Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-13

h"S H"N''SS VI tuc gTdlltTS Oh IUt
present Drainage Canal has set the
gang wild.
it now wants to build canals every.
where.
The North Branch Is to be widened
The South Branch is to he widened
a canal is to he built to Evanston.
a canal is to be built to wilmette.
A canal is to he built to the Calumet
The Calumet Is to be widened.
The gang expect to realize fully
$500, 100000 before they are through.
or course. this may bankrupt the
citizens. but what of it?
Opposition to making Evanston and
the north shore towns part of the
sanitary district Is finding many ad.
herents among the substantial property
owners of the north shore. The claim
Is made that the engineering difficulties
to he overcome In such an undertaking
are such that the sanitary district could
not afford TO do the work and that the
purpose of making the north shore
towns Il part of the district Is TO in
order to complete the work already
started. Such plan, say the irate
property owners. would tax the new
part of the district without giving any
local returns.
'It Is grating scheme" said Col.
Henry NJ. Klddcr of North Evanston.
'Why do they 60 ahead and take meas
ures to get us into the sanitary dis
trlct before there is any detailed prop.
Osltlon made In regard to what kind Of
n drainage system is to he provided
for us! We want to know what we are
to have before we begin paying taxes
for II. / feel sure that IL such a scheme
Is ever put through 1t will he long af-
ter the Calumet river district Is con-
nccted with the sanitary district. and
when there Is n real need In Evanston
for such drainage.
"rhe dreamcrs speak of this matter
as IL II were no more of an undertak-
Ing than 10 run n tile ditch across 40
acre field. but l am one of the many
who believe that the cost OF such a
branch would he nearly equal TO the
cost of the main channel"
Col. Kldder continues:
ut Is proposed to run n canal -four.
teen miles long along the west line OF
Evanston, starting from the lake at u
point In Wilmcttc. where pumping
works are TO he situated, TO lift the
water from the lake to the sewer. The
blum at this point has an average
height Of thirty feet above the lake
level and Is battered by the stOrmiest
waves of Lake Michigan. In addition
TO the constant wearing away of the
shore which would make the malnte-
nance of pumping station there very
costly, the bay is frequently filled with
anchor Ice that would render the Op.
GRAFTON of the works impossible. A
greater difficulty would have to be
overcome because of the fact that all
of Evanston and the greater part of
Wilmette are lower than the sewer
would he unless cuts averaging nearly
thirty feet In depth We're made"
II Is further objected by the oppo-
nents of the plan that the north branch
OF the Chicago River overhows with Its
present drainage at certain seasons,
ana that 1t would have to be deepened
ana wldcned very materially to accom-
mOdate the drainage from the north.
shore district.
The idea of Il lake-lcvel channel is
IN hn Inn nf,t ian
would necessitatc cut of over thirty
feet for the first two miles and of about
twenty feet for the following six miles
to bring it to It's junction with the river
near Bowmanville. At that point the
bed of the river Is twelve feet above
the lake level, and 1t would be neces-
sary to have pumping works there to
lift this sewage into the river.
From the talk at the Monroe. how
ever, all the improvements" will be
carried ont whether the people kick or
not.
~GA
Not long ago our good people were
exercised over the woes of the Douk-
llobOrs ana the hat was passed around
to raise money for the rescue of these
victims Of Russian tyranny ana bring
them to the land of the free. Well,
they came, some thousands of them,
md the Canadian government pro-
noted their settlement In the North
west territories. The DOukhobors are
once more complaining of the tyranny
Of government ana have issued an
other appeal to the nations, asking for |
nm asylum where they can live accord
ing to their conscicnces. This new ap- |
peal throws some light upon the suf-
ferings of Count TolstOi's protcges and |
a question of the cruelty at
trlbuted to the Russian authorities. 1t |
appears that the Canadian government |
called upon these people to comply with
the laws relating to marriage and di- |
vorce and the registration of births.