, 1860-09-10
Chicago n Viewed by 4 Stranger.
[Uo.ses2on !ence OF ths n. r. Wosl6.]

lCtTEe1pon tenet or lls y. I. n ofo.I
CH.oAoo, August 81.
Fivo years $50 paid my frs: visi. to this
city, aud 10 day, as contemplate tho many
departments Of business, am almost be1ii-
dersd at their number and magnitude In a.
most ali the p1itcipal streets the old plank
roadways. over which rolled Tue numbering ON
nibus, ind through whose cYevices the mud
2;,d water Rushed to the horses backs, have
been superseded By finely paved streets, elc-
vated from six to eig;t feet aboTe The old level,
Had along which passes the easy riding, luxu.
rasns street car-thAt modern convenience now
50 generally adopted in all our larger cites.
Baitdings, too, OF every description hare kept
psce with other imptoTenents, and have them-
selves either been raised to grade, OF razed to
10 the ground, giving way to far more elegant
and substantial structures.
Nor IS it alone upon tie business street that
INC marks OF progress are 80 plainly visible.
All over the city, even to its farthest limits is
to be seen the evidences of that indou' liable
energy which has made this the prodigy Of the
West. True, the revulsions Ct businees hare
retarded. in a great degree, the workings Of
many who are deeply interested IN the advance
ment Of everything which shall add new beauty
and renoWD. Still there hare been master
mirds at work pushing onward with q steady
purpose as fur Is their meacs would allow OF
The enlargement Of business should demand
Wba. has beeL done has been we'll done. aud
Chicago to-day stands in many respects ahead
nf tee older cities Of the East. Indeed, few
can excel her in the gigantic proportions
and adapted1ess Ct her business houses, or the
architectural beauty Of her private residences.
accomplished, Chicago lacks one important
element Of steady permanent success-that Of
mRautacturcs. Nor is this 30 strange when
it is considered that men hAve been 80 much
engroased wit immense gsias, derived from
other souEcea, such as resi- estate specu1ating
aud the like, as to overlook all miner considers
tions ind grasp At the greatest good Of the
teWest number. This, however, will in the next
few years be entirely changed. Already are
capitalists turning their attention to the estab-
lishment Of various manufacturing interests,
and, when once firmly undertaken, they will be
carried to successlul completion, Tor it is eyi-
dent that in this city nothing is evsr done By
knives. Twill venture the assertion that in less
tana ten years Chicago will become the
great nanufacturing CITY, a. sts il today
TIE gteat grain shipping city Of the United
States. Her facilitiea are abundant; cotton,
the great staple, can be delivered here cheaper
than in Lowell, Mass. Coal exists all over the
State, and can be bad At equally low rates;
while the iron aud copper mines Of Lake Supe-
nor can be made to pour In their vast amounts
OF minerals to be manufactured and reshipped
~ o'ul o. my hGA every beCtiou Qt OUT COUNTY,
UbJ ectlons have been made by many that there
ls here no Water power, but they never consider
the TACT that ateaIn can be used to a. good I'D.
Vantage and ~ little cost. Suggestions have
already bsen put forth with \ view to the estab.
EShment OF m Immense iron manufactory here,
snd that such an enterprise would pay hand
some dividend there can be not The slightest
doubt.
If ever there was time when the establish
n Ia
could be entered into with hope Of SUCCESS it is
now. The Went is just entering season of re-
newed prosperity. For three 1ears the people
have been studiously engaged in managing how
to pay Of old deb.s, and by the practice Of the
strictsst rules Of economy and industry they
have succeeded far beyond their most aanguiae
expectations. The prospects for the future was
never more dattering than now for \ renewal Of
that thrift which has 10 marked the history OF
the West but a few years since. But that pros-
perity will originate from u far different source
-the. Kild speculations then entered into will
never again be resumed, and the mania for yet.
ting suddenly rich will be confined to those Who
wish to try their fortunes further West, tmong
the Rocky Mountaias or the wilds Of Oregon.
With all the experience Of the past staring
them in the face. there is need Of much caution
on the part Of active business men, lest they fail
into some Of the old errors frcm which they
have but recently been reclaimed. In the i'm
porting and manufacturing cities Of the East,
the credit OF western men IS sgain fully estab-
lshed, and active preparations are being made
TO tecnre their trade for the coming season.
With al these Frightening prospects, which loom
up clearly IN oil parts Of the country, there is
degree OF moderation both on the p1rt of buYer
aud seller, which should be kept within
judicous limit, and sellers hesitate before urr-
ing upon their customers more than their actual
necessities demand. Better that the goods and
Wares Of your New York houses should iay upon
the ahe1f and store than that your safes should
b. eFammed with paper On which payment may