Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-05

Sanitary District Of Chicago.
President, Thomas A. Smyth.
Clerk, John McGillen.
Treasurer, John A. Mccormick.
Trustees:
Thomas A. Smyth,
James M. Daley,
Charles r. Reading,
Edward Kane,
Paul A. Hazard,
Fred d. Brett,
Thomas M. Sullivan,
George w. Paullin,
Wallace @. Clark.
The territory embraced in the SAM.
tary District Of Chicago may be added
to under a new law. It provides that
under referendum vote Melrose
Park, River Forest, Franklin Park
and River Grove may be annexed to
the Sanitary District.
The City Council Of Chicago may
go ahead at its next meeting and
proceed with the plans for an outer
harbor, under the terms of the O'Con.
nor act. It is perfected bill of the
one Of two years ago which contained
technical defects. The city IL given
power to occupy all made lands, title
to which Is In the state, and may
bring all necessary suits to recover It.
Under the act the powers OF the city
are enlarged in relation to harbors,
canals. slips, wharves. docks, levees,
piers and breakwaters, and all har.
Dor structures.
Steps toward repairing some Of the
defects found by the legislative in.
vestigating committee In one of the
walls Of the sanitary canal at Joliet
have been taken by the sanitary dis.
trict trustees. Parts Of the wall, where
disintegration was found, are being
strengthened and several holes found
above the frost line are being filled.
No immediate steps will be taken to
rebuild the wall entirely, inasmuch as
It's condition 10 not regarded as
dangerous. Concerning the legisla.
tive committees report. Lyman Il.
Cooley, consulting engineer for the
sanitary district said:
"The report Of the committee indi.
Gates that there Is no immediate
danger. SO that immediate replace
ment of the wall does not appear
necessary. The report does indicate,
however, that eventually the walls
will have to be rebuilt. The fault lies
in the material used. Poor concrete
Was u0o6.
I'm view Of the committees re.
port, which indicates that there IL
no immediate danger II such defects
az are pointed out are remedied tenn.
porarily. have suggested to the
board that such repair work be done
and further rebuilding wait for q year
or two. My reason 10 that In the
course Of q year or two, after certain
suits in the federal courts are dis
posed Of, work on the deep water.
way plan may be begun. Working
out Of that plan will require certain
changes in the construction and loca.
ton Of the walls, SO that. az matter
Of fact, there would be required new
set Of walls through the Joliet dis
trict. Therefore. with the absence of
immediate danger 40 indicated In the
committees report, the work Of re.
building the walls may safely wait
until that time.
Definite plans along this line will
have to wait further action by the
legislature In the way Of investigat.
ing. The sanitary district probably
will seek an appropriation to take
care OF such further investigation 90
appears necessary. The sanitary dis
trict trustees are willing to do every.
thing asked for by the legislative com.
mittee In the way Of making the walls
SAFE"
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The engineering committee, Of
which Thomas Sullivan 10 chairman
voted unanimously to enter q con
tract with the Gty to install $1,000
additional lights and to rehabilitatt
about 1900 now In existence. A con
traCt nra ctiCalIv com p1otoA ro0lnH N,