, 1880-02-28
but hare not yet had from them positive as
surance that then Will do It."
"The 100000 would have to be appropriated
by the city and raised by direct taxatton?''

" GAM THE COUNCIL APPROPRIATE THAT AMOUNT
THIS lEAK!"
AXES, provided they don't pllo on other appro-
Priations too heavily. They can't do 1t If they
keep on us they are now doing. At the present
iee.u limitation Of our levy. which Is 2 per cent,
for municipal purposes
+. 'of all tho plhns proposed. does not the
Bridgeport plan seem to you the most prActl-
cubic Just ut this 1ancture, md considering the
city's financial condition."
1T = the %n, one Rsacteaele ae eff f9r the tine be-
to be put In operation. In fact. don't see any,
thing VIC can do now except to build those
emit atford to Build them il the Gu canal % con;,is IS
soncrs reserve tho right to stop Our pumping at
any day they mag cht,nsc."
"Yon have been making some investigations
"Thero fs and has been considerable com~
plafnt, and Justly too, about
THE WATER WE ARE NOW REcE1v1sG
and have been receiving for some days hack
from the crib. atn having several specimens
nnalszed now Tor the purpose Of seeing what the
the men ut the Fullerton avenue couduit to stop
work t'-nfsht. because wunt to see what effect
that stoIpase wiz haye upon tho outflow of i'm
- Whit is yonr theory rs to the effect Of oper-
aslns the pumping engines there aud throwing
luke water into the riyer?"
at nppeurs that IL iargcr amount Of water has
been pumped into the river than the canal can
possibly carry I'll. This has resulted III throwing
d pTt1pDftlbOutAiJ sEfNEF AluDAhL III Whtkti Hwy
tho lake through the main river: lam going to
the crib this afternoon tn sec whether there is II
percoptible Generalization 1n tho water, out
there. For the present, guess you ro got about
For tho purpose Of keeping abreast with the
Mayors further discoveries, whatever they were,
porter was detailed to accompany him TO- tho
soiftnry stono mansion ut tho lake end OF the
ta9eS Tue sx 9a5e ssc @ asf nesf
Clark street bridge buNriNg Mayor HurriS0u
Superintendent narrctt, IT tic Fire Alarm Tele-
graph service,--who went along to look after tho
tcicgrnpbic connections nt tho crib, which have
beell rather uncertnil1 or te,tne reporter, and
tho tuymc1,. 1t is short trip out, and not al
over tho dull~r,.y water until it was impossible
to see distinctly for more thun nifty fcet ahoad
when little this side Of tho crib. by the mourn-
fui tone of the bly, bell Oh one CORNER of that
| alongside Kuistrom's marine residence lying to.
The party dscmbarked, were met By halstrom
himself, and proceeded at once to tho interior Of
the stono-pi1e.
THE WATER IN THE RESERVOIRS
was not Of that almost perfect blue which is tho
natural mark Of the pure Luke Michigan ar
ticle. On the contrary. it was son1ewhAt rolled,
e; Sctter. ts Sowever be sud, than it had been for
several days, and he accounted for this by the
fact that tho current. instead of being from the
| shore, was towards the shore, the wind Itself
north northeast. 1t wus nnnya ony, he said,
| since he had seen rcal blue water III the crib.
| though he hnd seen it some distance out tho day
before Passing upstairs into his living apart
| monts, ho showed the Mayor his
DAILr RECORD OF THE WIND
| and the condition Of the water for several days
| back. Commencing with the 18th OF February
FeG $o.. Muddy :. s., SIS. VS. ~.
| Fab. eb g.: Gloar INV, n. ", S.W., S. W.
EeS. :Roi!cd:::. 5. S. VI; :. s; ", s. S. ".
Feb. q: :..... Rolled. -. n, NJ
naned The tep G ree ee te % Il oe
| noon. and ut sundown,-and tho blank spacc IN
the last fine. had It been O'clock w9nad @ prob
ciufure, there Is a difference between the terms
"muday" and ''roi'ed.' the former. betug used
| tn desig.nte the condition Of the water IN conse-
md fe''si Shatevor s'r's mud aP fSere nappo9s
n IL ,sd s1ont m t|s the m es9 sa oa Sna van ths
green, but 4 dull, graytsh hue, very much un-
sape se u G S9of OF e ad ]
| and, after settling. it looked little better
though tho slightly blue color Of the giass might
In,ls1,uch as real blue water, however, was was
not to be seen at the crib, tho Mayor was deter
! mined to
| RIDE OUT UNTIL TIE FOUND IT.
shovei Io oat ntaf to lie Tie northeast When about
( qunrtcr OF mile out, the green hus
gradually changed to II decided blue, ant and
Coming back. it was found that, at about ar
| eighth of Il mile out from the crib. where tue
depth was thirty~sfxth feet, tho water aga1n u.s.
| The Investigation clearly showed that tue wing
for February has been west and sou1hwcs1
al the a; moath otf TIT IT the Gr c at
Yesterday, when tho wind changed to thf
north and northeast, it wasn't. 50 bad. u
| The natural presumption Is that, If the wind
! sets long enough iu that particular corner, che
blue water will low In towards shore and roach
1t is quite possible, Of course, that an analysis
| of the w,tcr contained in those two bottles
| which the Mayor triunphantly bore to re CITY.
Hall muy show It to be perfectly hnrmless. II
it does, the difficulty must be found ut another
place thnn the crib,-in the pipes. Shou!d u
provo Of the same character ns that taken from
tl.e pipes, It would show that there was no adul-
terution On the w.sy from the crib tu the faucet
and that M AL III IL 1pat -, Ce Ce,,I e
the extension of the tunnel two or three mile:
out, something after Mayor, Harrisons plan
Thc results Of that analysis will be awaited With
Tic Main Drainage Committee Of the Citizens
Association have held two meetings recently t
suggesons as tG how pahs t9f
Important inqllry-one which Is VITAL and un'
less answered tho scheme finally agreed upof
cannot he carried out 1t is,
WHERE IS THE MONEY TO CONE FROM?
Chicago. as is KNOWN cannot borrow amy, tht
municipal debt now being somewhat in exees
| Of the co,stitutiona1 limitation. The State i
prohibited from enlargiuy the cannl, shonlt
that be recommended, except out Dt IT'S carla-
ings. It ccratnly Is not the States business e
look utter Interceptng sewers 1n Chicago, II It
decided to construct them. and thelc IS 20 pos
sibility that Congress will appropriate n n o ans
reasonable time anywhere from ss'on.
000 to 18,u0o,000 to deepen IN
| cnnnl and make an outlet for toa
! refuse Of this city. In only two ways, then. Cut
the necessary funds be secured.-oy the con
| tlib1tions Of property-owncrs. or BY utrcct tAxh
| ton uluu the people Of ChicnEo Ihc gnesnot
| Of means would appear to have. never neci
| thought Of, Judging from tho efforts OF IlsIH
uSE reporter yesterday to get an answer u to'
! ntGrrOgatnry. ,.. :e ,,e
said Que nf the Committee, " suiheientif 70 te1
YOU unythtng; nut something must he doue.'
How will the money be ralised!
| IL dou't know .
"Tbe city can't borrow any."
"Let It be raised by taxation then. funo
must come frGtn sntncwhere. -
tIWThat plan do you favor as fur as you nav
studied the subiectY' z4 80 -,
II nm in favor of the enlargement OF In
can,i." sud another Committeeman
Who is to pny for 1tf'
| 1.-THE Stttc.
..Tae Suite Is prohibited by law from doing It:
4 q. was not nwnre of that. IT that Is so' ln'
matter is ended unless the General GovernmcEi