, 1881-01-12
" Which The Waters of tho Despla|nes
River Are to Be Diverted to
-..-:t The Canal.
1, Bnl to Prevent Unjust Dis~
ordinations by Stock Yard
Corporations.
Other Measures lntroduced-Gen-
eraI Business Of the Days
Session.

net this. MufnlHI III ~ pLIuck A1lH WIS
opened Will, prayer BY the Rev. Mr. atlclsarl.
Senator MUM presented tho following
resolution:
Assembly, dtsi ul tho 10Th .lny or Fcbrury, lsii,
rrlnt atl'l aull0rzo TIM Csty or GhicaEu. IL tho
siatG 0f Illinois, 10 ,lcopen tic Illinois A: sich-
rnr ' 10 !etscr ti.e systutn Of snwur,xu nI tia
sn cs %f fie ,',l s,' l91fssx te fht XIX m
.iiiinos itiyers. And tho city Of Chicaxo tl!.l
perfect tnl iInrruscnient in conformity with
Nv W,tEIs1s, Ths great fire. ia tho sala city Of
Chieauo on tho 9Th and 9Th .luys OF Oetus,cr, A.
b. I'LL. did 20 greatly ,lnnakc tho nascssablo
snts iaxpaycrs, ind tho pennls Of tho Stnie 0r
no,s, S ~ IT, GenerEg Assembly, q refa 4, as t9
sm ~ iyiSsl rsdstl t ietir sr IL sress % '' 'sA''
WnEng4s, Thu tgcpen!nr q tug canal %
stosa ,s s t. 10 5 tnly s u ietats,
of euwiiAo Of tho city Of ChicaRo bo!nY inr
.Rrcntcr than tho cnpnc!ty the catMl md the
ater S nss'r 1nn 1osh ttsto deoaorzo aud
*Hs %iiEltsss. fho foi!,css Of tho water immunity
eascs e safh 1;I!! af ,as of sa, t. t'o
WHEREAS. anld anwAao. in an entirely, undo
ps t na nts @ w, Y !hp er mi
thcncn nto tho Illinois 2:Yor, l,ttl III ltR fol,lrst
conditions IL illus transported mud below Tho
al ali iii pn,s aions ts psssaso. 10 i'ii;aro md
funl as tn Le exceedingly nlrnnslvc. mid tnklng
with i rc'.ns Of lscMse Of nll Kinds prevalent lii
GFoaicast through ife entire DospiaiIcs and
Illinois Elirer vulleys, causing theroby much IL
sfs e. s ,Sn ~ saHF y # te ,an s M d.
WttEHEAa, Careful iurratlEution leuds our
people ta teat thst an epidemic ,,aay sprend over
snld SECTION OF tho. StNtn or llfsu0!s from Tho
ruttxta n{HIpI. Htutrt1. md.
WtisREAs, IN addition L, tho nso.o distress,
there has boon great l0ss 10 property, business
indus t1ee, nI1d to tho communities In ka!d re-
sa ssna. = 'sA'o' '''' e'''s' '''''' ''s''''l'a'
neis & Mluhlsan Canni, tho wntur necessary for
MI purposes OF navigating snsd cannt MID pro-
EFsslns, Of nael,!"ery WIS oItais,ed fT!ni tue
WIiE1nxs, The i'c, Of lib Dcspla!nos Aiyor at
tho Summit and tf1cnco westward n!oHR tho liHG
wnter, eight ~ feet nlovo tho Rurflco lcvcl or
tha "a,,s' ~ al y w @ snpny nt wa5or IT,,
taess w 8 Sts an j. we,se,. elk aSe ;s sss
Il IT its foaurss md sioauh, Il, tho great te-
llNhtt rs,!eft and ,l,oaltA q tho peoplo near 10
aa SHrs1'nS aS s1s S Sls hc so Il ae S tho
E sIoners s sal,g ;., n!,,ois T. M!san ca,u he ai,l
fllciont sapacty. viii tic ' rs,psr gian1.satos,
tn be opened from tho Dosplntncs River 10 tho
canal Ut nr tchr tho summit III Cook County,
to ettlstrnot dun across tho former Calumet
feeder Vt slsrh altuh!o point rs viii cnuso THO
Tfrs sf s tI9 h2s ike o ow 'np the Sa
stalrrs and feeders In tho order named, nnd pay
cons NJ asi Canriissin.,ers + tcsitlnW @ S rrnD, n
tho earnings Of the .cnnAl Ur nthorwIso. Tho
anlnunt to bc expculcl NJ nln,vo designated In
however, oxccea tho sum Of $10.0o0
AS supplemental to tho resolution,
SEVERAL. EXTRACTS
wero presented from tho report Of, Chief.
ErRinGvr Jpunc.
The consideration of tho resolution was
made u special order for Tucsduy morning
next ut 10 o'clock.
When the order for the Introduction Of
bills VIVA rcac!cd, Utmost every Senator rose
IN Ills scnt and :
FIRED HILLS At THE aEcI.ErA1,y,
Until tic desks n,ld tables wure hidden TN
der them. Alnong the more Important ones
WIS bill to amend tho Inv Of INCORPORATION
Of tolnt-stock companies, In reg,rd to tho
'tatttfcr of ca1fglng the Humber of Directors,
giving the power 80 tU 10 to tne PRESIDENT
md Stockholders.
Three revenue bills were introduced by
eeh;lsor Lewis, ono providing for tlo nsBess-
melt OF mineral, so rs to hive tho actual
mineral Itself asscssud. Another provided
ior csanging the present systoln OF euualix.
ins tlao value OF personal property, 70 ~ to
value 1t III c!nHses. The third seeks 10 pro-
slae penalty Iii cases where Asscssoss re-
i'tse or Neglect to administer tic legpt outll
70 o"ners listing their property for taxation.