, 1880-02-08
THIS 4t'Nk.

In ST.. Ii ii ]! {!E5!: E25:
Out Of the 500 owners Of property
ALONG STATE STREET,
representing six miles Of frontage interesfed TED
street, only q dozen have made any ooleeGnon
to the award Of damages made by the Com
missloners, Their report will come up be-
fore Judge Gary this week.
TEE JACKSON STREET 80
bridge and depot question was up before me
Council Committee on Streets ea3ng aa i15s. - c
slider the matter Of the vacation OF tne elst t1s
end Of jackson street. from Canal to the
river, and the erection OF bridge. lnero
were present large nnMoets tl o. p,H3pe,SiH
The subject was not talked out, but the pre-
yailing opinion at adjournment Was tboth
the bridge and depot would be 69llt.
"A movement among West olde property
holders is afoot for a ....--
with the South Parks, beginning at Sixteenth
Street, corner Of California avenue, following
thai thoroughfare south to Thirty-second
street, thence east on Thirty-seGmnndI m ! street TO
Western cana eTe aha the % viii
/ ioin with one at present connecting WIN Lne
;; South Sou Parks. The West Park Commission
ers are waiting to see. if the necessary prop
ertV WILL De Q0uALGt W ONuCAo*
4 measure to limit the danger OF
FIRE FROM LuslDER-1ARDs
! uras nassetf by the Common Council last Mon~
| day hight. The ordinance Is as follows:
No person or persons Of o Els
tton shnll, from aud after the passaSssc ;t ~ s .
permt therefor from the City Council. any , lan n
ber-yard or place for the storage or pl.nig e,, u
fsnd II waa ths Of the city
| rn.o except such land fronts or aouts Oh hiasl-
gqsGtG gsrc ) No lumber shall be piled. for the pur-
pose Of storing, seasoning or drying me SANE snao
Within 100 feet Of any planning a fat or " wovu ov
working nor fhe aame has been
f-erected since the establishment OF such yaru;.
SEC. 5. Any person, persons or corpo1aho1 a ao1
he fined in the sum Of not less than $l9n more
than 500 for every day that such person, Peer
2ss shell * ne1R pRs Of
conRtrnyenton o1 of any Of the provisions Of this
ceslinance. This ordinance shall not apply to
piiing Of lumber in construction OF OF 1epAAfDs
o?salnesr sEn This ordinance shall be in force from
| and after its passage.
The real-estate interests ot the city ~ 81"
| deeply concerned III the oeVelopucnk ~ sAAo
WATER COMMUNICATIONS OF CHICAGO
Cant. John Cowdon, who knows WhaG 1,l1' ne
talks about, points out IN letter e R};is;&& III
TpTnr1SE that by the opening OF the Mlssls'
sinpi River with deep and permanent ;o co1ti, u
mercial gateway direct 1r9m NeM of3eSAa ReS and y,
the Improvement OF the navigation q tne
Mississippi and Illinois. Rivers, ana tne nsai eh
iargenlellt of the Illinois d Michigan fana. a!aa
grain at Chicago could pe piaEgu phtsba, ~ IN 5oo
ton ships. This would not only maze i s,,a1d Ihl
cago the greatest grain market n the ot Woflu q
ana that on basis as firm as the roehS t,,r .! y
3 5s fssq st Ere E5fftb bs eSsss
5 eyRerlasting nR waterway would open up to me- nel
, esonIa o the markets Of Mexico, Central ant
! Saith America, Africa, and China. ord;
At the last meet{ng agSt + 9e Boar the
novhenecessary ~. her to extend the line Of Wash
inrion Street from Ogden avenue TO Asi1l' y
Avenue, provided the R1eSee' sen nmittse o.
: s}reets e3r9H and Alleys, West Division.
. rur CENTRAL PARK IMPROVEMENT CLUB
. have netitioned the Mayor for ptor mpitove
nents in the way Of Sewers tot treata eH and Wcs
Of Western avenue; Ine 4nt pec.x pnoption Of the cit
bbannded d by Hamlin avenue Twentssfeon
u y otrent Western avenue, and kinzle stIef e
- With plan for sewerage pfepaleJu a,a ux am W.
It CtyEngineer Ihe sf~Grs nne vest On Twent,
- second Street to California avenue, a1u ;ils -
= " 'orJh IN Kinzie street. These sewers, ~
I' 'n : Claimed. eGIl would give immediate rene1 !"
( iatFe Tke Vast Side Park CommissoneIs. ,ns nay
~ -, ,ccanted ffo offer of the town authoIltleS !
- - iaffarsnn to nav over certain funl5 ntio l y
"a tIem. which were levied and couecteo -
t. the
II. 1,rprovE,1EST OF HUMBOLDT BoULEVAh>n;
e- IN receiving assurance that said 1uIus s ~ "
IS he use1 in purchasing and planning loSo sa,,.
he that boulevard, and the further aSsmI!ni"1 ,l!i
50 that the trees purchased and plahteo WILL
~ properly cared for. c..+. h,s daci
Is | ed that there can be no division o. =
,le Newberry estate during tue life OF the ~ Woo m
n. # is nossfble the case may ultimately go
Sc the United States Courts.
n1 III, THE INDIAN BOUNDARY LINES IN coe
~ COUNTY.
u If any one will look at q map OF tot
nj Cnunty he will see on the south, aoone y
he miles from the mouth Of the Chicago hie' ~
Of line drawn across the map @ a; an angH6 sa19tS
= r. direction until it intersects the Kankak
- - t}ivnr IF he will next turn to the mol
~ nart of the map, and at an equal ulst.H
,do ~ from Rfrom the mouth Of the Chicago kiver, ne
~ observe similar line parallel with the aoo
NO. and extending across tne NIP ,as ~ ue aTa In
s angle These lines aIg the 'Tf Indian 5 Bounds
1 lne niu H1as sriaa one on the south commences
u, 4r ~ moutl1 of the Calumet River, and tne !
lac &C on tfa north commences soneWIe'E ..n+ neat
no Catholic cemetery ute near poutl asa Gnae is
III These lines are about ali Inhc ~ 1,,d;t -
ar: Of several once powerful iuta;a5 LII rhev rect
ne. LES and and marx tie extnguishment Of thelr 7
~ ttE, a. i,rfr,s area of valuable lands' :! n9 M
atT ats torv Of these boundary lines IS one u
m, most Interesting things II ouT T,,iaa,,. nG e1
tn As early as Nov, 1o4, " il!t ft ~ nd
to Harrison, at that G:etpea n Louisa