Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Ry. Co. v. Sanitary District

This was a petition filed in the circuit court of Cook county by the Sanitary District of Chicago to condemn a narrow strip of land situated upon the west bank of the south branch of the Chicago river, between the south line of Madison and the north line of VanBuren streets, in the city of Chicago, the east line of said strip being the center line of said river, to enable it to deepen, widen and improve said river from Lake to Robey streets, and thereby increase the flow of water from Lake Michigan through said river into its main artificial channel, which connects with the said south branch…