Book excerpt: Excerpt from Third Annual Report of the Board of Public Works, to the Common Council of the City of Chicago: April 1st, 1864 The Board have not found it necessary to issue any bonds since 1861. The income of the works is sufficient to provide for any ordinary enlarge ment, such as extending the distributing mains, besides paying the interest and expenses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.