Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
The Canal Itself Is No Good; Never Was
and Never Will Be
Useful,
Except to Line the Pockets of the Grafters
and Drain Those Of the
People.
The Notorious Gang Are Lying Awake Nights
Waiting for Their Schemes
to Mature.

The Drainage Gang. most OF whom
are carpet.baggers who own no real
estate in Chicago, because they do not
know the moment that they may be-
called away to stay. are going TO
break" the taxpayers of this city.
Chicago people are taxed almost to
death at present. and the people of Chi
cago are grooming under the burden.
The Drainage Gang now wants the
Legislature to tax every 500 worth of
property In the city 81 for the benefit
of its contracting friends.
Robbery most base.
Robbery most foul.
When will the people of this grca,
and generous city wake up and use
its clothes lines!
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Contentious Of members Of the Drain
age Board that reduction Of the flow
of water in the drainage canal in ac.
rordance with the orders OF the War
Department will threaten local SAM
tary conditions We're exploded the 9TH
er day by Commissioner of Health
Reynolds. The commissioner declared
the present dilution of sewage in the
canal was beyond present practical
sanitary requirements, as only rela-
lively small portion of the clty's sew
age was being disposed Of through the
canal. lie added that the reduction
Of the flow from 100000 to 100000 cu.
bic feet a minute would give no Occa.
all fx,t. INN In tn "a
COS sanitary condition.
Charges We're made. too. by a num-
Der OF drainage trustees that the re.
duced.fiow problem has been used as
a club by those members Of the board
who have fought for the passage Of
bills now pending before the Legisla.
ture by which an extra tax was sought
by the Sanitary District for the worl;
of widening of the river. As n result
the bill calling for an additional tax
of one-half of per cent to carry on,
this plan Is expected to fail of passage
So critical was the situation regard
ed by the trustees supporting the meas
IRE that q conference was held during
the week with Representative Bowles
of Will County. the sponsor for the bill
in the lower house. The latter frankly
admitted that, though the bill had adj
vanced to third reading with little ~
no opposition, its passage was practi
cally hopeless.
Frank Wenter was one of the trus
tees who took no part In this discus
sion. IAN this talk about reduced flow
amounts TO nothing" said he. I'VE
should have 100000 cubic feet Of water
passing through the channel every min
ute instead of 100000. as ordered by
the War Department. Had nothing
been said about this problem there
would have been no trouble. Public
sentiment was stirred mp, however, by
some of the trustees themselves. and
they have nsed this question as a club
10 force the bills now pending ~
Springfield That's the whole truth
about this matter"
Commissioner Reynolds further point
ed out that a reduced flow would moi
affect the supply Of ~. Louis, m argu'
ment which has been used in the effort
10 secure funds that the work Of widen
ing the river might be taken mp, on
the ground that only wider channel
will admit OF a flow of 100000 cubic
feet of water a minute without menac
ing navigation.
Il should say that the present di'n
ton Is beyond present practical SAM
tary requirements" continued Commits
siOner Reynolds. 1T is 10 be remem
bered that only O relatively small pro
portion OF our sewage Is now being dis
posed of through the drainage channe
practically none except that which Il
discharged into the South Branch, and
an incOnsiderable contribution from
the lower eIsl Of the North Branch
Based upon our present knowledge, de
rived from studies and experiments
both in this country and abroad, "A dilu
ton Of 10000 cubic feet for every 100,
fII of population Is not excessive, n
least not theoretically"
II IS then pointed ont that a flow %
100000 cubic feet a minute will I'LL III
main river and the South Branch iron
the lake 10 the entrance 10 the drainage
canal with pure water once in ever!
eight hours or 50, ana thai this viii
suffice TO maintain good sanitary con
dtlOn Of the stream and Of the drain
age canal itself
The serious question a. issue. lr
Reynolds asserts IS the future develop
ment Of the sanitary system. WheI
interceptIng sewers are completed, an,
practically all the sewage Of the cit!
Gispos 81 - In this way, 1t Is estimated