Sheridan v. City of Chicago

On April 11, 1892, the city council of the city of Chi.cago passed an ordinance providing that a connected system of sewers be constructed in eight streets in the ordinance named, and commissioners were appointed to estimate the cost of the improvement, who estimated the cost to be §38,511.78. The ordinance for the improvement detailed the character and size of the sewers and the grade lines thereof, and provided further: “One hundred and twelve man-holes to be built upon said sewer at such points as may be directed, to be cylindrical in shape and have an internal diameter of three feet and…