Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-20

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 widened.
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, 900, 900 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 adj
herents among the substantial property
owners Of the north shore. The claim
is made that the engineering difficulties
to be overcome in such IN undertaking
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 10 a 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 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 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.
"The dreamers speak Of this matter
as II 1t were no more Of an undertake.
Ing than to run tile ditch across q 40.
acre field, but I am one Of the many
who believe that the cost Of such q
branch would be nearly equal to the
cost Of the main channel"
Col. Kidder continued:
ut Is proposed to run q canal four
teen miles long along the west line OF
evanston, starting from the lake at q
point In Wilmette, where pumping
works are to be situated, to lift the
water from the lake to the sewer. The
bluff ut this point has an average
height Of thirty feet above the lake
level and is battered by the st0rmiest
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 ice that would render the op
Grafton of the works impossible. A
greater difficulty would have to be
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
thirty feet In depth We're made"
It Is further objected by the oppO'
nents Of the plan that the north branch
Of the Chicago River overfows with ita
present drainage ut certain seasons
and that 1t would have to be deepened
and widened very materially to accom-
modate the drainage from the north
shore district.
The idea of q lake-level channel ID
said to be impracticable, as II
would necessitate cut Of over thirty
feet 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 Mt the Monroe, how,
ever, all the improvements" will be
carried out whether the people kick OF
not.
In the eleven precincts recOunted In
the Fifteenth ward out of the thirty.
two Former Alderman John N. BOs has
a net gain Of only one vote In his al.
dermanic contest with Alderman JO'
seph Strauss. Amos Pettibone has
filed with City Clerk LOefiier papers
for contest against Alderman vii,
liam II. Ehemann. who defeated the
former for reelection In the Twenty.
fourth ward by 285 votes. In the pc
tition Mr.. Pettibone cites numerous
cases Of alleged error and irregulari,
ties. Mandamus proceedings have
been begun in the Circuit Court to com.
pei the City Council to enroll Nicholas
]. Nagel, Of the Thirty-first Ward as al
derman. Nagel was elected as alder
man for the short term from the Thir'
ty-nrst Ward, and with Charles J.
Fahndrich, of the Seventh Ward, was
not installed. Last week the Supreme