Feliciana sentinel., 1892-07-16
Nc1sv1ILE lap O. BAYOU sARA-sATURDAY JULY 49, 1892

8G0nd4. II II wttnln the recollection OF
the earliest pioneers that the Grand
Calumet river at the extreme south
end Of Lake Michigan, twenty EIGHT
miles south Of Chicago. emptied into
the lake. There is piac. still called
the mouth of the Grand Calumet. Hut
1t is now cut of by sand, and the river
flows into the Little Calumet. ..
There are many places along the
bold rocky shores at the north end of
Lake Michigan showing that the water
years ago was much higher.
1t is now presumed by human agency
ONES more to turn the current of this
vast lake and take IT down it's original
outlet towards the gnlf. That is the
bold idea of the new canal. The main
object is to furnish relief for Chicago,
but other things will follow. Win the
| diversion Of 40 much water-six hum
dred thousand cubic feet per minute
| affect the flow Of water down the lake
towards Niagara?
| The drainage project has stirred mp
much warm eofitention in Chicago
ne evspapers and among politicians. The
! size of the canal was one OF the things
| discussed. rhe present trustees want
to make the canal big enough, for ship
! ping. Their opponents think capac.
ity of three titsndrcd thousand instead
of six hundred thousand cubic feet per
tiiDHte quite sufficient But the great.
est fight occurred over the location of
the route. Surveys were Made ard q
route adopted and then changed. Be
| fore the last election of trustees. in
November, 1891. an effort was made to
chat.se the rotrte. It led to the resig-
nation Of Engineer Cooley, who was
then. at the ensuing election. made a
member of the board. Politicians are
more interested in the drainage board
than In almost any other official BODY.
Not alone because Of the patronage
which the expenditure of 200
will give those ssho can control it. but for
more direct financial reasons For it is
boldly stated that the greatest opposi-
ton TO the change in The route first rec
otf1thshded arose from the fact that
upon inside information, the property
along the proposed route had been
bouhht tip at the ordinary prices. tho
owners rot teiHe aware Of the contem-
plated improvement. aEd the new own
ers expected to raise prices and make n
big profit. This entire scheme would
be frustrated by a change of the route
and the spectators would lose .htnv-
tly. Fortunately, such plans are
now blocked. at least us far as
milking the public is con-
cerned. The first suit brough.
for the condemnation of land required
by the drainage trustees has established
the principle that ordinary land dam
ages shall be paid and that sp.. ula tors
prices will not rule.
This is the age of intelligence educa-
tion and enlightenment. truly. short
time ago there was a lecture OF high
order given at the Auditorium, fine
concert at Central Music hall. and 4
few other good entertainments at the
leading places. At battery ID the
same evening Prof Gleason was adver-
tised to break Il wild and exceedingly
dangerous horse. There was IA time in
| bygone ages of darkness and ignorance
| when the former class of entertain
mcnts would have been patronized only
by few of the privileged and cdu-
Gated. while the breaking of Il wild
horse would have attracted the bulk of
sightseers. But in this cnl liGhtcned age
well, the fact is. it was just the
same. The Auditorium and Central
Music hall contained small audi
enccs. they did not pay expenses.
Why? Battery d was crowded with
seven thousand people. and the streets
for blocks around were inmmed with
people fighting. to get in. Another IL
lustration is the Madison Street thea
ter. Here is little hall-it used to be
Hershey Music hall. There were con-
certs and recitals. minstrel shows and
fairly good theatrical performances.
Even Jack Haverly tried his iuck there.
Nothing would pay. 1t got to be noised
about that the place was a .'hoodoo,
that no show was ever given there that
made money. About year ago Sam
T. Jack took hold of it and put in a va
riety theatcr, one of those things
which a man goes to see when he feels
as Horace did when he wrote that lit is
sweet to be a fool at times And the
spell was broken the place is making
money. The age of culture and intelli'
gcnce is asserting itself.
II. +. o. HEiNEMANN.