, 1860-05-15
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HISTORY; ~
So far rs its real grpBth is CONCERNED, is en-.
braccd within TIL: observation of those who arc
! still anng our .aehgc business men. = -
The town Of Chicago was laid ont by the Ca
nal Trustees, in $3.50. The first: map uf the:
surrey on record among the city archives is.
|. dated I Aagust & 1880 Tic town ,was u
eanized by The; election, Of - fire trnrlstees,
Aug. 10Th, 1sS3.. There Mere AT" tie time
twenty.six voters5 ef whom eight IRE still
living iu this city, The. city charter EaS grant:
cd py 1h2 Legislature MARCH, iii 1887: The 6rst
ELECTION under the charter was leld May 1st.,
| 1887, nnd the city government was duly organ
lied by the election Of VIM, 3: Ogden rs Mayer,
Jplr:1sAa q census WIS taken which showed that.
the city contained: 4.l7o inhabitants. ;Tkopgh
but few ays past twenty. sever, years old. .aY
city, 4he greetings Of :l5o,oo6 inhabitants now
weleqme II e. National Republican Convention:
to The losp pdtalitiss of:chiragG: :: :. -:
pos1r1ox, ,:1orooa4rRr de-, tc.-' =:
To the naked yethe site of Chicago afpeass
to be nearly on dead leyel;; but accurate, sur;
| veys show Ehe city. 10 be. from two to twenty,
four feet 4boYe The Like: Id addition to this,
The grade Of the principal streets has been
raised from two 10 eight: feet above the surface
By this me kns perfect drainage is secured, and
a sufficient fall is obtained for complete sys.
Item of Eewfrage. Al efficient Board Of Com;
missioners is .4ow engaged in;exteudlng the,
sasGfs5 Ill {vef The city. The city is supplied:
wqA IN all tndapee Of pure water 5reu. the lfke.
1t Is pumpfd up INTO rRsersoirs by: powerful
| machinery The broad streets, afe being paved
or NcAdamize where. II: Is not already done,
| and in d quartcr of century more Chicago
will be one of the finest 'e:tiks: upon the Com
tncnt!r n dative1y tha aite Of: :Chlcago is 1oW,,
being aitunted on audBnrroppded, By prairie;
but it is re4lIy on the dividing RIDGE 600 feet
above Tie ocean, between the valleys of the St.
Lawrence ahd theNiss1ssppi, Before eisilization
marked i. out as The site for one of The. !eadiug
cities of thu continent, the Indians madesit the
'gate.*Ry b etyeen the Lakes aud The Mississippi
In times 4f:.hIEk. wdtcr their ::casQes passed:
..GeslG thro pgh Mud Lake between The Chicago,
river and ihss Dss Plaines, and thus do x;n 10
the Illinois and the Aississippi''~ ,~"
| An, cast an man, however intelligent, can:
form h9 jug conception of what, Chicago il to
be in the future It'll he-riats the country west
of the CITY. and becomes thoroughly posted in
regard to # sexsent aud its exhaustless mineral
and agricultural resources a careful examiaa.
+ nation of the map will show that there is
territory enough between tie. Likes ana the
Rocky Mountains to mike fourtee States as
large Is: Ohio, and be who has studied the eli
euata;and resources Of this vast country knows
that they y ill he;wpch richer aud can maintain.
q larger: population thcu :the Backeys'$Sto+e.
American energy has but just begun:to peue:'
trate tlia rast country ind toiplapt therc.t .the
| blessinga Of our ChfiEtian civilization sWhat
! Chicago will .ber when; :thsss fourteen States
have. become settled aud fully Developed it Is
not for US 70 predict. Il! -. Az. !, x
forn<refns s.zdraxsasfs.....; .
Chicago is situated on the Chicago river,
eighteen miles qorth pf the southern sxtremeity;
| of akc3Michigan. To tie 'harbor witch the
river affords the city owes sa1I its;npoffance..
pi lhe", ali 81 xhisahH Nil il leH
years be " wanted to accommodate The Increased
| commerce and manufactures Of the 'c1t ~ by
The sault :s'es ,f.VElcs caaul;: ep4 Htesqns{s,
1fma vessel IS trade to all tac ports, Of Lake
..,nar;on and lev .1o 13-.1yo,i y H. e.
Lawrence can cansis IT, ssn TIL e. ocssn
sutbrrohinS ba'p, @ IT, IL :, @ sS.. ~ tsc,oenss
MADEIRA H., ,an5s1 !, ch;,nr, , n.;t, , csrro Of
cr,cl.,r H. r. Il; sct, ,from Lirerpools and
~ ns,n i,;.hnona t1ss ysar nrsrans 1s3s
h5n'aa1 mi h. frora"c With carno df w1.s3t fto,n
Chicago, tP Liyerpool;' Astery considerable
,,,n1,ar of -xs,.,rar.,,a ,a.,, H.,
IaEes ,nd .rntoos ,.d. $. hotferad: t,,.t ~,
s:srcer alv 9t caa be- oSced t. H. loTts
'of this sto9,merce in thea eaAututes sSone. tIirev'
thousand niles Of coast line upoi, TIC Iales are
accessible I,7.ai md .tea.ner 10 tbn couu,.rce
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| ChicaCo] is the centre Of vast system
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vo,h1osS d Like Wiussbasn! ,st 1.aerossn @ s5,
] ,,tn N;.Eei;,,; uAl.o IN a.. .1raxh 4,. pv,,;.
da' 'chieu nd Dubuque on .tle mississippi, aud
tfem n!pybp pqus, Yqtbo |pttfReade}ce, s1awa, e
and IN thd SHINE ssdte *e afc Id daily conhec7
tion VIII Cedar Rapids I9T9 City, "ashing59n q
most; one or more drttbas{ gb I'll be czttiAae ta,
ed totRe Missouri. Our li1ea saeStend toSsu
| e1ocor&f Nsscc,,; g 119te[ haA 4,thor mint.