The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-03
WINDSOR PARK
Up IN ARMS
Residents of Fashionable
Station Say Blasting
Dangerous.
MANY LAWNS RUINED
Appeal to Police to Stop Work on
Sewer at seventy-third Street
Afraid to Walk Streets.

South Chicago, July 3.-Residents of
fashionable Windsor Park and mem
bers Of the South Shore Country club
are up in arms over the action of work
men engaged in the construction of a
big water tunnel at Seventy
street They are now engaged in
blasting at a point just off shore and
the rocks and debris are hurled for
hundreds of yards in every direction
at each successive explosion. AS a re-
suit lawns in the vicinity are covered
with rocks, stones and dirt in such
profusion that the owners claim they
are being ruined as a result. The lives
Of those who live in the vicinity and
of passersby are placed in constant jeop-
ardy, and it Is said to be unsafe to
traverse the streets at any hour while
work is in progress.
This danger and nuisance is said by
those affected to be entirely unneces-
sary and could be avoided if proper
care was taken in banking up around
the sticks OF dynamite before they are
exploded The contractors declare that
this would be an enormous expense and
cause great delay in the work Never
theless it looks as if the residents had
reached their limit of endurance. a
prominent business man living in the
vicinity stated this morning that they
are and had been willing to put up
with many annoyances connected with
/ the work such as the presence of a
multitude of foreign labor the insight
! ly piles of dirt and tools and the noise
! from early morning till late at night,
of the blasting and other work of con-
struCtion. I'VE are all reused at 6
o'clock every morning by the roar of
the dynamite which continues unremit-
tingly throughout the day" he said,
but we refuse to face the constant
danger OF a huge downpour of rocks
at each successive blast. Children are
forced to remain indoors unless they
can be sufficiently sheltered while at
their play"
The police have Keen appealed to to
secure protection. a detail has been
sent to the vicinity which will be kept
there to insure the protection Of the
public. If there is any means that car
be taken to stop this menace they are
there to take advantage of it. They
will watch the progress of the work
from day to day to insure the protec-
tion of the public. and it is thought
likely that they can succeed In putting
a stop to it.
The work in question is the con
struction Of an enormous water tun-
mel near the foot of Bond avenue ant
i Seventy-second street. The tunnel vii
extend for a distance of four miles int
Lake Michigan and Will serve as {
feeder for pumping stations at Wash
ington Heights, Stony Island and Wes
Pullman. 1t is the biggest engineer
ing feat undertaken in the city of Chi
cago. The diameter of the tunnel viii
be about ten feet and will be laid a
a depth of one hundred and forty fee
at the base. 1t will be constructed O
cement and extend over a distance o
twelve miles The idea is a new on,
and has never been tried before il
the operation Of any water system il
the country. The main difference il
the old and new system is that tn,
pumping stations will now be locate,
in the heart Of the district to be sup
piled rather than at the lake front
, insuring more reliable flow of waite
at a greater force.