, 1874-03-21
MUD-LAKE DITCH.
Tho Other Side Of the Cues
tion.
Letter from Hon. John Wentworth.

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n, thu Atlftor II 1Tae Ch,eaao Tribune:
Bin: ,lor tic l.st lt,reo YOURS there. 1aa boon
vn.t ,mo,,st - ,,,ts.s,s,s''..tsH sn ' uo"'
".'s, "es W 1..'ofoi'to'oh.a1lo, ~ hos OF
wlalut !yng, hboht tue 'ddepoi'ing:of tho Mud
Like Ditoh. The obiedt las' boen to mako II tho
scapegoat for tho errors ur ononoors. frauds of
hnntraceors n,,.nan ,tf drodroa .ox~,,,,,ta,.,, -
,',"1n' o sp,oara J ,sa,,.. u'oueoe eolluP'ohs OIL
n''''o-on'e'o' sao."''o''e o1 SANITARY reBnla-
ttot'a, @nu hoff-filnl!tnont OF wild predictions.
It is'a "ondor to MO tint the financial panio linz
not boon charged to It,
mia t1i,rl, within lin ,,o,,,r. =, ,., ,..,
lias u'se,, i. "isl!''t t.o memory Of man, lia1
'.oSof nool. nao"n W "o oa'lFo!y dfy ana, ho-
fofo tic cnhal Wna dug, thcre WAS q direct conn
n,,inication through 1t from tho Aux plauoa
nivrr 1o Lin Cnicauo ,Iltyer- nh aotttora ,,,,1
tnuS t 1,,,tna po" "o q. '"1o"sn ~ an ooats oltcct
lium ,o.leso ~ ~, n'oul5' oar flehs to
wator-connnlnioatton both ways was thus
~ vfsrBD ONE
when We ,,,1rcl,aaod our ,lanl. / hayo oftan
hen,,1 a.,,, cuua dosori,o 5our,,,v o,or Via. TO-.
neuu 1m' =, -, oAas @esuiloo" Journey over th's
rp.to az tuo"ay w ooat'
My Mud-1tako land was bought Of tho Cannl
cana ind m outot N In ohicpon % 1;,o" w. a,, '"1
tho Anx pl,,nou 1,ivor. mi rou,1 ,,aro t,,,,. ~
.4io 1~"A 4''4'on iN'oA WV 1op0o Aa'o Jug W
dcep ultoh ab,1 Plcaaou WlLnous a1leGtlnB Tho
current OF tho water. Now tho canal Inns bcon
mntle doepor tha1,.tl,o bed Of tho AUX .rlaiucs.
una, Ut corao, t,is deepening las illcronucd tic
c,rrcnt Of all Tho strcams u wator, however
temporary, finding their way into tho cn,lal.
Whnn tlls canal MAS dcopcnol, oydry QUO knew it
would increase tho current Of ali ntren,na
cmptying into it. Indood, ono of Its unin oh. Oh.
1ocsH was to drain Tho adlncont lands. In casc
OF suddei, froBhctB in spfiug or tnl1, 1t a to bo
expected TINT tho flow Of water sout, III the canal
will bo rctarlctl. but it iB fortunate TINT ths
Dlways occurs at healthy .soaYol,n Of tic your,
The fasor tho flow or s,rfaco water into The ca
will our a]to-wator tako its placo, Thoro is flst
10 much sllrfaco- -watcr to 20 down tito cn1,nl.
ard tho.soouer It rons tho hottur. II,o X1,r
piunoH Hiyor
lsrAyr DnYIS5,11p:
a,1 nynn 1,ofn,n tim canal wna dtcnana,3 IT, ,rnu
div ,nuc!l OF tho summer IN 1auny rluccs. It 1ncH
nut appt,ar to bo fed },y living apriueg. Int Nv
uuriuco- -pater which ia rast diJninia]ntr In
t.ran.ity. Crops will bo growing in lis he'd
within lilo prcot.t generation, +rilero arc tl,roo
u ypoeiaIty Of tktnuiitV .tlo 1oenbnfuv Of Tia
d-Inko Ditch. bcsijon tia :inrorcsts hnrotas
fora ault,1otl to wj,itI, ,,lny iutn flcir hn,,tlu
1hnv coma. hit thov 1ynpt aonohmIv oI.n s -,
dam,
MrsiThoao f,,taronko1 II, t,o o,,,at,,o 1,ol,u ~
ll,o city. on tl,o Youtl, Branch Of tbo ,Clicprs,
:Kiyor. Ind who ~ 'N'e'
WANT A ntoSnrnty
of watcr-frontB. th0 right to ma1,o brick. otc..
