Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-07
the DRAINAGE CANAL.

When the granite tablet that marks
the ending Of the work OF Section 10
on the great drainage canal was set
in place last Tuesday. an enduring
monument was erected to the fidelity
to public trust. the industry. energy
and honesty Of that stanch and leal
Democrat. Frank Wenter. President OF
the Board Of Sanitary Trustees.
That granite slab means more than
this.
1t tpylies not only the unbending
and unyielding integrity Of the Presi.
dent. but It also stands for the steadfast
| trust. which the people Of Chicago RI.
pose In the honest and public.spirited
gentleman who for years has control.
led and guided the affairs OF this great
enterprise.
Our contemporary. the Evening Post.
In discussing the proceedings which
marked the occasion OF the dedication
Of the tablet. says:
The dedication yesterday Of the gran.
Ito tablet which marks tho beginning
and ending Of work on Section 10 Of the
drainage channel II rightly regarded Us
q notable event.
As Judge Mcconnell remarked In his
effective dedicatOry address. the Occa.
sion was one for satisfaction and for
enthusiasm.
The problem which the drainage
channel. when complete. will have
solved II one Of the most important
and ut the outset seemed one OF the
most complex-that ever confronted a
great city. The courage which attack.
Ell 1t ana the ingenuity which discov.
cred the method of solution are equal.
~ admirable. equally exemplary. 1t
has proved thus far rs successful In on.
cheering as In finance. An undertake
Ing which might well have engaged the
attention OF the national Government
and been paid for out OF the Federal
eXchequer has been assumed by city
of one and a half millions of people.
who have had the courage ana capa-
city to deal with 1t IN all Its details
with as much bOldness ana efficiency
as II the resources Of seventy millions
OF people We're behind them. IL do not
recall" said Judge Mcconnell. that
ever before In the history Of the world
so small constituency by their own
will have burdened themselves with
the cost of SO great an enterprise"
Essentially the drainage canal Is u
popular enterprise. an enterprise OF
the people. 1t was the people who had
the intelligence to study the problem
ana approve the scheme for its sOlu-
ton. 1t was the people who. having
adopted the scheme Of solution. select
cd the men to carry 1t out 1t Is the
people whose Judgment Is fully justi.
fled by the results-sO far rs they have
been attained.
The projectors and the public hope
and expect that the work will be car
ried to completion as 1t has been car
ried to the present stage-withOut scan
dals or strikes and with no objection
able incidents other than those insep-
arabic from such an undertaking In II
new district suddenly occupied by u
shifting labor population.
We endorse every word uttered by
our esteemed contemporary, but We go
farther.
We claim that to Frank Wenter's en-
ergetic conduct OF the business of the
Drainage Board Is due more than 10
anything else the success that has at
tended this great undertaking.
1T wns the people who, having adopt
ed the scheme Of solution, selected the
men to carry 1t out" says our con-
temporary. True, and 1t now behOoyes
the people to reaffirm their confidence
and their satisfaction In their own Sc
lection by returning to office the best.
the most honest, the most capable OF
the men whom II chose In the beginning
to carry on this work-Frank Wenter.
Mr.. Wenter obtained his place on the
Drainage Board through the suffrage Of