, 1879-04-18
CESS-POOLS.
The Abominable Nuisance Along
tho La'te.Shore Drive.
A Survey. Of the Torritory---Lot
tho Indictments 30 Ito"
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n survey OA tiAo AoAIlIuIy A0e
tho Indictments 30 Ito"
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The scaro given ihc properts.owncrs along tho
Lake. Shore Drive In July Of 1877 BY procuring
Indictments bvatnst them before tho Grand Jury
for maintaining common nuisat1ee Ind tic e1-
feet OF setting them to work At a'ltng up some
Of tho low places In which surface wateF accll-
muletcs and becomes stagnant. But tho work
has DOT progressed rapdly, mud Tho residents Of
The Nost,, Sllo are far from bc!hg satisfied With
the results thus far obtained.
COMMENCING At MONTH AvRSua
and travelling southwark. tia first thing TINT
strikes the eve Is low stretch Of land, abo1t
eight ncrcs In area, whfch drops abruptly frott.
crado ut the new extension ot State street and
continues TO thc Lakc-shoru Drive, which las
been built up as a turnpike n1ons here SO MS to
form dividing line between the lake ass1 tile
aforesaid tract. THIS stretch Is owned BY tie
Catholic Church, and Bishop Foley was tho
Trustee for tho property. A miniature lake,
about eighty rods In lcngth, extends Along ore
side, lis waters tapping the Driveway II might
he called living body Of water, inaarauch as II
is Of considerable depth anf width, md tho
pFeezcs keep 'ts sue"co eu'Slal.t5 aos"'"c''
80 that u Is impossible Tor It's waters 10 pecon'o
positively stagnant except during tic dry
snmu,er eeason, rtst abound here, nut1
thnmsa,,t,s nrn can,ured hy inc Hnharian Usher
tnen, who dag 1t With tl,eiv Eeuea. Thfs ss1lalt
hike has all tic belongings Of bodies of watcr Of
greater prctensiun8. 1t has It's sAildy shorc, It's
wavc.washed beach, and Its rlso ind fall-all OIL
q tiny scalc.
The l,ahv lake cannot be Justly cal1cd nuts-
hecn n1a1ln nrainst IT, II i iran, tw,, to twoirc
To1a In Width, n,yl hack fyem lis limits, vest
twcntv rods in widtb. 'rhc eoii fnr t]rr tunst
nart Il sImiv. hit n str,n nhoyt i'm rods vida IL
colnuoscj Of a oulck.aud bottom, orerlaid
With =
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lotH1eo " neeaYnnE fcRetnn.c inGtier IN tne
su!nnief sGasGm % ssnas! tatcmes q. pan4usncS ai
cnnsuc,va to .1rnitI, tt nsnnic rcsnT n closr
rroximity, uua:empl,atica,iy unpleasant. Tllcro
aru but few goud residences loentcd IN this i'm.
Dearborn avenue, aud nru extra rona ones, in
labltctl by peupu With grent seasitigcness on
tic subjsct Of smells. 1llts lan.l Is like 7,
sponge, never dry, but otornaty kept moist by
springs or By drawing Its supply pt wnter from
lie like. II very hot weather, bright greet,
coating covers tho territory, " htcl, wheu exposed
to Tic suns heat gives nut tic teafflicss Of ma
larial polsons,-tilat cscated from the decay Of
vegetable matter,
II the nboye.lcscrlbcd property .,Yas tho only
source Of coulpIaiut it would perhaps not ius.
tify any Immediate positive interference froIl,
tile authorities, But as tl,o traveller continues
lis Wandertilgs southwark other sccncs prcsc1,,
themselves to h.a view which aro not so pleas
mt: in fact. he observes objects wlfcIl urc cx.
trcmciy obnoxious TO him uness ho has bcc
broughtup In uu addition to ple-yty uG the uloat
oifensiyo chararter.
rnou n,v,e,os ~, o.r arnu,-
Nu" n.''oiJH ~ u"n ~, nt"s.f
eerles o. eess,poo!s Which VII ta''G e. the tlrs'
sewer Of corruption. They 'wlll rival unythipf
to bo 1ounu IL htlugepert, tue former world
renowned nead9narters 1Jr fiastlnsss md o..
icns'Te smells. l'ere ore btt tW9 OF tlesc pool'
10 sghs now,the ofters haVine been iillcd up
blt these afe sufficient 10 slsPpsy tug whpl'
North D'Vlsion Win perlunesy wlen shc WIN
blows lfosa from the asfcctlon OF t!le laEe. 70!
cannot make very close inspection. You Wi
not want to. Aud you CANNOT be too GARRETT
about making your way In this vicinity. fo'