Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
The Canal Itself Is No Good; Never Was
and Never Will Be
Useful,
Except to Line the Pockets Of the Grafters
and Drain Those of the -:
People.
The Notorious Gang Are Lying Awake Nights
Waiting for Their Schemes
to Mature.

The Drainage Gang. most of whom
are carpet-baggers who own no real
estate In Chicago. because they do not
know the moment that they may he
called away TO stay, are going To
break" the taxpayers of this city.
Chicago people are taxed almost to
death ut present, ard the people of Chi.
cago are groaning under the burden.
The Drainage Gang now wants the
Legislature TO tax every 800 worth of
property in the city 81 for the benefit
of its contracting friends.
Robbery most base.
Robbery most foul.
When will the people of this great
ana generous city wake UP ana use
its clothes lines?
Contentious of members of the Drain.
age Board that reduction of the flow
of water in the drainage canal in ac-
cordance with the orders of the War
Department will threaten local sani-
tary conditions We're exploded the otl,-
er day by Commissioner of Health
Reynolds. The commissioner declared
the present dilution of sewage in the
canal was beyond present practical
sanitary requirements. us only rela.
lively small portion of the clty's sew
age was being disposed of through the
canal. lie added that the reduction
of the flow from 100000 to 100000 Gu
10 70 ri
sion for immediate fears as 90 Chica.
go's sanitary condition.
Charges We're made. too, by u num-
Der of drainage trustees that the re.
duced.flow problem has been used as
club by those members of the board
bills now pending before the Legisla.
ture by which an extra tax was sought
by the Sanitary District for the worl;
of widening of the river. As Il result
the bill calling for an additional tax
OF one-half of l per cent to carry out
this plan Is expected to fail of passage
So critical was the situation regard
ed by the trustees supporting the meas
ure that conference was held during
the week with Representative Bowle>
of Will County, the sponsor for the bill
| in the lower house. The latter frankly
admitted that, though the bill had al
vanccd To third reading with little ol
! no opposition, its passage was pracii
cally hopeless.
Frank Wenter was one of the trus
no N
sion. "All this talk about reduced flow
amounts TO nothing" said he. Nv,
! should have 100000 cubic feet of water
passing through the channel every min
ute instead of 100000. as ordered 10y
the War Department. Had nothing
been said about this problem there
would have been no trouble. Public
sentiment was stirred up. however, by
some of the trustees themselves. and
they have used this question as Il clul
TO force the bills now pending n,
Springfield. That's the whole truth
about this matter"
Commissioner Reynolds further point
cd ont that reduced flow would moi
affect the supply of ~. Louis, an argu'
mcnt which has been used in the effort
10 secure funds that the work of widen
ing the river might he taken up. on
the ground that only a wider channel
will admit of flow of 10000 cubic
feet of water minute without mcnac'
fng navigation.
II should say that the present dilu'
tion Is beyond present practical sani
tary requirements" continued Commits
sloner Reynolds. 1T is to be remem
bered that only n relatively small pro
portion of our sewage is now being dis
posed of through the drainage channel
practically none except thar which j.
discharged into the South Branch, ana
an inconslderable contribution from
the lower END of the North Branch
Based upon our present knowledge, de
rived from studies ana experiments,
both in this country and abroad, dilu'
ton of 10000 cubic feet for every 1OO,-
900 of population Is not excessive, NJ
least not theoretically"
II is then pointed out that flow of
200, 900 cubic feet q minute will fill the
main river and the South Branch from
The lake to the entrance 10 the DRAMAS 90
anal with pure water once in every
eight hours or so, and than this will
suffice 20 maintain good sanitary con
d.uou of the stream and of the drain
az" cana. irself.
The serious question at issue, Dr,
Reynolds asserts Is the future develop
ment OF rHc -luitary system. When
iLcrneWing sewers are completed, and
prag 'Ically an the sewage Of the city