Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. City of Chicago

This appeal is from a judgment of the County Court of Cook county confirming an assessment for a system of sewers in Sixty-seventh street, Madison avenue and Seventieth street, in the city of Chicago, and for a pumping station in connection with said system of sewers and for an outlet from said pumping station into Lake Michigan.

It is, among other things, provided in the ordinances under and by virtue of which this assessment is made, that “ for all rock excavation, in addition to his price per foot of sewer, the contractor is to receive a compensation of-dollars per cubic yard,” and this…