, 1877-06-13
for the wascrs Of both tho North and the eoul,

rama! Qt ttG hHTNtEit MoS cut atUH0 nt ah1 cI-
main river and tie s,ati, branch were wei kcnt, by by
means Ut the outlet thus afforded, In cornpar-
ativelY elcni, condition, and the wIstlom OF the
original plan adopted, 10 far a. tho South Branch
But tho incalcn1ablc benefits tins derived to tho
cttizcne Of Chicago by replacing tho foul and
h,cnch-brecding water Of tho South Branch with
dtrcam Of pure watef. flowing through !is
measure lost through, tho scl''.lncss Of certain
wealthy individual citizens. Private inter
csts and profit ,sagxcste,l The building
q tho OEdcn-Wcntworth ditch; ami
that aeltlshness which IL willing TO account the
comfort ami even the health and lives Of
tho great nass Of the. community Of less
Importance and yalnc than private interests
constructed II.
THIS soonRN.wEs1woRTn DITCH,
~ 1t In commonly tnl!cd, has, to great extent,
c9untcraetctl tie benefits which thc deepening
nf tho canal had aecurcd, hy divcrttng large
bodies Of water from the Aux paInes River Into
the emtl, Branch near tho 1ooutl, Of the canal.
ter from tfIe lake through, the Bnnth Branch Into
tho canal: In consequence OF which the waters
Of tlc e1uth Branch arc nnw, during large poF-
tton ot tho year, as fou! and filthy, md the
stencil thcFefrofn as holsosne. na before tho
channel Uf the catlal sFas heepencl.
The owllcrR Of this ditch, In Qualification Of
their action In constructing and maintaining It,
claim that i vas constructed for tho soIc pur-
Nnw ~ nn nnt ,.nr ,fnns aus ~, n,
ejivc. tfcny fho rrht nj lie ovncrs - thn in''I
In that vicinity to drain The same, II tley see 1T
Ia to do uut It 10 a wcll.known fact that the
vnt,t,yortl; tIitcl, was n"t ~ 3rsin .ho,r ion'i
T,c Hnr p.incs nj" ;iyop ~ ~ t,,at notn. ,s an:
nine feet higher than the Chicago lsivcr md the
object had In view was 10 take advantage of
srtif,'sni r1,m,.rtI,n hSt,xe"n IL t,u a. vi
ro,,sr fc wntcrs ~ "" Amx I,,,ino. ~ ~,
water eaI'r nm, r, ttc bc cn"c, t"tse % ~ ~, ,he
iltrh rvcmtnaiiv scn'rs av,ts,i..,t viii,
and dcpti' to ai]ov boats 10 "st nssa t,rn,aph s
liz fhfarn lsivsr it,. .u ""sS ,,,. sto9Rn ~.
aseh 2 XII Hn lii % fesult a' the9 hu'90e bavt, a,s
nnrtia,tv s.r,,rc,1. lint Al wi,.t r.'si -,
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