Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . t is called theSanitary District of Chicago. The feasibilityof connecting the waters of Lake Michigan byway of the Des Plaines River with those of theIllinois, attracted the attention of the earliestFrench explorers of this region, and was com-mented upon, from time to time, by them andtheir successors. As early as 1808 the subject ofa canal uniting Lake Michigan with the Illinoiswas discussed in a report on roads and canals byAlbert Gallatin, then Secretary of the Treasury,and the project was touched upon in a bill relat-ing to the Erie Canal and other en
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . t is called theSanitary District of Chicago. The feasibilityof connecting the waters of Lake Michigan byway of the Des Plaines River with those of theIllinois, attracted the attention of the earliestFrench explorers of this region, and was com-mented upon, from time to time, by them andtheir successors. As early as 1808 the subject ofa canal uniting Lake Michigan with the Illinoiswas discussed in a report on roads and canals byAlbert Gallatin, then Secretary of the Treasury,and the project was touched upon in a bill relat-ing to the Erie Canal and other enterprises, intro-duced in Congress in 1811. The measure continuedto receive attention in the press, in WesternTerritorial Legislatures and in official reports,one of the latter being a report by John C. Cal-houn, as Secretary of War, in 1819, in which it isspoken of as valuable for military 1822 Congress passed an act granting theright of way to the State through the publiclands for such an enterprise, which was followed,. SANITARY CANAL - CHICAGO
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