, 1876-06-26

ALL hlllbuAt
sEwEnAaK, CAMS, OF ptTClEfs.
Col taInc. II. Bowen wus introduced, who
spoke Mt length: The recent Immense rainfall
lia hgain brought The rnsie't Of drainage f.esl
aloptcd AZ yrt., hut hr wns aware that tho
nnttcr mueh Thought, aud they,n'lst al,ti would
net Drainage wna now tile Vital question;
flowing into tic Gr,ln' Crossing nul
South Chicago basins. flc hoA had sousulta-
tIou Will. Air. Il. !: Bristol, TIC new Enginrer,
given IL careful ,linught, and thci1 yiews har-
fnontzcl. Sewerage W1ull tlo IN other portions
of tho town, but hero at Grantl Cruising nnd ct
South Chicago, vide open dtehcs wcre the only
bodies ot watcr flowing hitl,er from Washington
Heights mud other r'aecs. Any aewer which
rorll he built would not nnswcr tic purpose,
hut sorics of d!tvlcs ar small cnnasa on TIM
would do il. Tic Engineer had found
that almost IN every rasc tho cul-
ycrls put In by tho railroads were only half tho
atzc they aloulsl hr, and, rs consequence,
would I'LL up, anu were !arl1y Of any usc. Sew.
cragc here was i,npracsteatlc because It could
nut lie PLACED ln's cun4gh To escape tho frost.
Several rn.,tcs fnr .itehcs were suggested BY
Col l3owrn, two Of wh!rh sccincl to stfIke III.
meeting u. feasible: tho iirst, on the south
ltnc of tho Fort Wayne Rond from Grl,i Crt,st-
Ing TO Eighty street., thence wrst to
State mud south 10 tho Calumet lver; ttic sec.
oitt from the sAlno rolnt OIL the nerth llnc o.
the Lake Shnrc tsack to tho sa''c street, nnu
thence intu the lake.
BUSINESS WAS MEANT.
Col. Bowen went on to sar that South Chira-
20 is not now n mere lnl,llet uT sant-harik, anu
docs not create all the nltieaces III tile town. It
wa" power In the town. on Tuesday next the
Bruwr rolling mll un tic river vii ttoln,',cncu
to make fru1l, unl would continue to do 70 de-
spite nil obstacles. Other industries wc7e III
hI,esatIon-alnong them tho Wilson Sowing
Machine neutrality-suspicious., a.l.l tnoso III prog
slct DIR llsl for the Huriincn tu live M},t,i,.
II the present state OF atrairs continues, It Is
usrlcss to own land lcrc. lawns no gruInbrr,
hut he would state lhat heretofore legislation
because of the fart that 1t contained tho bulk of
the population. But raw tho situation Is
changed Fuue years ago the town south Of
sxty.scycnt'. street pulled 'css than hundred
Of tic entire towsr. Tl!cse people pay tllcI!
proper proportion of the taxcs a,rd they Claimed
tint fnir proportion should l,e expended III
preventing the total destruction oi THUR prop
crty. Ho knew tic town wns poor, tho treasury
was empty, but he wo'i!d nut now stop to ~
qntro where all the noncy Ind gone. All he
waited was that hcnrcfurth VIC should have
our due proportion. Tho new Board oi Trus-
tees wcTc honorable buslncss men, anu II uir
j,lsticu would be ti>nc. The l},ursl sn1lst liz
inatlo to feel that VIC r,ran business and all
Would TIC well,
OTHER REMARKS.
Messrs. Grcgory and Mills, of South Chicago
seorIllc, C'niney, and Halliday, ot Granl Cross
Ing, 'nudc short spceehcs, ai in t'arlnony WITH
lii. tcliarks Of Cu'. Bowen, md ail showing .
determination to pursue this matter until sumo
| permanent bcneat ls SECURED. After cansulta
tiun, II was DECIDED to place tho matter III ti,s
!ntltls of q
CONSULTATION AMI PETITION COMMITTEE,
| Rayncr, Cha!r1nati: aua Atcxsvs. Seoyile, Dunn
| llnllftlay, Ellsworth, md Durliug. This Coll,
mfttec viii nseet ts-tiglft, arid will have cor,
| snltatlUn with stn,ar Committee ut Souti
| Chicago.
The ,uccslng then adjourned to incc. aguiis q
/ tho call uf tho Chairman.