Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-27


truthful, to deduce a calculation that
because the present onc.quartcr. 90 to
20 per cent already diluted sewage is
free of contamination-ergO the entire
amount of sewage will likewise be free
with the same prOportionnte flow of
water added to greatly disprOportion-
ate increase of sewage. Science. thy
name should be charity. drawn rs n
mantle over the most cgrcgiOus blum.
der of the century rs n sewage disposal
medium. GORDON II. MOTT.
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The success Of the Rrafters OH the
present Drainage Canal has set the
gang wild.
1t now wants to build canals every
where.
The North Branch Is to be wldened.
The South Branch Is to be wldened.
A canal is to be built to Evanston.
A canal Is to be built to Wilmette.
A canal Is to be built to the Calumet
The Calumet is to be widened.
The gang expect to realize fully
$500, 100000 before they are through.
OF course, this may bankrupt the
citizens, but what OF Il?
Opposition to making Evanston and
the north shore towns part of the
sanitary district Is finding many nd
herents among the substantial property
owners Of the north shore. The claim
b made that the engineering dimculties
TO be overcome In such IN undertaking
are such that the sanitary district could
not afford to do the work and that the
purpose Of making the north shore
towns a part of the district Is to in
crease the revenue Of the district in
order to complete the work already
started. Such q plan, say the irate
property owners, would tax the new
part Of the district without giving any
local returns.
ut Is a grating scheme" said Col.
Henry NJ. Kidder Of North Evanston.
"Why do they go ahead and take meas.
ures to get us into the sanitary dis
trict before there is any detailed prop.
osition made in regard to what kind Of
drainage system Is to be provided
for us? We want to know what we are
to have before we begin paying taxes
for 1t. feel sure that II such scheme
Is ever put through 1t will be long AZ.
ter the Calumet river district Is con.
nected with the sanitary district, and
when there Is real need in Evanston
for such drainage.
"The dreamers speak of this matter
as II II We're no more of an undertake.
Ing than TO run a tile ditch across a 40.
acre field. but am one of the many
who believe that the cost Of such q
branch would be nearly equal to the
cost of the main channel"
Col. Kldder continued:
ut Is proposed to run canal four
teen miles long along the west line OF
Evanston, starting from the lake at q
point in Wilmette, where pumping
works are to be situated, to lift the
water frcm the lake to the sewer The
bluff at this point has an average
height of thirty feet above the lak'
level and is battered by the stormies'
waves Of Lake Michigan. In addition
TO the constant wearing away of thu
shore which would make the mainte
nance of pumping station there yer!
costly, the bay is frequently filled Will
anchor ice that would render the op
Grafton Of the works impossible. 4
greater difficulty would have to b
overcome because Of the fact that al
OF Evanston and the greater part o
Wllmette are lower than the sewe
would be unless cuts averaging nearl.
Aaixty feet in depth were made
II Is further objected by the oppo
ncnts Of the plan that the north branc'
OF the Chicago River overtlows with 1t
present drainage at certain seasons
and that 1t would have to be deepene
and wldened very materially to accom-
modate the drainage from the north
shore district.
The idea Of a lake-level channel
said TO be impracticable, as
would necessltate cut of over thirt
feet for the first two miles and of abou
twenty feet for the following six mile
10 bring II to It's junction with the rive
near Bowmanville. At that point tn
bed OF the river is twelve feet abov
the lake level, and It would be nece'
sary to have pumping works there I
lift this sewage into the river.
From the talk at the Monroe, how
ever, all the Improvements" will b
carried out whether the people kick 9
not
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