. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . i^;5Jg5S^S555:^J5!SSS. ILLINOISiMICHIGAN C0MPAR\T1\E SIZE OF NOTED CANALS. HISTORICAL EXCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. ftS^ five J-ears later, by a grant of lands for the pur-pose of its construction. The work was begun in1836. and so far completed in 1848 as to admit ofthe passage of boats from the Chicago basin to LaSalle. (See Illinois & 2Iichigan Canal.) Underan act passed by the Legislature in 1805, the workof deepening the canal was undertaken bj- thecity of Chicago with a view to furnishing meansto relieve the city of its sewage, the work beingcompleted
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . i^;5Jg5S^S555:^J5!SSS. ILLINOISiMICHIGAN C0MPAR\T1\E SIZE OF NOTED CANALS. HISTORICAL EXCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. ftS^ five J-ears later, by a grant of lands for the pur-pose of its construction. The work was begun in1836. and so far completed in 1848 as to admit ofthe passage of boats from the Chicago basin to LaSalle. (See Illinois & 2Iichigan Canal.) Underan act passed by the Legislature in 1805, the workof deepening the canal was undertaken bj- thecity of Chicago with a view to furnishing meansto relieve the city of its sewage, the work beingcompleted some time before the fire of 1871. Thisscheme having failed to accomplish the objectdesigned, other measures began to be remedies were proposed, but in all theauthorities were confronted with the difficultyof providing a fund, under the provisions of theConstitution of 1870, to meet the necessary costof construction. In the closing months of theyear 1885, Hon. H. B. Hurd, who had been amember of a Board of Drainage Commission-ers, orga
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