, 1881-04-10
BRICK FOR NEW CHICAGO.


cd--valualle Suggestions.
To The Editor ot The Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO. April BLU your Sunday issue April
j. you designate New Chicngo as alI that portion
OF land lying South of tho present city limits.
and extending us far rs the Indiana line, and
you claim that it is but Hi extension Of the city
proper. and you predict that tho growth in pop
ulation aud manufacturing in that district
within tho next 10 years will he tho great mar-
vel Of the census Of lS0>- nld that within that
time tho municipal boundary will be extended to
One-1Iuudte1h-A and Thirty eighth street, and
that i1 will then contain 1D0,0oo people. will
so one and Il half better aud predict that within
thAt time it will contain onc-halt as large
Il population as tho city proper now contains
viz, .;i3,0N Wen, II either prediction is to be
realized, i occurs TO me- that I'LL OF rho dwell
lnx5. stores and manufacturing establishments
that such population " i'll rcIu ire, ought 10 be
built of brick aud not OF wood; for, IT built OF
wuntl co.npacty, auu Il tiru should StNrt with Il
mile OF slame and nroarlng w'nd, what would tho
present few brick buildings amount tn in the
way Ut stopping the progress Of such Il ;tlalne!
Then, the question arises, where S'the brick
,nattriu1 til come from to M:lke nil the bricks
that will Le required to t,uildul these dwellings.
stares, nnt manufacturing establishments: Wc
cAsl'1Gi dig hUles i'll tho t.rnunt aud we have no
ctay hills 10 dig iow1l. Here | ;im reminded Of
a'suther great necessity, which contains IN all
Sser within ttSelf, Us to all abundant supply nf
bricks. ii is III making Il canal from the south
Fork Of the South Branch to tic Cniu.net ~ the
hricEmu's''sJ pr"ccss, then all tho various cor
II, oSui1ace Would Very speedily cuusc use to b be
worked out such canal. Well, how can this
rhst: get started? 1t So happens. thar Just at
this titnr tho city, tho packers. md the Stock
Yur. Co,npany ult want the tncans OF c!cansine
the South Branch und the South Fork, also tho
Towns Of Lake, Hyde Park. aud South Chicago
want Il nu-c thorough means OF drainage.
Therefore suggest that the city or the Town
of Lake i:,y OF It cinnl from the South FDra to
the calan'ct. ana that the owners Of the land
Git, OF Catcas.o excnvatea Il cihsssnel through The
centre of this proposed canal Of sufficient
capacity to receive +',on cutc feet 1f watter per
intersection Of this new channel and
tho Snuth Fork THE ,ptimpii1>:~ works
ot Il capacity Of 4','Oo cubic feat per nsinute
Branch that works uf G1.9t1 c1.hc feet per min
ute cu;lartty would have ut Bridgeport. brc:tt,se
il would have I'LL its present na,urnl flow into
the ca:l,l. l5.OJ cuaie Ieet feet per minute. und
all OF tue articill How c,uscd by pumping; And
pump tue water for the present out into the
Calumet, and Until such tin. rs the illinois s.
the current will naturally reverse itself, and the
Calumet will How up this WY utld ont through
tEa enlarged Illinois 4 Michigan Canal, aud
thus forever prevent it from running out
into thu lake to contunlinaic tho water vi other
works that will huye to be built touccotntnodate
the future population Of this ncW Chtcaso,-theu
To be all one CnicnEo.
| have ASSURED that tho PARTIES owning the
fand through which this proposed canal wcuid
puss would very chccrfnlly donate the right Ut
way. for soon us it conl be completed by this
process their adjoining lands would hcrulne rs
valuable na those uloiE the SOUTH Branch urc
HOW. They surely could not hope for any such
Informed that tho packers and Union Stock
Yards Company have offered to pny ! l50. .C0o for a
nc:ns Of cleansing tho South Fork, 4 stream
doubt not is sufficient to make the present ex-
and whoever pays for tho excuva-
ion, it Is certain that II the earth M ., thns
nay cost, SD that tlie parties r,ay reimburse
themselves from this Source. Tho Town Of
lake. am sure, will gfant ., tle rlshI ,, Of way
ur rs its territory is concerned, and II any
:harter is required, there Is, Fortunately, one
llready existing: aud the Company holding it
soll probably he very E!tlu to cooperate with |
he city or any other pnrty in making the canal !
Anl it we can accomplish ull this ut almost no |
Expense ut tli, what Is gained: In tue tirSt
>l;tpe. we secure Il mCa1s OF cleansing both |
he South Hrtnch ami tho South Fork |
t less cost than it would require to
tue Sonth i'rah a@ne @ oy ou%,ns nnr
ect Drainage of nll that section OF country !
designated rs the New Chicago und to become
wcnty miles Of additional docknse md II sut-
cient quantity Ut brick material to last the city
hat Is and is to be fs,r the next ten years. per-
aps. and incidentally presesnt En- 1oreyer EYER, @ Inc
rii,ktuy wntcr. us it otherwise, will do in the
nturc. j.. We do away with the present
ul5AaaCG along the E:lnal--t11iL ls WI tuTU"OHlJ
nc-fourth Of the sewage In that direction, aud
hree- fourths into tho Calumet. und by
onsentlng, to this tyr the ,n time being
! the future OF tho Calumet running
ito the lake, by cuus:nS It ultimately to run
ut through the enlarged ulinu!s & Michigan
anal. When the canal is enlarged VIC shall
ave Il far greater number OF resscls from tho
fest, by tho way Of this canal, tnan we shalt
ave from tho East by thn way OF the lakes, ;aud
lis new canal will save vessels winding Through
narrow and crooked stream, the South ltrA'cn,
get to III outside harbor or dockilge, III case
c have to depend Upon such uoEkaSc IN the |
lture. s. There Is q large class who th!n1 that
punlp GIL cubic feet OF water Der minute |
scctit iuto tic canal would wash away tho |
Inks ana Causc them to cave ill., and to 4 GER
In exteu; iMpe,'e navigation. and again, tho
ttI,ti Commissioners will not agree 10 take /
Ire Of that amount Of water; there may
odds :si thcse p.nbabic difficulties.
We secure. what is perhaps tho most itnpor-
MT Of all, u city Of bricks from Its very foutl-
,tioa. Nov what will Ail thl5 Gust: Simply
thing tit ull, except the use OF Sf03,U1 or $:0o,-
D for very few years and the cost OF tho
.mpnc- works, and they will only cost three
iurlers rs much us to huild tic works ut
Bridgeport, us hls been proposed Ano no"-
cpnClush}u 1t seems 10 INC I'LL enterprise Co!l-
iainx within itself so many vast ntld varied
[viptages with so small an expense should ak
zee command tho combined power anu fnau-
ICE of the cttire press Of the city, until 1t shaii
,.cr the work Of 1.laktug cnnal from the
uta Fork to tho Calumet in course OF ultimate
,npIetion, and then the new Chicago nt tue
turc will have n foundation upon wntcn 10