Second to none: Chicago stories

Introduction -- Buckets, wells, and water carts -- The city takes over -- The engineer -- The Chesbrough plan -- Building the great Chicago lake tunnel -- The two-mile crib -- The wonder of America -- Never-ending demand -- Water and fire -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. Appendix A: Population of early Chicago, 1833-69 ; Appendix B: Chicago political roster, 1837-71 ; Appendix C: Annotated contract and specifications for the lake tunnel ; Appendix D: Expenditures on the lake tunnel and crib, 1863-April 1867 ; Appendix E: Growth of the Chicago waterworks, 1854-70 ; Appendix F: Chronology