, 1881-10-23
5OULEyARDSA AND STREETS.
u1r1,1GAS 3;oGLEvlArp.

The Old fraud from whfch M!cn!gan a'cnoe
has 30 often suffered bats been reFpctrated
again, lot OF retG Loiiet mud has been du1nhcd
~, II, boulevard aud has been accepted oy the
c,,,,tt 1,trs- commissioners us .iuiict gravel,
ybi,.b il .l.,.s no, resemble any more than they
resemble root Park Commissioners Tho result
;s lint after !, rain tho boulevard IS simply ren
sea Ut u;1stincss. Ii WAS 4au chuusn ~ suner
s,,c, swiudlcs when Michigan nselt4e wiis N'acf
tte control OF elty officials, whom every one
expects 10 steal aud m!snanase, h'st II
il Il disgrace TINT such Il lining s''ou'u
,,t.,,r under tho management OF II bo:irl 10
,vbntn almost despotic p,wers have been ill.,
,rnst. in ns,3cr 10 secure !irst-ciass streets. In
,n history Of chicago it Is certai,lIy true th1it
,t,t. finer .f Il t1,iS being street. contractor Is
,,ru fuec evidence t,t he Is Il cotnuiaff cheat.
What arc the South Iark COMMISSIONERS Eoou
5r II ,l,ey c,.,luut hlye their boulevards hucst-
ly made: .......
Although tho work OF converting o3coaea'
avenue into driving Boulevard III i:iet us WEI
us in 1lntlle> w.ts entn1neiacea tast "'o w.
,.eu in t,roSrcss ever slt4cc, it Is prohao!e tn1
w., rn,,r ,v1,I taIi OIL at cust four i've blocks
Of tho
,,,.,vrwAy THAT Will. STILL AE CSF1S-
IS;iED.
iron, Lake I'ark, where tho improvements were
,,o.,,u To about TwcntS-=eventh street, tne
sidewalk paye4e1lts, and cufolng aEe coln-
| ,leteu This pavement Of broas. s5noosl' "n1te
stou.. is so perfect as to almost f''3se pcaes-
triaais,1.. anu is @udscnu 10 sne siA"'esA A'e.
| tho avenue who arc fortunate, of untorsaa'.e'
,,ou,h tt, ..yt ruer-*kntes. The roadway, lh~
,.,.t,,y t),u trt,ss-strCet approaches. IL they t
| hc termed such, is completed lis far south 93
| Eighteenth I From Eighteenth to Iwe'isss- SCI
| md tho roadway is completed, except tnete -
| :, little more rolling to BIT uohe& ois
| rho cross streets south OF EiEhtee'ta u
| are yet to bc put f. IN shape. oo'th
| - trwcnt,-scrona as fur Us Tweuty-sereuth
the work is in lis Inst Stages nao II Is
tsat before the weather gets TOO severe ~ aas't
I ~ f,,rther Improvement tho boulevard will be
,r,mn1ct,sl TO Tp,rty-rst street. iil1s wotiia
1.,vi. f,u1r or five blocks to work on next seasoh
rnr boulevard us far It's completed Is Il oc;tu1i1"'
one ,,i1,i Il decided ornament tU the clty- II tne
s,ndoth cyru Sidewalks invite petestr1nnasn1' lAe
| ,,,udwu,. scarcely less smooth clean, auo cfcn'
certainly invites expenditure at i livery staole
| Ex-t.um,uissioner Waller says, in reply to the
PROTESTS RECENTLY MADE III llSoih''A
| OWNERS
m tho Michigan avcEuc and " Washington ssree'
,,n,l,v.r.ls as to tic manner in which the wori
| ~, tncu II being dunc, that the city is not at
tom,ttug 10 exercise any authority or super
yisi.,tl over the work. except III the Hlas'c' "
! gas water, and sewer pipes Ihe c1ts' ue Sly :
| only tnter{crcs in reference 1o these when
I seems necessary to proirct the pipes lroua 'is'
,,r,. md thu city fro incuri7ng expense through
| alterations made by the park authorities
H't,a consent OF tue majority of tho owners O.
property aout1i1g on
HUMBOLDT Boulevard
| having been obtuined, tho jefferson trustee
will order q special assessment upon ak III
property On the lillc Of the boulevard, extend
| mn, frn1n North avenue 10 Western avenue,
| distance uf :1lDuI three miles. IL 1ucet tho OK
ncnsc OF cindcriug and gravcling, which canno
| full short OF S1b,UJu.
. Mr.. George ~. Wilson, experimenting En-
| gineer OF tho
WASHINGTON STREET BOULEVARD,
has resigned bis position. Mr.. Wilson clain'
,bnt be has beet, hatn1lercd by members OF ta
hoard. Members ct the board, oti tue othe
hand complain that he has not aonc the "o1k u
| it ought to be done.