Chicago eagle., 1901-07-20

IL IL possible, nut not correct ana |
truthful. to dcducc a calculation that |
because the present onc.quartcr, 90 to
20 per cent already diluted sewage IL |
free of contamination-ergo. the entire |
amount of sewage will likewise bc free |
with the same proportionatc flow of |
water added to Il greatly disproportion-
ate increase of sewage. Science, thy
name should be charity. drawn as n |
mantle over the most egregiOus blum. |
der Of the century as u 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
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,OOOyOOO 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 substantial property
owners Of the north shore. The claim
b made that the engineering difficulties
k<> t,, s,r tu rt In
are such that the sanitary district could
not afford to do the work and that the
purpose Of making the north shore
towns a 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.
ut Is a grating scheme" said Col.
Henry NJ. Kidder Of North Evanston.
"Why do they 90 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 Is 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 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 undertak-
Ing than to run a tile ditch across 40.
acre field, but am one Of the many
who believe that the cost of such n
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 n
point In Wilmette, where pumping
works are to be situated, to lift the
water from the lake to the sewer. The
BLUM 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 filled 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
hirty feet in depth We're made"
1t is further objected by the oppo
ncnts of the plan that the north branch
of the Chicago River overtows with Its
present drainage at certain seasons
and that 1t would have TO be deepeneG
and widened very materially to accom-
modate the drainage from the north
shore district.
The idea of lakelevel channel Is
said to be impractcable, as i
would necessltate cut of over thirt!
rccT for the first two miles and of abou
twenty feet for the following six miles
to bring it to its junction with the rivel
near Bowmanvl.le. At that point the
bed of the river is twelve feet above
the lake level, and it would be neces
sary to have pumping works there tC
lift this sewage into the river.
From the talk at the Monroe. how
ever, all the Improvements" will bt
carried out whether the people kick Ol
not
For two weeks before a girl marrles
| every time the door bell rings anC