, 1879-04-22
The Disease Breeding Marshes
Along the Lake.Shore
Drive.
Everybody Says that somsthing Viii
Be Done at 0noe to Remedy
Matters.
And Everybody Puts the Re-
sponsibiIity on Son1e-
body Else.


up all parties concerned to realization OF tho
the North side md tic aforesaid parties con-
ccrned have nude p.omtscs to do something to-
ward lhc abatGincnt Of the san1a Immediately,
10 that between tho owners of tho property,
their ftie,lia, agents, mid representatives, and
the c1tv authorities, tho lnuch.ccmp1atned-o
ccss-pools near t1lu Lako-9horo Drive, between
Division and Oak streets, will, no doubt, be
filled up, and tllu suffering population In thnt
vicinity 1nnde happy. /!
Indictments we're found year nGo agafnat
tllc following owncTs at property in that nctCb-
hortsooi for maintaining nuaanco: E. D. Nc.
CaCe, Henry lest, II. ]. Dunn, Adam kcklcr,
L. J. Stiles, r. and N. sammons, J. D. Clark,
Henry Wischn,cyer. Mrs. ". r. Warner, W. E.
Cooper, md ". n. Reed. These indictments
wore Hevcr prosecuted In the courts.
MG. M'CAGG,
whom the writer Interviewed yesterday, stated
that at tho tfrno Of tic indictment his lot was
iiIlcl IN, ut MI expense Of s1,2o0, md he ras
pretty anrry about It. He went to tho state's
AstoFney nn demanded ;1.,t% q, ,s sra but was
nothing, MS tho Lincoln rark Commissioners
hnd obtancd authority from tho Legislature to
ty doing this tllcy iatt created ilo nuisance, and
now shey had tlle check to ucu,atd that the
owners should It'll up their lots, which were oil
-Bwcct and clean before. AT tho time the indtct-
only property s-owner that had filled up his lot,
but nltcrwasd nearly al1 OF them did the sans
/ through fear Of being prosecuted. He
5soe"sea s a stz'n the nossssy o. having
started the ball by filling up his own; but, when
they found all Indictment agalust htn,. ho had
great notion to dlg tic dirt out aud sell It to
some Of lis nefgl'boEs and then tell the authos~
1 ftfrs In rn1f m tht.1r f1oTa
Mr.. McOagg also stated that he "as attorney
for Mr. @. T. 4. liealy. tho artist, who makes
hi" Headquarters II Rome, who was also warm
flO In filling up Ills lots, mi he was thinking
afput going around last night to see bis agent
uud udyise him to have the ground filled up.
| nEALrt1-oFF1cEA DE WOLF
Superintendent Wilson and hr. Henry Wisch-
meyer, the other OWNER, upon whose property
one Of the Offensive pools exists. The former
stated he could du nothing but put his men nt
stable @ inen to caat fhctr ot1al tlcffs.
this lie Ind done, at,l no had kept man thcro
oil day to watch for objectionable matter. liz
had heard tllat some PARTIES had waited until
use matter upon the ground, but ha intended
to sro to It TINT tlis WIS not dono
nny more, It he had to keep y man
| -~t''AS e|N' t-e~o W. WI.
stnk-ho!cs anu III very few days he thpught
there would be ITO more causs for compliant.
lie tad ~ approximation to rork with, ind no
goa" M not Somnsi 1ns owners 9f 's property IT,
two years. BY process oi lau. fle re9nrued
It rs tile cheapest why to do tu 70 70 work laI
that II tic Erun,hicrs on the North sIde would
| cpntr;butD SlDG towurt} ttu cxnut,sc In rol,tti
bc ounb!utl to ayu tic offensive places all tllod
up. There wcrc Severn! ssfccts III that vicinity
tcnllcut Of strecta I.c thul1gAt might scrapu Oft
souc OF The sand from there al1 dump it u,,ou
liz low la,,i,
sapt. W!leon promised that BE- would geo TO a 4
POOLS.
I'm, OTTO MATE
e,t1 ,,c oucet,orn1 somc NJ thc man In rr1srd IN
.. ~ ~ an,r,y roinso ,,n,tar ~ ,,.,n ~
so,a o,r o ,y ~ e'y sn 'Iso , ta r .ch
ovmr m, ~. ,.o tHcn o ,,a.,n;sa1o ~ - -. ~
H. tianry Ws.cn.nnvar III ~, roor. ~ tb,t
t,s wns ~ such ,i,imy. t,at Ia H., psvor cirao
m1 m onvhoHv ~ , W s4 anv nd "
nasiai .hs ~ s,ay, ~ ~ " at ~ ~ .a ,;
,.. ~ fr nv, y" ' aaos en - ~
m@g ~ his Ia r,ht awav liz I'm hai hcGn ,,nnh1. ~ r.,
sin lila ,,pti INV m nccnunt NJ ,I,e watar nno,
cr sm.s st1, Jc m NM, u mnon HHaIr,s III III. Mott nf
~. s,rast bnI ~" irc,a tifn ~ ~ thot
H. cn',i'i nov '4 '1ct t Fl. mrona ~ an,1 ho ss
MoIn@ t wort noI Tnon ~ # ~ smtntd,ats11 ia ,"id
~ wna ), naye @ u VII n'1ea up 'us'aS ot '"eats-
"FT ~ ,sarst ~ ors ,oc,tsd nm, N.
au ,,., mr aot, "1. Lto
sso.aa.a ow"eu VI at. tlea'y aalu m.. ~ nea. !.
ne}cI, ntiq' plossGn asa With IT an1 Ms, IL
%sr ~ u",ir ant % iVisci,neyrr mo- o, a,m.tbn. i.bT
s1as5, s aiaahg' ~ "n nasene3es . 3 thi tsuntosohh
WOULD snortlY 0e done To aoaso Inc lntolefao!e
"u'aapee' -
TITS ABOUT T1Aa
for tho prominent citizens who own these hot
beds OF disease njoug tno iako shore to wake up
TO the fact that so.ncthtng has to bo done, md
lint their property Tor aome time back Inns beun
enlaucorIng human lie, auI cspuclally tho
lives IT children, for whom all aro supposed to
l,ayo d spccsal Tenderness. That strIp Of terrr1-
tory Which Is reached BY tho breath ct tie Wind
which passes oyer their postienttal pool Is to-
ilay tijlrd with Sick children, Tho extraordinary
number oi diseases OF thu throat IL directly Ius
to tic poisonous gases stcam!ng 10 from these
eongl0meratIons OF rotten fruit, rotten a,limals,
ind rotten vegetable matter of ali kinds, kcpE
constantly lno!st and acted upon bY tho rays of
ihu sun, aud which have been borne directlY
n1riherly hui GastertY Winds which Aa1a pre-
VHllcu SO constantly during This H1ontb- HAen
thu wind Is from tIla west, sickness ceaaass
| .Si1tn H. FfuNh frnut j11e cant. then EtCknBAS