, 1877-08-15
iiYDI, PARK,
Opposition to the Carrying Ont of the
Pumping Works Scheme.
1 Furthtr Confsnatc on The Suhiest...Comnit,tes
10 RI appointed.


The Hon. .Fuhn Wentworth said, on takjug tht
chair That already there fati been expended Il
make ttty Of lfyuc Park something Tiki
&aulG00 ~ The Umiie'l States Government lu
harhur at Calumet, atnl 3.,5J0,Uo0 On parks
and tGtW.NU for walcrwotks, besldes the lota
taxation asnl special assessments. And now II
was proposed 10 establish pumping works
dykes, aud drains. rs in Holland tu drain somr
thing like twenty h,l,are miles VI tue low tat1li
Of Calumet. The plAn now WAS to build q
pumpng-lOusc and put in It cucipcs
al q cost III. *s.oN: This was only
a lrop In the t,irkct. There was no ilnt.
II 10 THE expense whir,l might lie lustrncd TN
the town +" t'"'lsleir this system Of tykes and
lEane. How iWltrh inuro taxatiun cutil, be ut.
lurrtl t'y liytc Faux rraI.estute 'owucrtf I.a,il
hgh a1ni dry ought nut to br charged to drain
the low lat"tE NJ etilers. It wits l.calenc, HAT
atcrtain Industry might not r,:l,laa, lxnly,l
among the Inv lands ,t,less they were draI,'e,i.
MeiI w3u lad long h'cn III Chicago wric mt
ea*tIr t'lrealr,,ti tn this way, nIl, those lit,,
t,h! not rarc 10 stay uitI.'ss others paid tl,rlr
btltr. the Town was ln.ttrr w1tl"Imt tllc1n. In
these hard times the Beard ought mt 10 c1,ttr
on 70 expensive ufmt ciai,uratc scle,lIt.
Mr. George ". WHttc etIuke OF the ;ltI.oIlnt nf
dykeng tl'at wunlA t,e necessary tu complete
the snrlusutc u the nru,usr,l lnrtt.jn nt ttt:
Calumet. 1to lid nut put ng,ircs on the tx.
penst.
Alter son,o further dlsc,sfsint, several people
said that they lX.i frn that when tilvy wulIt-
e! ahythl'E uute t!'es "on't ueitrt =" u work
themselves and do It. JUhn Wentworth re-
1ulned that lie found t1At tile unty nav Wa* tu
70 nltl sec laul Cornell ahl artatgt with him.
!uhn Forsythe rrsn the upi1'''n' Ut MI. T. II.
heretofore given hy atcsers. Wilson AMI rhua,p-
bon, and hoing that tue yilaEr s.stl.i mt H..
Ellly cxte1.t1 ah assessment lot the .OlnplcL.ou
Of tho work proposed.
noard could y" Oh fn lite ialr Of thls upte,un.
either the idea ahoMttl lie *tuppel " ths Attvr-
ncy shuud BIZ discharged.
NH- FonsxTtfH MEPs,ktED.
Tor the Committee uFu9tl,Hty aptsAntc1, ths&
they lad becn present 1T The Hcsslun III thr
liyie Park Boarl nf Trustees The i,rcylu,. duy,
AMI that the boaFsl lud unanimously grante.i
the prayar u TIC latttann fnrnr by them. aud
had instructed tho Cttv Attorney to ak The
Jndne Of the Eunnty thutt tp f,oslpuIte ths
case for thirty days. This would conc np In
court next alut"lay. AID M tiotlbt Tie matter
would ru Dvcr lung ennlzh to have tl,.,ruliyi,
investigation. liz rlusr,l hY moving !, .u,lI.
mlttcc to lonK Into the caSc aud report It a
future meeting.
Mr., BrnsIey, President Of the Bpart, s.,d
that, IN vIcw Ut The exa..grrnt,tl rta,c,t,c1Itt
made MS ~ ',#t. I'c wished In rny tat ss.aO
was The greatest expense Thought u{; uu.l That
the expcnsc of kcrpns the work up would bt
not bc norc ihan ..5Al.
ihc report ot tl,r Engtncnrs, william, Sooy
Smith, ". II. Clark, ut,L f.. =. CltesIrougi,,
WIS thcu read. 1t covered only lhe prnrttca-
blity u the work proposed.
NJ foEsFIhce ino'1un Was then aloPtcsl.
Air. Lord moved n committee Of three to III
Quire Into tho cause vi thr htgl, taxcs IL I1yic
rarkt and 4 p,sslblc To suggest aulno remedy.
The Committee Nus ordered.
,,. ~ hs sa 1st. ua. ne s woala appo,nt tho
tlcttil whom he selected.
Moses Wentworth was requested to he rrcs-
snt al lllc contE q the ras: In the County
eoMtt T,' 10 asss. alr. "iiictf, II ncsrssary.
call Uf tic EEalrtilnil,
inso'llucll As the report Of
.>.. MONDAYS MEETING
Mas not continued IN al' .orcs "f rnE cnlnuNE.
gfaals, tue substance t,f It Is srprAIurtA:
Mir. GEORGE W. Waite uIa!e q stutcnyent
IeEas'llnE t'lc "st nnd fIe advantages
1s 1s tlae contemplated improvement. llu sail
sixteen salcs Of dyke wuultl !,c r.
Iulycd, ak cost 0t net lrss that Slianf4tl ami
lltty miles uf sewerage which wnuu f,rressEtutc
at, expenditure q At least sim0oJ. There
ior ti,s works, whtcl, w".'l.l cost al,onl S;Winj
tn addition. Ills opinion waa thai ali thc uar,,cs
WIN favored the xtlIcine were {usolyrnt,
aud desired ~ rrcnte u diversion fur tho
purpose of tt'lfug over. Tic knew theY
were bankrupt, uiNt saii tllry mlwut
~ we'll 70 hy tlIu board n,w rs nt any otllcr
time: lie denied that thr territory In G,,ctitn
xta bcitw thu hIrfAcG, us hui trcn asserted,
Willie admitting, Il. M engineer, TINT works
Were feasible Mlllclt wu,d IrAin tl,p la,l,I, he
thought thu cost .sprupurttoI,4tr " tiJu bcn.
ellis to be derived.
,,o uo,.. s'!t. D. :. rA1L"E, .....
outline VI tte history. Want ot iisuc, le aaId.
would prurrnt llttn from guirg nto Tic matter
as fully aa he wished: unl tIc had not at lutul
the reports AMI figures 10 give tic ilrtaila.
Tho Village Doarl haI gone to woTk
SLOWLY, and consulted MI the engineers In |
Hyde l'ar4 except one {.vaItcl who Ena ps.t.
novcI tic work tlesisnble and practieat,tu. lie
tnE HHTk6 Wu1k kfG fllIEe than ffIf