, 1880-07-11

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mIIE ru7TAGt1 TR1BU
lf1E CE11CE@Oo
I ,n,,1;o,. +ha o,,bot aanros ara 5o2. 800. The
.ic foaI ra'ntv viii he over Coo
hyt Trc nr;rcinai 1asr cities rank MS fol-
lows in popuIarIon: Chicago, So, $40; Cleve-
land, 159 44; Buffalo, 40, 800; Detroit, ~,
Pa. 27,al5; and Oswego, n. +, ,1@,
Chicago and its suburbs IN Cook Coutihbs Ky
have nearly rs large popula1lou d '4o
other seven cities combined.
THE WIDENING OF STATE STREET
g ~ ,aat nt na,-;,,r son,evis;be progress. The
IS at Iast MAKING IT, so aa.t eie ~ the block be-
@ pnluinGs vi .pe ,sI trI;rteenth streets have
~ ha, n,,u.I hack to the new line by Pot
tar ,1 Pai,nar the Solomon Smith estate, and
others interested. The difference betWeGm " aaa
damages and differences lett the ,clty sfS,uuu @
let to move the buildings on the neSt p!ocK at
at cost of S3 and to pr oaEf 'usS an Siy.
already III inc oetweem ,,'en rum! ~ "a ri
teenth streets at M ;s ali tt,ot pra
scarcity oi n.ox.iE tr onn,mIetinp tie wbrk up
yents the eiIy trnnt iIu Is Iopcd that hy the
10 iWclllles!h e,,:+ st,egt:+ tho Strpet viii hn
mldlc oi 80 ~ ,e as f,r ennth nS T,yntv-ser-
s.'n' i ::,rsa hanr ont If line only the block
and n i,,u,tcr lust north of Twelfth. street,
the owners Of which are carrying on FerS
ouarrclSome litigation with the cltl. Inc
street will be made LOO feet wide aA the way
10 Tie city limits, which will take twenty
sorn,, feet from the pronerty-owuers between
T,waIfth and I'venrv-secOnd. and thirty-four
~ nnt...aa,, tfsu.antIsapon,I and Thirty
leet uelY'Inn fun n,,,anea vii, ha eYff1 mn
nNltn StFreas. A"e eApe'1o9 "'t1 oo 7'1o'o'
4 nunoef o1. >.
IMPORTANT BUILDINGS
h,ro haor o}ro,1, ct,r rta,I os tho -resu1t of
tsi ~ mnra.annw} nf t1,e streot Rvr,,t, r,
me Improvement " ,o ute ettco.. ~ 3toit 1 -
oltts neW nsk, ~ 'e @ livt., u, i,nI es;
III iNpt[ln street. utlS previously UCtIl
described i'll this paper. Az the corner OF
Tlirteentl, street S. s. Johnson, will erect
a row nf St0rt.s - feet fr0ut Clement
Rrrs. viii build Il block, i50 feet front, b.
t,x.,, Nan rf:.4nti, n,l 1;ftnp,,ti, strrnts md
'N-,ai, t.'ii n;ii raa.. ~ tin W;.i,; u s,
i;If a., - ,a,. n,,;n,,,, op"eo VIZ
Milt py new putidill9. -.
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
Tho North si,I. Railway Cn,nnonv win
-: n c++ e -. ant t;,5 ron,,;s,. hi,,
ase u? tt" 9tIe ~ o,t ;f nI;o ~ Tx t!
lntlntS11l, ~ tne s1eaI iei'e1 u Liz No11"
S1de.
The West Division Committee on Streets
md \ ,lnys h:yr irreri tn recommend the
,.nnni % ~ thn I,} oI;iinoncn for thn nnnninr
OF oeylnouf street aiit! .Aitcslt a1tu ., amap!v
Weou avenues. ! Aet uso aSietu ~ coucul
III te petltlon s toE c1,anElnS ae name o. oaf-
ABOUT CHICAGO DRAINAGE,
49,, ..:", oo ,.a,.ite", .,.,.1 1,,.;l1;,,x ,~o,,e
tle ttMe'tcttA dfc'staec1 ettee o0t't@e'tD 1'etoo
snys:
6onu the Introduction of il new and thorough
systcnl Of sewerage, incitci by the material III
| crcnse III the dea'hrate, and the obvious linpn.
city rt ~ rh1. tn f,nass of Tho s,rn p dist rict
rcn;icrs thc nr"hiem II serjuus one. and viii ,dd
much TO tie necessary Gust Of the work, on ac-
cunt dt the great length und perfection of
workmanship OF tho sewers required to drain so
!. large HI. area Of low-lylng ground with any
thorghness; and tnn5nnsansss @ !, II ts fsSgad y
t. huve ior the Gnu VIII % only nn1i n'.aSu .,s ~
IT. @ ~ a + ~ d nn;,,ESn, h.,t tna s,,r
tae s9wm arc Run IN @ @Ithw sa pun tnG ~ e' c
nrnnfsni t., cn,nty i'm sewn:e into tue lakc.-to
| e1,rich the drinking water which Is pumped
back from ne sumo page: We presume; dr,,,t ~
, cnuo 1s I i" o. - te cei,, nf std stream If
tifty or slxty million gtuu5 ncr tlay and its ro-
| turn ut the sewer mouths would establish cir
| cu!ation between them. even though they were
much more than twomiles apart. One would think
| Chicago well SITUATED for an irrigation expert
| mont on a large scale, surrounded rs 1t is by
! hOtlndlcss trncts Of comparatively HAT arabic
| land such an experiment might be made inn
| tentative way by selecting certain limited dis
tricr toward the outer odgc of the city, mud ap-
| plying its sewage on the groutd Of the country
| beyond. II this succeeded. IL similar disposition
might he nude in rcgnrd to the adjoining dis
and III. In this the cost Ut Il trial