Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-19
SANITARY BOARD
Work the Trustees of the Sanitary
District of Chica8o Are Doing
for the People.

Sanitary District Of Chicago.
President, Thomas A. Smyth.
Clerk, John McGillen.
Treasurer, John A. Mccormick.
Trustees:
Thomas A. Smyth,
James M. Daley,
Charles e. Reading,
Edward Kane,
Paul A. Hazard,
Fred D. Brett,
Thomas M. Sullivan,
George w. Paullin,
Wallace @. Clark.
The City Council on Monday night
authorized a contract with the SAM.
tary district for converting $500
seven ampere arc lamps into flaming
arc lamps, and for an additional
1000 lights at cost of $2S0,000
spread over seven years.
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Chairman John A. Richert of the
City Council finance committee oh.
tained unanimous consent for the
approval Of an arrangement with the
sanitary district for the installation
Of 1000 new street lights and the sub.
stitution of flaming arcs for $500 old
type lamps now 10 use. Early objec.
lions disappeared.
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District Attorney James H. Wilker.
son went to Ann Arbor, Mich, Tuesday
to direct the taking Of rebuttal evi.
dence for the government in connec.
| ton with the suit to restrain the
sanitary board trustees from with.
drawing more than their allotment Of
water from Lake Michigan through
the proposed Calumet.Sag canal.
From Ann Arbor the persons inter.
ested in the case went to Detroit,
where testimony was taken Wednes.
day, Thursday and Friday.
Because Of the publicity centered
around the $4,000 personal injury suit
Of Edward Fertig against the sanitary
district of Chicago and the town Of
Berwyn, Judge McGoorty Of the Cir.
cult court decided to lay the case over
until Sept. Is, after attorneys for the
defendants had argued that newspaper
articles had been prejudicial to them
Judge McGoorty asked II any Of the
Jurors had read the newspaper articles
on the case. Only one. Donald Scott
replied that he had. and he said
he thought the articles would not pref
udice his mind any. The court
decided, however, to lay the case over
until September. when new Jurors will
be drawn.
Fertig. when working on q roof In
Berwyn in October. 1911. was STRUCK
by an electric wire belonging to thu
sanitary district. More than $1,000
volts are said to have passed through
his body. and he rolled of the roof {
mass Of blue flames. Doctors fount
that the man was apparently dead
as his heart showed no action. HI
was later revived.
| The sanitary district declined Il
enter into contract with the city To-
. the installation and maintenance o
$4,000 additional arc lamps on accoun
Of the limited flow Of water the dis
, trict Is allowed from the lake. Nego
tiations have been under way with tn
authorization OF the council for con
tract requiring an expenditure o
about 100000 on the part Of tn
city.
The sanitary district now supple
, the electricity for $4,000 arc lamps
, Its capacity Ia $4,000 arc lights. Trui
. tee Sullivan telephoned City ElectrI
. clan Ray Palmer that the drainag
| board would be glad to undertake tn
a., proposed contract for $4,000 lights Il
the event the government grants 1t
, request for an additional flow of waite
when the case comes up for hearing Il
=, November.
Meanwhile the district agrees Il
> install 1000 additional arc lights an,
|, to rehabilitate 1000 of the old lamps
Mr.. Palmer will report to the cit