, 1864-09-12

Rork, clearing away The rubbish and nren,rine r. r.
eom,nenee The ground OK oi this pa bic buiidlas.
landed for, but have leaned since aid II nsve M
been led to draw comparison between the work
Which you have been doing during the greater pc
Fiod q ;. Aons hSes @ and the work which you have
this stone ehou1d be properly. laid, that there
should be excavations made, aud that the rubbish
should be removed, that the ground work
have this day laid the +tone, and from tuIs day forth,
It tis xed tact IN the h1etor5 Of tie city Of Chi
caGo. And long may 1t remain here, the public re-
men. 13nt fellow citixens, what has been The work
Of sour lives! visited the spot where this csty
now stands n 1889; there was no city here then.
prepare statistes-I I'm reminded that In thar year
al lhe nour and all the meat and provisions thkt
"a the few people then here were brought from
6Hna'o ard from Cleveland; and from other lake
ports ia1 cast ofour own. ana reminded at the
Esme time, thAt It w9s not until 1893 thas there
was any corn shipped from Chicago eastward. and
bushels Of wheat In 1sas! and in iss2 there Esqe
over dnys3x millions OF hnshe1s shipped from t6is
rost. I am reminded that when l inst waited
ta1n aso s the1e we're rot ore. one hundred sous k
ttl.. 1au0 thrubItns, beating hearts here where
tnat{ yeasn ago there were scarcely "a eeut1e~
msh 1ane nsse t spoke to the o:ator am corrected.
uoA 49, 11S neu5ca rom report toot IN hand to-
eay eau n ny ~ snd here tells me there are I91,o0o
hnnd1ea ad n tss y S Snsso tay Nearly Two
-ss A1tQ A4Q women. am mt an
olo man yst: do 1ot feel old TO-DAY. md W. ~
Ame 10 chicago before its growth hens1 NJ
Naetoe, II only reminds me 81 a nartf7si -.
aDoaf 70 carry out. What hage you bern i3o,r1
laying the corner stone Of new soc,erv. ~ es,
the Great King Of The Universe has cptrn.,teS h.t
great and important work OF laytnr the co.nas uas
ttone OF tbs moral, religious and commercial rhst-
achF Of this mighty city, How hKye you iatd hat
corner Btonef How arc this Board OF Trsde and
ttis Chamber Of Connr cree to bniId upon tie cnr.
neg some which {on hare ladf For tell ron nv
friends That this bn,luing when 1t eha1l have been
fnithed. when this eaperEtructure shall be con
pleted- and when the cap stone ehall haze been
laid. everything In the history of Chicago aud In
the history Of these bodies that are now building
this superstrnctute. will depend upon the corneS
stone which the people have laid morally, socially
rolEtcus1y and commerclaly. II you have do1e
your WORK well. then this building and That whicS
II 10 inhahlt this building will be epccsss;i
,ou hare not laid these corner stoncs well
unless they are laid upon the sure aud eternal
foundation Of the Chrishsn religion. this building,
and al other bulldogs In this city, must come to
44auEht- have spoken oi Chicago In Its infancy,
hVs naVs spoken Of the corner stone which We have
oe ia51ne Ia the city Of Chicago, and do 90 with
PIaaes Pss ,11eca9ee claim among you4 very many Of
yoat oid citizens as old aeq1aintances. see with
tn tF.as, uat you have In the spsca OF few years,
4ntto np rom the mud this coodly city. now see
nsnsc nth NJ Hnsen among the mighty cities OF the
sat1.a ~ 1aoaee Done your work well, and pos
tefS Ha EzFo sou all due credit tot It but lei mo