, 1865-12-29

ts..ses civirr Is direct ccanccsien with The forest
zee rfreini wecllh Of the 5ssiaaw Valley, md add
los,d. II crpt. tatef ,ast the na.tc. WIS bro.sh,
lei. II tt:S.al ~ our pso11ne1t Iasosd E'7p, who
cor ejtE E7sd the cEcs pfsc CHE that shoail b u-t
required. III ct:tnaatcd c1nlpgs 70. the ycar 15
NC 745, IN inercase over the earnings Of 1854
or 1sv vptrxcni- Tic io1orinS I: the present Doatd
Fre-ident-EdxAd " !Sa.ksn. London.
H1rsE;rg uhc11c.-c. ], bridges, Montreal.
General Freight Ac*us-F Z. st'aloa. Montreal.
t:ctersl Western A@sat-P. $. Stevenson. To.
reuto.
local super!nsendca't-W- C. Spscss, ]. F. Bar
CL:easo AserisCL WELL aud III. whi:szu.a.
THEET IsA:LTATS.
The magnificent system OF sosse railway t1ss1ss
which lalla:e t.cm the ccsas terminus Ut Gss-
'e!t Block 10 all portions ot She City. has dosw
a1hE1rg business during 1he ysar. The cars bci1S
aImcsl always crowded to 3hestnoet cap1city.
Scme &cw extensions bare ltetn tssda during tho
ycer. and several change, in The hspde OF dealing
with the pubic The eartiest movenseut Was to c1lt
privilege Of purchasing teEeis or lbeir use At re-
dCeed rate. Then The nddttion CT TIC one cent
On each Hte, authorized BY the Internal Iieyenue
lrntlcn in fasor Of ickcts sulcient to lgoce ther
purchase: simultaneously With this, the, uases Of
1hs eMp1yes ; were ~ .en PET cen With The
viii die out, every peEson riding On the cars Except
police officers Oh duty, being required to pay
CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY.
During the past year this corporation has eftrt-
end OF 1864, brunch tracx was laid upoo the:As-
cher road, from Stale street TO Stewart avenuc
This h1areh has recently been completed i1on
also been lald from State street, along Elsheepth
street to Indiana avenue, and from thence south 10
the Driving Park. On State street the track has
rom Like to Twell6 street having Ieen iaid viii
new iton. The company contemplate building a.
1eW ttaek on State street, from Twenty yteeont to
IN he spring II Is also proposed to extend ;lack
Union stoek Vs % ra .ae A6Gnes en1 ro.d 70 Il ss nw
90 estmatsa has he Msiifeaa a14 lias
abont 4, ,0u passengezs. Thcfollowug als he oai.
P1esIdcnt-Sanuel u. Eicke,1un.
Njce-pts11ent-Lenry Fuller.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES II. Walker
EecItiafy and IreasurcF--GcorEe ". Fuller
wEsr DIVISION CITY RAILWAY.
The Weat Dykiou Railway Company operates Ill
the tnes running West Of the chtcago river Bod
the Mae.son and Randolph st1ee1 Ines were coa-
disposed OF lis interest in these two lines to the
pfetent corporation IN August. 1861 During the
ason 10 Van Bnren % srees ~ 10 yun 81 s''dss ~
city limits. The work has net been fully completed
IN con1eqqenee ot The setting ~ Of the winter
tnc extenei0n will bo tar completed a. to allow
ihe cars to run from Kandolph 10 Polk street The
Con,pany onns GO eats. 20 q which are in CONSTANT
number OF passengers carried by The West UiyisIon
Rai!roed averages about IL 90 daIy. The estimated
number 4f miles run during the year Il VIC G,aais.
The following are the oilietrs:
'tIesldcnt-J- H. Jones.
Supel1ntendent-t;eorEe l.. Webb.
Secretary and freascrr-W. f. Oyiucton.
Assistant superintendent K. Lake.
MONTH CHICAGO CTR EArJwty
This fa!ioad .s composed ofthe following: The
CITY Limits ltne, the sedgwick and North Avenue
iin Mns ine M Gaynon'ne Ayenae md Larrabce street
nne. I9e dummy engines are nsed on the Line ex-
lending from the city limits 10 Gtaceand and somo
Storss have from lime toilme been made to intro
ducc tAe steam power on tlc street railways In the
city. ihc subject has 1een under consideration by
the City Fathers, and tie time mny rot be Gar dfs
Go1s nt Ma@a ss4a 'asse dummies viii sppelseds the old
!Nhorter, and gives employment 10 over 16U men
nrM track has recently been completed, nom the
oi Lake and State srccte, which completes the tne
iiom G,a1 ,Ie Nonh Ci'y Limits to tho terminus on
P1csident-J: !. Turner.
Secretary and Treas nrcr-V. G. Turner,
Surcrintendent-H. L. bristol.
PROPERTY STATISTICS.
xhc Official yalnnt1on Of property in The cIty OF
Chicago, real and personal Is about tventyGyc per
cent greater than that OF 1864 and this s very ptob
auy uue esl!maie OF d1nefence and ddTouec.. The
selling rates OF oil descriptions OF city ptppeety in
lsA were generally considered as innated, and it
vas almost universally expected that the close Of
The war would be the precursor 10 tremendous de-
cline This anticipation has not, however, been !
verified, except In ley cases-dry goods, for il.
stance, which have declined In nominal yalpe about
twenty per cent during the year. In general prop
ery has more than held its own the Currency is Is
Hel much beow The specie standard OF value, and |
the ta1ation continued after the close OF the war by
vents return 10 anti bellicose rates.
IN nc ease q real essate, the assessed advance Is
tate during The year has prevented a decline IN
yatuca, Notwithstanding that the heavy ia1es to
which u is subjected, make it expensive to hold
li,Gh wages and good demand have, in like manner,
combined 10 keep up lhe prices OF stocks OF mer
ehandlse hnd othct personal property the active
seller each 70 add INTO bis selling prices the fl
amount Of his taxaton with margin OF interest On
llt use Of his money.
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