, 1880-02-04
THE MAYOR On PUMPING,
ID khs EAiior of Ihs LAtedao Tribune.

CHICAGO, Feb. 81 noticed III your paper
of Saturday morning the explanatory state
1nellt OF tho Mayor on the absorbing question
of pumping out tho Chicago River. Tho
necessity 0f taking sOlue Immediate measures
10 cleanse tho river seems to bc well cstab-
llshed IN tho public mind; but how, or
where, or when seems to be undetermined.
Aftur rcad1ng the Mayors Interviewed re-
marks, ai,t Of tho opiuton they nrc wider
all wilder tlinn unyt!Iing heretofore nd
vanccd.
Tho Mayor suys: ut might be fur better
for ,is to llft the watcr out of the river down
ncar thu Brldewc1l, anil put 1t into ditch
running into tho Dcspluines, wleico there
would be no. coruplnint,. as we cou!.1 pump
p,lu. wntcr running tlirougl, tic Despiuncs.'
cAlln0t set ,ll!ctl snllntl sclse III p1lllI+
Ing wl!t.r into n sluggish river, perhaps lie
cr0oEcftcst in tho world, miles ut crooks NEAR
s isas ss %I wttot te Wea Gb{@ bg GHe sa w ss a Sf
ilitGrMlnnhle barrier. OF wild rice, pontl-ilie
and vegetable growth to obstruGt the tlow.-
aiil this against strntgllt lND Of canal Of
pls IT !e sos sasy M a r,'pa5 # .aY scsS sss %
u! my Judgment, IL simply ilnpract1cuble and
visionary, Without recurring to tho great OBJ
lection TINT VIII surely cut short this alr-hub-
Af'ilR tAC 1JNSPlHlItSs lHG lEls
lnellslty, Of which Il, perhaps, not we'll I'LL
derst00t, What will yol, tlt, vita the Mcssrs,
Guthrie, with buildings md fixtures nlready
established prolt99ly exceeding $780, 600?
expensive; the urlaith i, Goa1ys, aid others,
dependent 1tpnn tho Desplulcs for the
water aud nntfcipating profits for. ycnls 10
come" Tho fact IL, any outlook In that d.
ssien i s9p ths Ssysr II reference
the contract will, the NOrtotlY Mt Locknort
has really great .enl Of pitll IN Il. From
~! tlln tlifor,nation llnyo OH THIS subject,
f19 qmss M 1tf eFiGft peepton a"afy yau cn aM to @
liMd y wootl-pftp F" ant not oyerdo II. . Per
h9ps thero il no remedy.
T. Tie Mayor further OH says: F" llnvc beef.
cS eor yffs rs rfnEE aEo S Se sGs,Go ~ tn "f innp sp
for Tint purpose" Without thinkjng L H2 In.
nortant to quote my further whit tho Mayor
e9yv says Mt t" st9P sEht ere d spMt
70 tlie Illinois RIVER MS one witl,nnt one sii!,
Ele practical merit rs a ship canal. It ts well
known 10 nlally pers9ns conversant with tho
early movement 9n tlls subject, TINT II first
9Mt exprcssly US q hobby fur Ills friend to
rtttc to IL sec0lld term In Congress. It was
cagSrly seize: '!p9.l large convention ns-
selnbled se,l, on tllo Take shore along Michigan
speech, anl finally tl'o sub}ect brnnEEt be-
f9re Congress; md state 1t for II fact thnt,
although many of It's friends enter
Il "e :ane Ss' n 's Vote. ,n'ftss IT. stsaf efea3
was duierminetl upon By Il lnrgc majority Of
Congress; md 1t WINS well understood BY tlle
lIenhGrs nI, 1'1 WHO slo9Id yots for y md who
e onr, member who ,wns astrlde the hobby,
tho yDto WIS much lHrgcr III favor tta1l 1t
would lt9yp bce't II 1t were not known oxnGt-
y that tt would bo defeated. In tllis Con-
ssss Esss sSWsa at Sr W9y ssG gSG sss s bs bns a i
stlllted the same old spawned pony.
Now, there ~ nMotl,er nlnst emphatic stnte-
t14,a 1Gt Wlsl, to a;e u y tls that, II
Msa s cnssssis ssoas to 'sGss ssssspp H.
Or thu Ohio River would pver ul.sicr any i,ru.
tense attempt to usa II. Just think Of II, for
q nl1!i.ent, steamboat Will, Its complement
1f IT. ICY men, lnore or ess drgsging along ut
every rock md ,nud.bank, linking IN hour Of
lnr e bridges every Rev miles, Keeping lip
sa nya 't # ad Il Sn1 sTgFlnE Esr6 Ht ctsSfo Y
wouiu rot D0 tho klnI Of f1n st'atuboat M ,non N
would like to indulge In very nftci,.
Ki1w lst enough q the History Of tho
around The falls In tlle Ohio, only, perhaps,
l,alf . milo long, atcambnnt met, often "rilIi
lle lalls" nt Imminent risk OF life and prop
erty rnthcr thai tnke the canal. hive been
there, aud k,,Uw Tint tho locks and cnnul,
though M absolute necessity at times uf i0w
wafer, are. nevertheless, dreaded by nll who
nnvl4ntu TIM Ohio. II the Mississippi anti
the Illinois Rivers were grcat iniand inkcs'
Instead Of Intricate anGt dangerous rivers
wlerO the construction 0t vessels for nnvi.
g,tt9n ls 10 widely different, al.u must Uypr
VI tic fAlk of the tnterenilli.!nlcat1m of
ships md stenrhoats might not bO 50 idle u
wind tllnt bluWelh no good. d, ,D,