Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-11-30
The John A. Logan Club Turns oul Ill
Force to Listen to the Dlstln-
guished Gentleman.
Much Light Thrown Upon a Mat
ter Which the Public Knows
Little About.
candidates for the Oommi8siOnership5-
The Leaders in the Race and What
Is Thought of Them.

WOULD nave
into a night school. In the rear OF the
parlor were hung several maps WITH
red green. and blue lines on them,
and in front of them stood man OF
venerable appearance, with long gray
heard and severe features, long, thin
cane in his hand, with which he lndl-
Gated points and lines on the map, ana
which. when he was talking, dangled
idly from his hands. Before HIM on
plain chairs sat crowd of men, young
and old. in number like a good-slzed
class at school, listening attentlyely TO
the explanations of the teacher ana
carefully following the movements OF
the cane over the maps. Modest as
schoolboys, they asked questions OF the
man with the cane, who answered Will |
ingly and explicitly.
The man with the cane was ID. b.
Hurd the class were the members OF
the John A. Logan Club, the subject
on which they were receiving lnstruc-
tion was the drainage project. Mr..
Hurd's authority over them came from
his superior knowledge Of the subject
to which as Judge Tuthill, the assist
ant teacher, remarked, he had devoted
his life. And, indeed, the dry and to
many people disagreeable subject was
made quite fascinating by Mr., Hurd,s
exposition of it. He sketched merely
the general outlines of the great prov
.ect, the mountain peaks, as Mr.. Hurd
would have said if he was interested
in the Cronin trial, and explained them
in popular way. At the conclusion
one of the scholars, Col. Sexton, said
the thing had become so interesting
that he felt like announcing himself
candidate for Drainage Commissioners,
but he would not do so.
"A bird in the hand is worth four IN
the BUSH" remarked the assistant
teacher, and the class chorused the
sentiment. Ex-Mayor John A. Roche
sent his regrets, having other engage
ments.
Mr.. Hurd pointed out on his map
the Desplaines, Chicago, and Calumet
basins, and said that at the Summit
1900, 900 cubic feet of water per min
ute must find an opening. Then came
his theory of the cutoff in the north
by which one-half of that amount
could be disposed Of He added that
this would be less expensive than tC
make the main channel enough larger
to carry off the entire amount.
at has been estimated" he said
shat channel which will carry 600
600 cubic feet minute will be sui
fcient if the waters of the upper part
of these basins are diverted to The
lake. If they are not so diverted, tn,
waters will come down the Soutl
Branch, and when the channel is full
will run out through the Chicag
River into the lake, and we will have
what we have now, occasional flood
that will carry the sewage out into til
lake. But the law does not provid
the means which will Justify the enter
ing upon the construction of a cut-ot
unless it is necessary as part OF tn
construction of the canal below-tha
is, unless the contractors say in orde
to keep the water away from the
channel they will do both works q
cheap rs one"
Mr. Hurd described the nature off,
ground that must be broken in builC
ing the canal following the DesplainC
from the Summit to Joliet, or takiu
part of the Illinois x Michigan Cam
from the Chicago River to Willo
Springs, and then taking the river II
depth would be twenty three feet, IL
width 100 feet, the current two mil
an hour. "ln order to get an idea
this amount OF water imagine a strea
twice as wide as this street and as dee
as to the second story of this house
said the teacher.
He spoke of the fall Of seyenty-sey
feet between Ioekport and Joliet, an
in reply toa question, said IL Won
mean $4,000 horse power that could
realized from Tie went into I
financial side of the question, and {
time 10 would take o. construct I
canal coming 10 The conclusion M
with tbo issuance ot houds 10 might
Finished u suyn trar Hr discuss
80 m0rt ueth Che demand, ID &
n.0un 800, mgH showing tmt Sing
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