. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . tion 0 four nat-ural sim-ply the sav-ing, for theuse of allthe peojjle,of the for-ests stand-ing uponour pub-existing inthe mineral MICHIGAN AVENUE imOM PARK ROW, 169,353.[Original Owned by the Chicago Historical Society.] lie lands, theour mountain water powersstreams, and MUNICIPAL ECONOMY 15 wealth underlying tlie lands owned by tlienation. These vast, valuable resources ofwealth were given away and wasted intimes of plenty, and during the settlementand development ofour country. Ourcities als
. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . tion 0 four nat-ural sim-ply the sav-ing, for theuse of allthe peojjle,of the for-ests stand-ing uponour pub-existing inthe mineral MICHIGAN AVENUE imOM PARK ROW, 169,353.[Original Owned by the Chicago Historical Society.] lie lands, theour mountain water powersstreams, and MUNICIPAL ECONOMY 15 wealth underlying tlie lands owned by tlienation. These vast, valuable resources ofwealth were given away and wasted intimes of plenty, and during the settlementand development ofour country. Ourcities also are de-m a n d i ng conserva-tion of the resourceswhich are theirwealth—the health oftheir people, thestreets by which theyconveniently go fromplace to place, theparks within whichthey find recreation,and the spacious pub-lic centers whereinthey build greatstructures expressiveof the will and spiritof their peoples. Our government, inthe building of thegreat Panama canal,is engaged in a work of eliminating canal, destined to shorten the steam-. Father Jacques Marquette, and Louis Joliet werethe first white men to cross the Chicago River.[Original Owned by Chicago Historical Society.] time in the lives of coming generationsand of people who will benefit by quicktransit of property between the Atlanticand Pacific oceans. Chicago, in the con-struction of itsgreat drainage canalfrom Lake Michigan,engaged in a greattask of preventingwaste. The buildingof the canal was toprevent waste ofhealth and lives ofthe people of Chicagoby stopping sicknessand death from mal-adies that could beprevented by provid-ing pure water andthe quick disposal ofdisease-causing sew-age. All about us in Chi-cago we see, everyday, if we observeclosely, some new andimportant steps being taken to further thisworld-wide movement to prevent waste.
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