ctc,, iu t,at region. Ihoy cur, au;lno tia Ifmiv
Slough. tho .siaurl,tor-hn,sca ot'... etc,. h,t
t,oy 1,rotcud to fcnr lint lin wntor If fin Mil.
I,nSu Ditch. wllinh thny }nve .nwnyu cnjnrc1
(but i'll not 10 ra,,l clrrout M at prosuuLl viii
shorten their tlavs. S(' "@'A
Ss.ond-1'I,osc i,;tcroatcd in cor,n,n o,orr,o,
1t Ton,nnt. WIN claim, fI,ot thov ,,nna Iii thn
water in lie fnst-tlryi,r.nn AK plauca rri,av
1,ynocit;cnl,v nrotnna r. fenr ~ ~" 1ro,t ~
tiio Null Lake Ditch viii oyo,.tuav fiji ina "n tha
canal, If lloucat. thay wnulI ho ostnn;s!,nod ~ -
tlloy sl,onld yjst tho Mud-Lako country nmI seo n
how much Of tlo Boll IL ntiil left. Il II ~" fn;r @
tost;on II o.1. ~ ~ ,,,un,, eo ,a - ,,,. !n'l M
canal from tbat region M thay .,,ro,c1'I v'at
power supplies it's piacop Far W.. n,;ns ,,i," % ~
It, aud land is so valuable in these nys tint il i,
hayo never cumntod tho aI11cewnys into ,hs
cat,aI, luur,,,, onrtL nnt watar frnm not ~.
ta,sce. tut tllero aro arsst 1nny@nnh h'h r.,
bring much moro wntcr aid noi thn,, concs }ron
% tic maj, % Win lls v.nwrech"r nn oS11ntho m ne
whiio That tho hcd nr lin In,,nl IL ,n,ct III io,rar
Than thut of tin A,x r!ainnn or If nrU nt,,or
sEroan,, II tl,e AK plauos 1liycr shouiJ 1'6 6a
damned, it would Ut oco overflow liz bnna nnI
tho nur,lns watcr world f;nI its wnv "t, H., Ih,
cal1al tlroual new ennnols taknr n,ors sn;1 snH
tllnu it docs now.
Ills If M uYo tn t3isp,,iac Tim fact t1,at tt,o
onnal IL fast wcnring ltSo!f away. md tint its
banks aro constantly oayiue in, It must bo oon-
tiillHJLF IfQtjra1 A1ll in u1luy Df8EnH fiH kn
piIcd. ind teTn IL no ro in '}isrnisn th;a f'ct
also; When tllo canal wns tloenol,otl. thn car'I
yyaa left too noar tic n,argin.
1hi,I--An :ice:ho,tgo interoat. They ;ara
dao,ni,q around bccaalse aome6ody vii not deu'
tho Aux planes Hyor wntnr bantf iito t,or ;.o.
ponds. They want tue city OF tl,o State to '
il,orEcr T1lEi, 1ct-l,1,stsEss rnost ,nsfpsrrr,ov
FourN~-An interest at IoolEport, wIlitL wnnts
to sot u back-tiro npou tho complaints viii, rc-
gard to tho dam thero This lattor interest is
soema to be acting .upon tho defensive. II Vol
tnlk about their dam, tnoy talk about Mud-Inkn
Ditch hut ti,ev do not mako a apccialty of this
subject, az tho other interests do.
1 notice MI those intoroats we're reprcgeutod
in tho rooent trip by cana! to Loukport, aud
noue othors; ana such has boon tho case iu ali
Tho previous rides and coI!ations. They wautod
paid Chapin l. Goro's bill aud tho oLher bills, 1
havo 1io complaint to iallo. But, if tho puIiic
officers mado up the:rarty, and tile public is to
foot thu bill Think it would hayo been but fair
to hayo invited other iutaroBts md