Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-06-01

The success of the grafters on the
present Drainage Canal has set the
gang wild.
1t now wants to build canals every
whore.
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
$5OO,OOO,OOO before they are through.
OF course, this may bankrupt the
citizens, but what Of It?
Opposition to making Evanston and
the north shore towns a part Of the
sanitary district Is finding many nd
herents among the subst antial property
owners of the north shore. The claim
is 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 IL to in
crease the revenue Of the district In
order to complete the work already
started. Such plan, shy the irate
property owners, would Tux the new
part Of the district without giving any
local returns.
1T IL 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.
osition made in regard to what kind Of
a drainage system TO- 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 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.
1.-THE hreamers speak of this matter
as II It were 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 at
point In Wilmette, where pumping
works are to be situated, to lift the
water from the lake to the sewer. The
blum ut 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 o pumping station there very
costly, the bay is frequently filed with
anchor ice that would render the op'
Grafton Of the works impossible. A
greater difficulty would have to bs
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
thirty feet In depth were made"
It is further objected by the oppo'
nents of the plan that the north branch
of the Chicago River overfows with Its
present drainage ut certain seasons,
and that it 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 Is
said to be impractlcable, as 1t
wsuld necessltate cut Of over thirty
fecr 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 Bowmanville. 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 or
not.
At the office of commissioner VI In
dian affairs few days ago contracts
We're let to cattlemen for the renting Of
the pasture lands Of the Usage Indians,
in Oklahoma. These Indians have
100000 acres of pasture lands, OF
which 100000 acres We're rented. This
will add to the annual income Of the
tribe about $4,000. Sand already"
said Captain 4. c. 'TOnner, assistant
commissioner of Indian affairs, 1.-THE
Usage Indians are the richest people in
the world.
Several years ago the lands of the
Osages In Kansas We're sold, the sale
realizing $SOOO,OOO. This money was
placed in the treasury Of the United
States, and from 1t the Usage Indians
derive an annual income of 100000.
In addition to this they own 1870, 105
acres Of land, which is fairly worth 80