, 1860-10-06

1t. louis or Chicago.
10 tas Extos Of IL Il. Z, Wera:
4 resident Of tbs West. aad n intersstsd Oh
ssrver Of the GroHth OF 0hisaRo aines it, b.
ginning would like briefly 70 prssest to you.
eaa IN " youf namefoss res8&1s. sone seAsona
Presa In your lat aatnrdaJ'a iasue, tina st.
Louis will b the great eity af the Wat,
l have been one Of the gr1tided resdsrs Of
t1e Vorkd ainee tts edumsssemeot, ard. am
glaa Q! ~ success; you would hardly consider
,ne oploion "th4t she Herald nr 1,16uns il to
tnfs.' fairly proved by a reference 10 i,a pat
history and present pnsitiou3
II. Aou11 has ht3 q wonderful gro NH, but
shs II M Old city, and has had tbs savautaRe ~
the onpetltos. which aha il, with Chicago for
saplem1cy In The West, Of large accunulatiops
to continue IN aecu4tomed channels snd follow
eae current; yet. while eha has grown ii ten
yeats IRON II 1000 to let, 900, her young rival,
110,000.J
Both places hars no doubt their own leRiti-
mate sources Of Krawth, With which r.y&lry cap.
not much interfere. and each viii bsconae the
metropolis OF rich and Popuious country.
They Are lar enough apart for that, nearly four
times the distance between New Tor4 and Phi.
!aoe'phla neTertheleas, one Or ths other must
: ter Of the West, "a New Yorf Hov i of the
whole country.
Now, .hile St Louis hts ths advantage IN
present size. and ia capital, aud in s'hr COM
manding location" on the great natural QUILT
so1sh q tho Miss1ss}ppi vallev, Chicago CLAIMS
that before another decade their relative position
and except those in which st. Louis ia al.eadY
oeh'nd-ss In the amount OF receipts aad ship
road interest. d..
The following considerations will justify this
The ratio Of annual growth Of Cnic.po for
twenty Jesrs past has bsso about twice hat Of
IT. Louis having the force now Of au established
laN; aud rightly estimating al the cireum.
stsnees, past and pEaaeat, Tho ratio Of prpvth
In favor of Chicago, il liz to increase heTeatter
ina central Inc Of the a7erage i1crease Of
population, a1d OF productive industry for the
Hhole country, appro1imating each oshsr in
their westward progress, 80 far S. yet develop
Cd by statistics, tesl xsttt near the head OF lake
{and ocean) navigation, On the great central
route of trsvel THE 4;r Inns on The elobe)
between few.fork and San Francisco, near
the center Of the soon to be most deusely pop
ulated portion Of the cortinent-the N,rthxest-
ern States-at Chieago.
Tho Illinois aud Michigan canal, the connect
!nB link betW een tho Mississippi river md ii.
lts tributaries on tho enc hand, aud tha lakes
and tho g. Lawrence on the other, will BOON be
ffo,1nfso, f.1 20 a to pour : large stream from
ting river steamers Of largs sixs from the Ohio.
ths Cumberland, tbs Tanneaaee, the upper a7d
lower Mississippi, the A,kauAas, the Red. the
Missouri and all its branches, to meet IN the
hasoor ot Chicago, with boats and vessels from
all the lake aod Atl4ntc poi u aud from Europe,
and with railroad trans from al the inland
| country, end from the Atlantic and tho Pacific,
| there 70 exchange csrgoes at the oas oalv nee.
esti,y place Of "breaAln8 bulk
The unequaled railroad eystem of which Chi
csgo 1s tho centre, radiotin9, BY s1pd-dts 1,pnt
lsn<s. thrnuRh all the principal inland towns, to
the seaboard at Montreal md Portland. 1t Boa-
| ton, fer York, Ph,lade phia, Baltimore. md
other Southern cities; TO the Gulf at Mobile aad
NeH 0,la MS; to the Ohio 1t Pit sburgh, Cincin-
nat and louisville; to the Misaiazippi at Cairo.
st. Louls. Quincy, Rock Island, F1itao, Du.
buque. prai IL du Chirn, and L. Crosse rap
| 10Y e1seaainX further son.h wet. west, north.
west and north, with the advance Of settieuents
hoon to feac' the rich mining distrie. af Lake
Superior, and before many years to connect
Puget Sound the mouth Of the Columbia md
tie bay Of San Francisco; By tbs shortes. prac-
t,eaole rou'es rs before indicated) rilh New
aorx and other cities on the Atlantic coast.
In climate, healthfufness, room for iadeini, a
expanslon OF ths city limits, in extent aud con.
venleoca Of harbor facilities. Chicago has much
tho adVanta!e. Hemmed in By no hills to shut
IN the already too Intense heat Of 4 southerd
latitude, g. IL Louis- tncreate the e1pepso
and difficulty OF locomosiou-the aurf .c& Of The
city rises gently from tho water in al directions,
out TO the rich pERities s1d beautiful groves
that give her the name Of the Garden C,ty y
The lake and prairie breezes give her puro sir.
aud The foruer gives her an abundant eunp.y al
pure water; she has already nearly titty miles
OF permanent seHerags constructed bulldlo z
me.ef'als OF no best qns1ity abound, ~, ex.
cept perhaps iron, chsaptr ,taa Ut ST. L3uis .
wi:h 1oe1haust4b:e quar1ies Of q rery compsc;
cream coorsd etore close By.
Helsn'e STATISTIC. sao~ That Chica7o ia ons
Of tue heaatflest cities in the United Ssaes. not
Hihstand!n4 taat she has been in that respect
the best abused place on the continent
haanfscturl0 facilities must not h o,er.
Looked in estimating the future growth cf Cti.
caxo. With he1!thy lycaiion, pleasant sub
urbs-easll} retehed By hor4e railroads. ictrr
sec:ed 10 three directions By the river Ard irs
branches, With fourteen miles Of pavirab1e
doct front, On fsctsd by tid=s OF Ri b Of low
nAses; hefs csn be eheaplg couc-ntra 81. 6Tss
"isi:ns; stc1n3, hs "a, material y -mber d
Al kinos: ,ro", lead. c1pper, wool, ~ TOT, Hax
hemp, htde:, bark, DC, most Of whioi, urt
a'nuaaat5 proau ed. Ct the b 5: qua :t., in
tae country imme :iascly Surrounding tbicaxo
ssuret! csp'' al will b. tooa st work, cemb!ued
adva tsE ..
we ale ro* Prepared to appreciate tho s:com
mantiug pasittoa'' ct Cb;ca.o. at IL. out;s
norfA of ths Mississippi sai:eJ-nos mid 1ay OF
it-aad At 'hs kead OF navigation Of sba xre4
,ak5e a:d tn. Ut. Lawrence, g'.ia9 her d,.ec
tfatis With Earore aad t.e Eess Of the worlt
toi!h'ut 5r<,ti"g 6utk, commerce jus. Be gin
1lns 10 be developed; At poiut where the &c
real crops, tho great interest Of The Weat, ca,
be Landled without danger from the climate
and where they can be handled In bulk bY ste N
power, instead; Of in bags by negro aud null