, 1863-10-08
Ql)i1ago Qribn11t.
CITY IMPROVEMENTS,
Chicago Building Statis-
tics for 1868.
Wonderful Growth Of the City.
scarcity Of Business Houses
and Residences,


coarc;tv ~ R,,e;...~1,~
arJp--:,noo Fo"7os
'@ sN0o'aot'eeSs
ro.-,.,. ---~---
r a'ns oa' country lsin Inc m1os1
"@' Aoa thousands OF onr citizens hare
se.'N aoneu noo .neis nomes anu plaees
~ e41s'es ~ tae oae'1e ue4a a1nouga tnefe
- eca'e9 oioeh II our WHOLE CITY. nor
. m.4tp'us 1I1 uouke u 'nanu1'e.utang establish
"eu. W.. Las feptesen.a1tse IN the army
..s. ~ al.Ao'su ue clt.' county. and
~ n-a.a. ~ ~ .s'e@ oeen as neas9
e " ~ Se' t,.en Is.s nas ptooaoly never
~ 49,. ~. h.,,1.,1s. 80 s5 u ln'S e!!y' ~hen
:s4I ooee A1'o oeen eleeted' as daf-
-eFs ~ psesn1 ason7e1eepupg' perhaps,
a ..s sua,ac.e! ana Cost oi tne buildings
.;.11N,", aso oelo", oenote nea1ns, snnstan-
.%.,, . ~" "aneu. - kfo"en-ho' pastaklng IN
w 4'aet VI tne mushroom CHARACTER" as
eo1Ds ~ W "ouiu oe ii'a41 con1ena' Ihough
e~ue " ue4 p1eAs ua' 20 ep1opg up IN night,
as !, "s!e' tles WI ,as' LOT q century, Were
.ne ounnee erecseo nere TINS season, placed
'"e1 opou e0e opea Ptaules, they would
M'm n'se ana respectable city Of
~ !. n'seise' WINE Aefe' they are scarcely no.
Ictu-lnelf efeeuon oelng considered as a
"a..er - eoafee'
1ae nts1 Impressions OF stranger are that
e'e's'n'pR 1S new w-lnat all he sees has been
e.u 49, ~ 80 ue.uy ~ ~. a' tne same time, and
~ ers-x 40 - st,aat ~ @as nsz cay - 5es nnished
scea Wv hn,1d,oas ,e.s,, ey a'enue' ne
hr;c,- and ion hEs,aoee - lonse e'oae'
.ccs 49, 49, ~ .a@,sa"o1. DAesAs' mafp1e PAL
,-r,d;ro - e+-a.+. hn,,s,,s ~'s.S "nofo' Inc
o. ~ s ~ ee"ets, anu
=. ,1,e $3.50 t.- 1ps, ~ an ~ progress
~sesaenao- 49, ~ 49, ..". "a euouses' sIores and
m,nv ;nst,- oss hae.aa 49, 49,. auu oecupleo' IN
1,ot.a .,5a - ~. 40 uuA'ss aFo COM
son,o e~s1 ,,aFa1a .,a ~ ee4o4o eaen-aoo
T,ha nan,,a+..ha.,a s ~z:se 49,. az VI.
,;ao ~ t.o5s 49, sss~S-.. s.4.e' VI acuse' 1hr1'
.-3, "As1o 'nannest@not at
az. lsA4'4.n 1o4u', ou1 everywhere through
~. eas e4;' "a0'e Iue ea.e'pf1ee OF nan can
ss.4. Ao'.noo' 1aanu'acaa1efs are crowded
nIa M "o'A-ua'e ofoe1S anead Tor Ueeks,
ana can no' get hands nor increase
laeu!.'se ~ Aeep pace Win tne increasing de-
mard. Our Wholesale merchants are doing
q nea''es business tnan ever before receiving
o!aets 1oi oty gooas, hardware, groceries,
c'o'n,ps' "c'' &C., from ne" customers daily
unno nom ponts tna. hase heretofore made
.aen purchases IN other cities. This trade,
IN every department Increases not only as the
eennt,y 81 increases in cultivation and settle:
The West hare fonn1 r. IN the,- oar..+.u. =.
- =, 1eH a"'aatage 10
Pu1cnase eooos o1 al Kinds here, In prefer
- ~ s A9s' Aof 'nea. several Of
oul Aeaf1est HOUSES afe doing three.fo1d more
business than during anT previous year:
Mechanics. too, OF every trade, are busy as
bees. One eau scarcely ret ioh NJ ro,t. -
any kind done promptly, and the numerous
signs pcsted M. uCa,nentera w.rtaa -
ttT..s :, ,<,~;' "0ote'
1nne,s n an'eo @ouldess Wanted, )" In
80. x.-..N.-...s 49, ~ - AA4o7s oep13t-
"ea's 'D1onsaout tne cry. Carpenters and
~, .,a - "v1Aou ~ 1ne11 utmost ana ges
"eA PAU lot lne1l 1apof. 1Ie 1lst Of build
Ne immense nnrnhe- ~ ~ sna.sss :" o"s ."e
different branches Of building In the c;tv
,rha a.,a,.,,
A1e feaosf "uo LAS NOT seen chicago as 1t
is, nsy well wonder what use will be rna5e
Ct al these new buildings-who are to occupy
them. The facts are that the demand to. day
41se9 eAeos 4e oapp3s ~ III ciasses. and
VIC venture the assertion that there ia not
ore In . hrndrad ~ 4bo h,,,,, -
~. - " tne 0e" puuolu8s out
are ergsged before they are completed; nor
fs there any nresent nrnsnect of odoonote 20.
7,,r =. .at,sfs...s ~
hsf or eat1stact1on, to the scores