New-York tribune., 1901-09-09
TOPICS IN CHICAGO.
PLANNING TO EXTEND THE DRAINAGE
CANAI-FREE SCHOOL BOOKS oP-
POSED BY RoMANISTS-ABUN-
DANCE OF FRUIT.

ieeislsture iS n take action which viii permit
the city to extend its drainage district north 20
include Lake Forest. thirty miles distant
and also give the city many miles or addltiohal
deep water wharfage and an additional harpor
entrance The plln contemplates the building
OF a canal $50 feet wide and giving water
depth Of thirty feet TO connect the north branch
Of the river with Lake Michigan at Crosse Point.
An intercepting sewer of large size will bring
all of the drainage OF the north shore suburbs
down the new canal. and the whole VIII oe sent
down the Illinois River Valley along with
large volume Of pure lake water. This VIII pre-
vent the sewage from being carried out into
the lake TO be pumped into the city water mains
With the new canal giving an entrance for YES
sells from the lake, the city will have three dis
tinct harbor entrances and more miles of wharf
age than any other city i'm the world To carry
out the plan will require the erection of several
locks along the canal and a pumping station at
the lake entrance The present north branch oil
the river meets the main stream with flow as
black as ink and vile the old river in its
worst DAYS. Upon its surface are borne coal tar
and other refuse Of a volume sufficient to alarm
the people owning property along the banks, as
the tar when left undisturbed for short time.
attaches itself to wharves, piling and other
woodwork and is highly infammable. The new
canal is expected to bring to the north branch
been attained by the main stream.
After sixty-seven years OF usefulness the old
fremont House has ended its days as hotel.
Il is now in the hands of the Northwestern Uni
versity, and will be remodelled to accommodate
the schools of pharmacy, dentistry and law. In
the early days the propretors advertised good
pasturage in connection with the hotel, and its
guests could sit on it's verandas and shoot at
wild ducks in the neighboring marshes The
original hotel was built in 1885, was burned
down in 1899 rebuilt and again burned in 1S49,
and fits successor was again swept away in the
great Chicago fire. The present structure was
rebuilt after the fire on scale of magnificence
that was awe inspiring to the natives Of that
day. This structure is so strong and durable
that II has been declared by experts to be fully
competent to stand the strain OF several addi-
tional stories. which the university has planned
TO place upon it. While the date the big
bronze plate on the front pillar Of the building
will remind old settlers that their town is aging,
the building bids fair to remain as landmark
for many years to come.
The proposition of the school trustees to ex-
pend $4,000 for textbooks for free distribution
in the schools has aroused a storm of protest
from the authorities Of the Roman Catholic
Church, and they have secured an Injunction
restraining the trustees from making the eX-
penditures The claim is set up by the attorneys
Of the church authorities that there is no religion
in the affair, but that il is simply a desire to
head off q movement which appears to them 10
be only the entering wedge of socialism. The
$4,000 which it is proposed to spend now for
free books for the pupils of the first to the
fourth grade inclusive. is part of $4,000 set
aside by appropriation made last January
The legal action was begun on the petition Of
Peter Kill, taxpayer. who is backed by the at
of the vigilance committee of the Fed
GRAFTON of German Catholic Societies. The petit
ton was directed against Superintendent Of
Schools Z. g. Cooley, President Graham H. Har-
ris, Secretary Lewis Z. Larsen and Auditor
George Z. c. Custer of the Board Of Education
The resolution voting the expenditure immedi-
ately of the $4,000 was passed on Tuesday
night, only three OF the fourteen members
present going on record against it.
Never has there been such glut OF fruit and
produce in the local markets in the history Of
the city. The largest quantities peaches and
melons. Both OF these have come in at a rate
that has put the transportation lines in a guam
dairy to take care of them and has kept all of
the regular and many special commercial chan
nels crowded to their utmost to send them into
consumption. Some of the Lake Michigan pas
serger steamer lines have been forced to change
their schedules in order to take care of the i'm
mense volume of stuff pressing forward AS if to
add to the troubles Of the latter, the grape crop
has begun to move. complete change has
come the spirit of the men who have in
charge the moving of canned fruits and vege-
tables from the Gamer TO the retail dealer. \
few weeks ago most Of them were almost panic
stricken. and they paying exorbitant fig
ures for almost anything in the line of canned
goods. Now all Of them agree that. while corn
early vegetables and the small fruits are ma
terialy short of other years, there is enough
| surplus in the late articles to more than make
up the difference.
| Manufacturers of paints and other articles in
which linseed oil enters one of the important
raw materials are getting all the oil they want
at 40 cents gallon for delivery in the next
| three months. This is less than half the price
at which the oil sold shortly after the STANDARD
Oil Company secured control of the old National
company, which had sought to control the mar.
ket. 1t develops that the aspirants for con.
| troll have much to learn in the manipulation oi
oil values In such a way to secure large
profits without at the same time building III
the opposition or crippling the trade of theil
customers. Just at present the big manufac
turers of paints. linoleums and other articles
calling for quantities Of linseed oil are buying
the latter articie in immense lots and are layine
| In a supply which is likely 10 tide them over
| any season like the last. in which the oil manu-
! facturers attempted TO hold them up for exorbi.
| tant figures. 1t transpires that il took only q
small quentity OF linseed oil to run the Western
| paintmakers through their last busy selling and
manufacturing season. Their manufactured
stocks were permitted TO run low and little ad.
ditional oil has been bought until the last week
! when the oil manufacturers cut the prices doWr
in the attempt TO wipe out competition while al
the same time laying in a supply of cheap fax.
seed for oilmaking purposes later. The f1axseed
crop Of the Northwest is enormous and OF fine
quality. and il is the evident intention OF the
oiimakers TO lay in big stock OF il at low
figures
ARHY AND NAVY ORDERS.