, 1880-01-04
born avenue, and will make two reports to
the Common Council

the common Council
taxes. AND = AssEssMEAIs.
To the Editor Of 1hs Chicago 7stbane- =,
| special assessments which have been levied
| upon the real estate IN this city for the last
ten years could be figured up and aggre-
gated it would be found that the property.
aye paa aeary nd a s s Xalne Of i
Real estate has been oyerburdened with
taxes, while all other sources Of revenue
have been and are completely neglected. The
ens aaeI ara sh ent + the na4ey s6o1 ba
keeper, commission man, broker, agent, or
petty shop-man that contributes dollar for
the privileges that he enjoys or the protec-
ton that, IS afforded him, and yet
greater constabulary force than whole
sections of land. Taxation, when viewed as
science, is, in the State Of Illinois, yet i'll
its infancy, and the experience Of all Of the
Municipal taxes should be more equally dis
tributed than they now are, and no man
should be allowed to do business III this city
without contributing something for its SUP
and the principles Of equity and uniformity
can never be carried out without this. :.
The central portions of our city have got
above the ooze, but the outlying districts are
wallowing in mud,
time in wrangling over the merest triaes,
when they might be devising plans that
would rebound to the future greatness and
glory Of the city? 49,
There At tba the TINE iy%9g o9g me
thousands Of cords and tons Of stone, which
could, at very small cost be brought into
our city and broken up on the streets, @ = ana ana
hS9 eWhy has @
done? Again, What becomes Of the i'm
mense quantity Of Stag and cinders that are
turned out BY the, rolling~lnills and manu-
true that in some few instances this material
has been used by the railroads, but no sys-
tematic effort has ever been made to employ
these substances, and mankind continues on,
G1Mg that %osy eoaS s Be- e Setter t or
ically expended than BY placing stone, Stag,
aud cinders on our outlying aud unimproVed
streets. Their cost would be more than re-
ing the Streets; An idea seems to prevail that
no street should ever be touched or improved
in any way without first providing for gas,
water, and sewers. This IS al! we'll enough
when applied to the streets in the central
outlying streets. Broken. stone, Stag, and
cinders are easily removed when the time
comes for making permanent Improvement,
and they can always be used for filling.
neen dgy glSae paray "det detened akous
From the experience that has been had in the
older portions of the city, there is no danger
Of aas rSS asks wGy s E IS a South
Clark street above Twelfth street to Twenty
second is not made available to the public.
It is wen known that the Chicago 8 Rock
Island and Michigan Southern Railroads
which to place their tracks, and
it is time that they got out of
there: II these obstructlons TO travel
could be removed and the horse-railway eX-
then the facilities for doing business in the
South Division would be greatly enlarged.
The travel south to the Stock-Iards IS i'm
1nense, and yet the only available routes to
vision, is ly way Of State street and Wabash
avenue. The Michigan Southern Railroad
never complied with the provisions OF the
ordinances under and BY which it got into
cnt thinks that the matter should be settled |
atonce and for all time, and that the City Coun-
Gil, Mayor, and Law Department ought to
make all end Of it without letting it drag Oh
interested in this matter.
It seems about time for all Of the great |
railroads centering in this city to commence
erecting decent depots for the accommoda:-
to such an extent by the fire that they cannot |
do this.
The present railroad depots, with the ex-
ception of the Rock Island and Michigan |
Southern, are a disgrace to the city and !
should not longer be tolerated. The Illinois |
Central, at least, should stir its StunpS i'll |
this matter
THE Baltimore &, Ohio. althou gh it made |
tic annaora,,ca here sevarnl Years ooo> is evi-
1atfte 40 t;ns r. 10 ;nfrnt,3,cai fG o,,r npn
pie II seems 70 oe standing on pont OF
etlquel- IL mas oeen perMltteu 10 occupy 1oI
some time, II not now, temporary quarters at
the Exposition Building, but we think that
it is about time for Il to locate somewhere
and not board around. II the hopes and ex-
nactotions If o11r npon)e have hpen realized
f., +La oI,.an+ ~ +I,ic roi1roaI among ne 1yn |