, 1880-02-27

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, oy IN extension Of the two tunnels at presen
used for bringing the drinking water from th
! crib, which huve diameter Of tivc and scve
IeeE fespectively, and are eighty feet below tn
surface Of Lake Michigan. Pumps could b
constructed at the greAt catch-ba to acceler
olc te ae tnTe ow # sa 80 Only ths dryewa
and and the openings being closed up. the tunne
could stu be used py pedestrians a bridg
tunnel ut jackson street.
| hlr. t1t1SlmOna defended
| THE FULLERroN-AyENuE CONDUIT.
ifa b PnaPbnE f the Efs into tn
demned; He didn't think Mr. Chesbrough eve,
intended It to produce an effect on tho South
DR.: Rauch said, situated as the city was, there
YOU'D pc times when, by pumping from the
North Branch into the lake, pure water would
into the South Branch The S aue5ton 81 q Waa
| one OF elevation, and the result would be q
| nuisance In the South Branch, unless pumping
works were erected at Bridgeport Both were
Mr. Brown remarked that he had asked Mr..
Cheshrough which way he proposed to pump
lnr9ugh fhe CONDUIT, and he said he had never
DR.. Rauch stated when he was d member Of
the old City Board OF Health it had power to
| interest got four or five members Of the Couu-
result.
The Chairman asked to what extent the Doctor
| considered it necessary to dilute the sewage in
order that no reasonable objection could be-
urged against dischargtng It through the Illinois
Pr: Rauch replied that, it the water reached
Joliet with fifty parts Of organic natter in
l,ooo, ,ooo, there would be no just cause FOR com
satisfied il it started at the mouth Of the canal
with sixty parts the quantity would be reduced
to- to foftyfl1e yta at joliet: and the people would
hot weather; and when the water 7wns.
| mixed with that Of the Kankakee, Du Page, ana
xod h taking Place III the
by the time 1t reached Ottawa.
MR. GUTHRIE
whistled at the proposition to pump from the
NO. North Branch INTO the lake through the Fuller
ton avenue conduit, since the volume Of water
passing down the North Branch was often three
or four times greater than that which could be
passed through the conduit At all times there
wns more or less water flowing down the North
Branch and intoit from the sewers, which would
have to bo overcome BY the pumps before any
would be neutralize0, at other times partially go,
and again entirely overcome, SO that 1t
would be no enrthiy use to run them
South Branch had received much more foul
matter than it would had the Fullerton avenue
SarS noe a. aSy Tate wt aat the
Mr. de Gulnen said, with 100000 cubic feet
mimnte = ~ passing m Clark street bridge, pumping
50000 or 60.0O0 cubic feet at Bridgeport would
have no effect With one current going into the
lake and another into the canal, the part of the
river between would be neutral. and there the
be gotten rid of until the spring and fall rains
came and washed It into the lake. In case Of an
epidemic wouldn't the seeds Of disease be car
r1ed out into the lake. as were an1malculas now?
and how would the water affect the people of
Peoria If it were sent down the Illinois River for
them to drink?
TIE ONLY REMEDY
ail Chicago would never be heaithy city t until
that remedy was adopted. He had no objection
to ship canal, but even TINT would not be sutIi-
don. The scheme Of pumping water into the
canal was "small business" and would never
.;snt accomplish the result named: The sewage
years, but when there were more people here
there would be more sewage Then would come
bus Chicago got for the money spent7 He denied !
thnt organic matter was removed from water BY |
oxidation. ttM I'd It vas better to prevent the evil !
bascd upon that IN use in Paris, Dantzig, and |
other European cities.
The Chairman requested him to bring it
Mr.. de Gulnen said he would be pleased to do
3d..
MIR. GUTHRIE
next 4 got the floor ae considered as necessary
for relieving the main river and the South !
wheels exactly like the old ones, and conduit
Or Stock -Yarks. He, with Mayor Rice and Mr.:
Joseph Medlll, had endeavorcd to defeat the
deepening Of the ;, canal on the ground that the
to take the canal to Fater than water to the
canal. Nov Is, 1867, with the old works, run to
he dn six feet three inches
iftcen hours; and the water was Kept at
line feet for the rest Of the month with one
5 900 revolutions t4000 cubic feet to the revolu-
ton), dipping. On an average four feet four
nches. ana rnistng the water ten feet high: He
Vnter poured into the canal during this test wNs |
u IT could take care Of He referred to the
tha axenms conduit r It as ia Whrgig
hould be widencd to 800 feet and made ten feet
eep; Steps should be taken to enable Chicago,
10 undertaking at tho earliest possible time.
he he idea ct running the sewage into the
IKE should not be entertained Tor obvious
ON OF the river must be left to the tug ]
'heel and tho dredge. There was mixed with
hem clay, loan, and sand, which were valuable
ge was now going into the lake, and he sug-
cstcd that Immediate steps bo taken for the
5 Re OF M no tie less b ben ten es
hich to get the future water supply. he did
ot believe there was an undertow in the river.
be water, constantly stirred up BY propeller
heels, moved toward the caual.
Mr. BRAINARD,
ho is an ex-Canal Commissioner, said with ten
'et on the mitre-sill IS ,0o0 cubic feet minute
feet m uh was dschatged d' at te Loekpor tie
lis coming frotl the country along the canal.
his would give some idea nS to the quantity OF
ater tho canal could take care Of. He had no
)ubt that pumping works at Bridgeport would
irify the river. The water in It into the lake
hen 1t ralued, but ut other times the lake held G
"a water plump against the head of the canal. 9
5 O the expense of shp-canal the first dlsefs- :
n, from Bridgeport to dam No. ut Joliet, with q
rec locks $50 feet long and IS feet wide, like u
ose Of the Illinois at Henry and Coppcras q
eek, g. feet and fraction of lockage, deliver
= 10000 cubic feet per minute at Lock- =
'rt, which would clean the entire Chi
go River aud Ita branches in twelve
mrs. would cost IN round numbers
] 500 eco; the second division, from dam No. i
ross the Illinois River L Sale, about sixty ~
G miles, with ten locks, each about eco feet q
de and seven feet Deep would cost 81 500, 600. a,
order to complete the canal between here and b
O Mississippi three more dams and locks ! "
,uld be required, and these would cost $780, Y
e figures were made by Mr., Jenney, the en-
rhaps tho work could be done 10 per cent n
eaper now. He had no doubt about the ex- Sc
diency of the pumping works at bridgeport
r eight months OF the year the cnna1 was per-
:tly useless for sewage. getting water from
country through which 1t passed.
Mr. RUMsEY
d an idea. The Aux PLANES was higher than
icagU north of here, and lower than Chicago
Lockport> Why not run the Aux PLANES into
North Branch, make an outlet for the South
anch, and have current running through
(cnuo nil the tfme2 II there was not water