The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-16
DRAINAGE CANAL.
i. ,v;,l Be Finished in'Fifteen
Months or Less.
Z TROUBLES ARE SETTLED.

o.,,,aet Work Worth ss'ooo.ooo
n. Advertised for at onoe-Armies
d. ,y,,, he at Work Day and Night
~unanished Portion of the Can
rxuect.d To Be Zone by the
h Of December'
| - March 16.-Bids on contract
'a 18th $1,000, 600 will be advertised
modiately by the drainage board
he emergency clause win be used
,ss work on the big ditch SO that
ns completed during the summer
10 This exceeds the most san
vDectations and is made possible
nr the success Of the battle
[ :, ,be Joliet, Ills. "hold-ups" and
(,Dsypected attitude of compromise
| Nv the Illinois and Michigan can
IA Henceforth armies of men
ot work day and night along
Lnerished part of the drainage can
no and work which has been de-
| nv litigation or by other entan-
ne for more than a year Will be
kcuted with all possible dispatch'
[oOrdinary means are now being
saved by the engineering depart
70 force preliminary work from
[on.raee to the upper basin.
Mnst BE Done at Once,
work must be done at once be-
I Of the precipitation Of floods or
. nbvsical disturbances at certain
Inns of the year. The maximum
H. q, time in which Chief Engineer
6olnb saws the canal can be fin
| through Joliet is fifteen months.
|tbIs is admittedly an excessive es-
he and if thNWork is not done in
h months II will be due TO some
|reseen contingency. The cost Of
Hruction through Joliet is estimat-
\ 81 $780, 900. From Lockport to Jol-
|be work is practically finished. so
the work through Joliet remains
! done TO open the big ditch and
\ away the sewage in the Chicago
Attorney Hayes of the drainage
has received information from
bouet representatives of the board,
II & ODonnell, that the Joliet prop
owners involved in the recent con-
nation case before Judge Hilscher
Welded to the decision and will
no fight or appeal.
Work Yet To lie Done.
|e work remaining to be done and
Intracted for is given as follows by
II ENGINEER Randolph: Tail-race,
kport 100000: from tail-race to up
BASIN $150.000; construction and
Of way, Joliet, 81, 100000; movable
kes for railroads and highways, ST.
b; Chicago river Improvement,
boo: total work yet to be contracted
$685.
Dec. | Engineer Randolph eX-
5 to have completed all work of
|abe bridges, highways and rail-
crossings. All work outside Of the
|ruction Of the canal route through
u will be well out of the way by the
the JolidA end is finished, so that
j depends now upon the length OF
II will take to push the canal
bgh Joliet. Owing to the fear that
canal commission would make a
rous fight in the courts and that
Joliet condemnation cases would
definitely prolonged on account OF
bribery and other charges, ii was
fd that the canal could not be fin
\ until the next century had been
|red In.
Three Forces of Workmen.
lree separate forces of workmen
be employed along the unfinished
Of the canal. For more than a
not a spadeful of earth or rock
feen excavated, while the engineer
Forces were constrained to remain
upon this portion of the work. The
urinary work will begin in a few
and as quickly as possible the
rs viii be increased. The amount
pred by the engineering department
|nlsh the canal is $4,9S7, 59O.96. The
Fature at the last regular session
|lded for a levy Of a 12-mill tau
|he drainage board, which apple:
ne present year and 1899. After
year the drainage board will have
/ II back upon the 1a-mill tax for its
|nues' Although some questions o,
ing maturing bonds and settlinl
|est remain to be answered, Their,
Pney enough to bring all the engin.
pg work To a conclusion