Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-06-29


n year. 1915
Interest being collected by
foreclosure ...................
Nothing can speak more clOluently
of the present degree of prosperity of
the farmers in the corn belt. comprising
Northern Missouri. and Eastern Nc.
braska. than this statement" said
Harry l.. Taft treasurer of the com.
pany. "Whcn one reflects that on over
S11.OOO.O0O worth of loans there is not
n single interest item being collected by
foreclosure. and that approximately
$500 represents the entire interest six
months or more overdue. there can he
little question left concerning the pres
cnt prosperous condition of the farming
classes
II IL claimed Mr.. Loesch expects to be
rcappointcd to the School Board simply
because he IN attorney Tor u great cor
pOration, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company.
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Tom Milchrst Is not Il candidate for
Judge. but he may be appointed u Jus.
ticc OF the Peace.
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The Pennsylvania Rail road Company
expects their attorney, +. j. LoesclI. to
remain on the School Board. Some of
the Pennsylvania fellows claim that
LOcscl has Il life lease on the job.
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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 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 adj
herents among the substantial property
owners of the north shore. The claim
b made that the engineering difficulties
to be 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 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 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
trct before there is any detailed prop.
osition made In regard to what kind Of
a drainage system is to be provided
for us? We want to know what we are
to have before we begin paying taxes
for II. feel sure that if such scheme
Is ever put through 1t will be long at
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 IN undertake
ing than to run tile ditch across a 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 at a
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 stormles,
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 Of the works impossible. A
greater difficulty would have to bs
overcome because of the fact that al
Of Evanston and the greater part OF
Wilmette are lower than the sewer
would be unless cuts averaging nearly
lsArty feet In depth We're made
1t is further objected by the oppo
nents Of the plan that the north branch
of the Chicago River OverhOws with III
present drainage at certain seasons
and that it would have to be deepenet
and widened very materially to accom-
modate the drainage from the north
shore district.
The idea Of lake-level channel Il
said to be impracticable, as !
would necessitate cut of over thirt!
feet for the first two miles and of abou
twenty feet for the following six mile
to bring 1t to Its junction with the rive
near Bowmanvllle. At that point tn
bed of the river is twelve feet abov,
the lake level. and 1t would be neces
sary to have pumping works there t
AFT this sewage into the river.
From the talk at the Monroe, how
ever, all the Improvements" will b.
carried out whether the people kick o