticipating
things.
D1FFEnEsoE OF OPINION.
Tho Mayor-ls 's not trno tha: the Common
Council. tho Board of Public Works, or any city
officials havo novor done anything in regard to
supplying water except lor domestic purposes.
Sfr. Chcsurough-l think 60. T1at ha. takon
procedoucs of everything else.
Tho Mayor-Tha tinc hrs como to do some
thing to remedy existing evils. The question il,
wlat can 10 dono to rollevc tho an1ioty Of tho
pooplo2 lnruranco companies aro talking Of
Withdrawing on account Of tho inactivity Of tho
city officials, the bolief prevailing that they ro-
fuso emphatically to do anything either BY way
Of a firo ordinance or anprolriating money.
What WIS to prevent tho laying Of sewerH from
tho rivec through tue east mud west HtrcetB anu
having ciatoTus OH tho street cornora2
Mr: chesbfonga-1ho amount Of money 1t
would cost could bo battor laid out in inoroyiug
tho advantages now possessed for putting Out
flros.. The conduits would undoubtedly bo
great advantage. but he had ostlnatod tho OK
ponse, aid found it would cost more to carry out
tho plan than It would to give ample pipes aud
tlre-hydtants. II tho new works wnro CONSTRUCT
cd. and largo malns put in, oHt Of the tirea that
could bo nut out without tho engines
tho PRESSURE would DO sufficient 70 throw stream
over INV low building.
s200.0o0.
NOT Dnor IN THE BUCKET.
Commissioner Inompson-It would not bo
drop in tue bucket.
Afr. Chesbrough- conduits would cost on
tho oyerago 5lDD. 900 mile.
Tho Mayor-How much woald 36-lncl, cou-
dutt cost per ml!o II run through the alleys7
Mr.. ChesarouSh-About S20.0 600 mile.
Mr. Hayes asacd what tho old rosogyo,rs were
built for?
Mr. 0lloabrough gaid they woro really not Of
much Importance. There was very lttlo water
in them, except ut night. Tho Que on tia West
6ilo WIS still In use; but neither WAS eycr any
iu case Of a fire.
FLOATING ENGINES,
Eiro-MarBhal Daupor then gayo IN account Of
llis efforts to have trial OF floating -2pgIuea gu
tho river.
Commissioner Sheridan said Mancol Talcott
had two tuss which he had intimatod ho would
allow to curry tho necessary pumping apparatus.
AID. Heath romarKol that tho manager Of tue
Chicago Towing Association had suid That their
tugs could bo used. It would cost only S15,0J0
to equip savoral, and pay would no. 10 asked
except only whos' they worked ut fires.
A genorat discussion followed OH This subject
It WIS urgoa that tho tugs could not be depended
OIL. as they woro liable to he towing yoHso!s when
Q tl,e occurred. This Yiaw, however, was not
taken BY all. SOME Of tho gontlemon believing