, 1875-03-15
THE CITY.
THE FLOOD.
TIE NORTH Eide

THE NpKiA rIGh~
Tia ronditiop Of the Btteess fn tbs Northesn
Reotiou Of the city, especially between Ciafx
.trret and tic North Branch, and between Chi
o.gn and North avenues, Ia simply horrible. In
,,,c lonr md vartad history Of Chicago mud.
notbiug like It has been observed OF, at least,
ohrouiclod, Tho middle Of tho stroots+ psricu-
l,,lv tioso On which railroad tracks are laid, may
bo callct impossible to anything axcopt canal
boats or stroot.caes. The gatteEs arc filled with
mud and hlush to = depth OF = or
foot in somo places, and perfect rivers
of liqutd MUD arc flowing IN nearly
eyery altcy.way. It. would appcar shat tho
sueilcr sovors arc ehoked up for, vorIs, all tho
vator appears upon tho su1face, aud NoAlfs
aovo could not find foothold In most I1aces on
Chicago avenue nnn I.artabeo street. Dtsisioh
sttcct and Clyhourn avtnne Also pfosont
formidable aspect to passengers, nor can scue-
wick ntrcct 10 congratulated on an improved
aon]lttou OF asfairs. or course, the unprccc-
dented neyorsty Of tho weather In somo tneaBuso
accounts for this reign Of dirt but
could not tho Board OF rublie Works
do rometblng 70 mitigate The s. Lhs m stsceI t.sa
to great advantage Mt th,u crisis. The openings
OF eouefs might ba examined, and tho frost
blockade removed. Aa It IL. loconioasoh IL
taak Of tremendous difficulty IN The region
can walk dry.shod upou thom. Tbs side
wa1ka nro, iu many Places "oEse shah
tho streets themselves, fGr, On tHo Nor'm @ o'us'
dinaueo relative to Sidewalks. Tho crossings
are kueo .dsey, with hardly an exception, oven
on tho very bcet tliorouEhfarcs. Tho Rpproaeh
to North State street brligo " alaG1aeS 20 'ae
Il ia almost impossible to describe the carnival
al tIlth that prepAla oil over tue city, bat PAT
ticularly on tie unfortunate North side'
THE wEHT HtBE.
The territory III tho Wost Division lying eoutt,
Of Monroe and west Of Wood street, was almost
tt1yaeaablr. In many caseA cntsre squares wern
submerged to a depth Of from shsoo 70 ~
inches, and as far ut could bo aeon across tho
nraiFje vast shccts Of watcr wcEe no:fceabls. A
largo force OF men were At work. during thu
entire any cutting trenchcB through tho
leo gorged, aud clearing tho Gntters, aud
late III tile afternoon tho t!de wan rapidly faling
m ot,ilet having been Bocurod bY way Of tlIe
Sixteenth street tunnel. No tMnlaEH had been
aouo up to Inst evening, anl mona uaa appre-
hendcd,
nNIn1EfoaT.
Tho rcmotcf ro9,ona of tho Sonth Side, IN Tue
viculty Of whore Archer nvenus crosses tho
sons, Dtanc1, by reason Of their depression be-
low tls general surface. and lack OF drainage,
frequently present an aquatic Appea1anco III
como Eonds Of largo area, upon Thoto tfanqu.4
wascrs tho urcln:s OF that locnlity. pur.
loi,,iug tic maternal .Eash'tub. e'iaet sho
Historic sceuo Of Warrington ctosssng tho
Delaware, In the oxilara.ion Of their
ypl,ls It uot uufreqneutl5 happpi'h that violent
uoncussiops Of reckless feet upon tho bottom nt
sbeir ularino conveyance lead 10 dis:ssrons ship
wreck. so that The gooA lnatrons Of the uo1El-
torhuod dresd tho gathering OF the wate1s.
Rornc.i,ncs damage In duno tn property. nfl yet
ting about from :'lace 10 place IL lnado worry DIFF
uc,iit by theso inundations Thoro have beet,
spprehensions fiat tho prcsont tham would cauLJ
pdrue trouble OF tho kind. but . visit mrdo
yesterday to tho locality Shows tlsa'
fl,oro il no dauEer at present
Thoro Aro acres of mro aud mnd-pudalca but
no standing water Of any considerable depth,
although tic Buow has generally neltod. Tha
South Branch ut this point Ia ci,okcd With mud
und largo schooner iB eIpbargucd until chal-
pel in opened out Tor 1t.