Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-03

~ per cent already diluted sewage iS
free of contaminatiOn--er the entire
amount of sewage will likewise bc free
with the same proportionatc flow of
water added to greatly disproportion-
ate increase Of sewage. Science, thy
name should he charity. drawn as II |
mantle over the most cgreglOus blum |
der of the century as u sewage disposal
medium. GORDON II. MOTT.
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The success Of the grafters on the
present Drainage Canal has set the
gang wild.
1t now wants to build canals every
where.
The North Branch Is to be widencd.
The South Branch is to be widened.
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 It?
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
h made that the engineering difficulties
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 part Of the district is to in
crease the revenue of the district 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.
1T Is a grating scheme" said Col.
Henry NJ. Kidder 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.
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 It. feel sure that II such scheme
Is ever put through it will he long At
ter the Calumet river district Is con-
nected with the sanitary district, and
when there Is a real need In Evanston
for such drainage.
"rhe dreamers speak OF this matter
as II 1t We're no more of IN undertake
Ing than to run tile ditch across 40.
nj I,sVt \ ~ IN "
who believe that the cost Of such a
branch would be nearly equal to the
cost of the main channel"
Col. xidder continued:
ut Is proposed to run canal four.
teen miles long along the west line Of
Evanston, starting from the lake at
point In Wilmette, where pumping
works are to be situated, to lift the
water from the lake to the sewer. The
bluff 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
70 the constant wearing away of the
shore which would make the mainte-
nance Of a pumping station there very
costly, the bay is frequently filed with
anchor zee that would render the op-
Grafton Of the works impossible. A
greater difficulty would have to be
overcome because of the fact that oil
Of Evanston and the greater part Of
Wilmette are lower than the sewer
would be unless cuts averaging nearly
NIFTY feet in depth We're made
IL is further objected by the Oppo-
nents Of the plan that the north branch
Of the Chicago River oyerfiows with Its
present drainage at certain seasons,
and that 1t would have to be deepened
and widened very materially to accom-,
MEDIATE the drainage from the north
shore district.
The idea of lake-level channel is
said to be impractlcable, as II
would necessltate q cut of over thirty
feet for the first two miles and Of about
twenty feet for the following six miles
to bring 1t to its junction with the river
near BOwmanvllle. At that point the
the lake level, and 1t would be neccs'
sary to have pumping works there to
lift this sewage into tho river.
From the talk at tie Monroe, how
ever. all the Improvements" will be
carried out whether the people kick OF
not.
be seen working around his yard In the