Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13

because the present One-qu0rtcr, w 10
20 per cent already diluted sewage Is
free of contamination-ergo, the entire
amount of sewage will likewise Ike free
with the same prOportlonate flow Of
water added to greatly disprOpOrtiOn-
ate increase of sewage. Science, thy
name should be charity, drawn as a
mantle over the most egreglOus blum.
der of the ccntury'a rs 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 wldened.
The South Branch Is to he 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 It?
Opposition to making Evanston and
the north shore towns part Of the
sanitary district Is finding many I'D
herents among the substantial property
owners OF the north shore. The claim
b made that the engineering di0culties
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 q 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
trict before there is any detailed prop.
osItlon made in regard to what kind Of
n 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 a scheme
is ever put through 1t will be long af.
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 1t We're no more of an undertake
ing than to run tile ditch across 40.
acre field, but I am one of the many
who believe that the cost of such a
branch would be nearly equal to the
cost Of the main channel"
Col. Kidder continued:
ut Is proposed to run canal four.
teen miles long along the west line Of
Evanston, starting from the lake Mt
point In Wilmette, where pumping
works are to be situated, to lift the
water from the lake to the sewer. The
blur 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 mainte-
nance Of a pumping station there very
costly, the bay is frequently filed with
anchor Zee that would render the Op-
Grafton CT 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 be unless cuts averaging nearly
Aiety fest IN depth were made"
1t 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
and that II would have to be deepened
and widened very materially to accom-
modate the drainage from the north
shore district.
The idea OF a lake-level channel IL
said to be impractlcable, as II
would necessitate cut of over thirty
feer for the first two miles and OF about
twenty feet for the following six miles
to bring It to Its junction with the river
near Bowmanvllle. 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 out whether the people kick OF
not
Among the drawbacks Of civilization
are the people who think they know