, 1880-11-14

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Chicago needs nothing SO much to make It
respectable city as some Wholesale strect-paF-
tnu, 1t is not ouly TN otfcnse to the eye anu m
ohatrnctiou to business thnt thert should oe
srreers in such condition as Adams, between
Wabash and State but It is Il perpetual menace
of destruction by lire. West Twelfth street Is In
snch Il condition that serious delays would In
evitably occur in getting the Fire Departmcntto
work ia the district south of H,-oeiaSs
which might threaten the business por Ion ol
the city With repetition of the catastrophe OF
1871 and 1871, The safety Of tho city demands
yiaduct over the railroads crossing Iwelttn
street. It ia stated that the Department OF
Public Works is preparing Recommendation
fur tho Improvement OF about thirty mics OF
streets next yeur Including Asnlanu .no "en. III
worth avenues, Michigan street, C!y1t.hfn ave
nue. and Twenty. sixth und Thirty nftn streets.
ia The Vicinity Ut Haisted- The only fMult to be
found with this recommendation Is that IT ID nut
The SOUTH Purk Commissioners have completed
The special assessments for the 1fnprnVeinent OF
rnirty-fth street from Inc me n Gas' ~ G Mthix',n
avenue; for the improvement Of Michtgan I'VE
nue from the south li11t of Thtrtytt9 s: fo ~
tht, Enforcement OF Michigan avenue from tue
north line Of Lake Park place to tue south INT
OF jackson street. and have had tne assee' se.t
rails properly certified uled in the trcu!t toust.
The Council have passed I'M order dlreetlng
the Department Of Public Works 10 st:tau III it ~
estimate fur u vIuduct On Ctiltre ttscnuc' "ltN
approaches also on Sixteenth Street, ano Aot 4i1o
damages. v, ..o r,,t
in the case OF the Western 1ndtana the 1ual-
cnry Committee Of the Council hold tnat, oy
MT 1aVtnx its tracks within the llHitnuoo VI
one year the Compnny had forfeited It's pr!s
ileKes, and they reported adversely ~ .;ns, ;nS
amended ordinance; for lne paSsilxI M the'r ~ rirtts
mr., n IT Harrison street, and RECOMMENDED &ne
rt:pcul Ut tue original ordinance. The tounca
viii take this up this week. z.,,,
West jackson street property holders nase
con,nI,,.nrd to Commissioner Waller that III
Daytng that thorougnfare the con;ractols WIZ
;1ot puttiu4 in as much filing Us tdeS sn'uln. Dull
Otberwise, thoy said. tho work Wis oelnG ooee
all right - a.,,-o5 forfeited
+ha rnnfract OF iAly Whitney for pnvlnR bcs,
Y,lntnts street frutn Madison street Souln. n!4a
kms lat tho work tn T. 3. Smith: AUS c~ontt4caol ~
hus begun operution3, and Will have tue Passn9
ione rhls winter. The Fire Department. tosst
ed on immediate attention beng pa1c ~ Ine
Attorney Buntield. Of the South Park Com-
mission. has decided that its authority 70 lu!-
nrnye Hydu Park avenue, Fifty Venta' FntS
ninth. und sxtieth streets @ and Pr psin nnns On it
fha di,1y Of keeping the streets IN repair 4oo
matter is one OF discretion. ayan.
The Council ut u spectnt meek1HH rlua3 sF ~
tn0 ruve permission to erect an e1n1o1Hon ~
sa1ed railway track 10 Dsa a9 cnnmttst.s Tor
the repcui Of the ordinance Tor t4e pasn "
nna rhnrn street from Monroe 70 JhcA*oll- at4u
fhe nossare OF another providing for felVt11eae
;,atweeu Adums and Jackson IKE III. Hut
9s,svn hy the Government, and aXalns@ tn7 IN Hl-
,.amonr ~ Pacific avenue suuth TO Fhn
RE Hrde Park Trustees have adopted an Or
d,nancc for widening Forty seventh sttee% A1oiA1
Cottaqc Grove avenue to Langley avenue