, 1865-11-25
BUILDING ~ CHICAGO.
Work Of the Year..Increase In tho
Value Of PropcTty--Materfals
and Wages.
Buildings Erected-TheEr Charaeter-
The Demnnd for More Kesi.
denceA,

dence4.
lie building seaEou IN our city, for the Jess 1865
nRy now be satd 10 haye closed. No contracts Tor
thc erection Of my buildings OF magnitude will be
taken this tell, and when business has terminated
upon The structures now raising their heads proud.
a1l have ended.
II Will not be an1i.e standing as ne do, rpon the
confines OF the years labom ID the respect which
more Than any other crinccA the great wealth and
prosperity Of CHICAGO to look back during the past
1sa months, and see Whit ha, been done how and
Emphanca!ly 1855 has been bntsy yeas, in The
building world 0nr streets have been continus7lv
blocked by plies Of bsics and stone, lumber ana
othcT building materials. The carly morning, hnsT
noon and dusky twilight haye seen the sidewniSss
thronged by croTds of hunyinc wo.kmen. psasJno
70 and from their wosk, With e,Gus Of eafnestue:s
Of work Our horse can hsse been % ,yeaep a4e pisn.s s
thetr customary routes by yawnine drains. whfie
unprotected cellars and treacherons holes IN the
nass assoa e.
Pcdcstrtan. and eventually 10 tie city trestnrr@ @ ar
the pockets Of careless or unfortunate property
owne1a. FF'
Eye,ywhc1r on street and aycune b,,ns ,o,,
With ftaCDant Wnicr OF unhealthy ycflune hs~s
budded forth and b1ossomed with commodIors
warehouses. h1udsome etores or pr1pcefr dWriIinn
honees, l, Thne the suburbs ot the city have bee1
Of the more modest residences OF the CLERK Or Ar
t1san. ~' ~
Perhaps in one respect building has not Increased
this year over its pEreceseor, and that is ID the
matter Of warehouses and larsc bnftness blocks.
The principal amount Of money expended has ben
n privnte residences, which lave sprung up every
whe1o With unprecedented rapldity. while Tie
greater number oE structures devoted to conmes-
Gal interests were commenced and partly erected
lart yeat. Ihts has been the case with most Of the
handsome business Structures now newly standing
portion Of the dg generally. ' 'A~7'
This may be,dne to the tsct that our merchants
and hus1neshMeu, ater four Seat1 OF unprecedented
aucce&t, haye determined to invest some Of thesr
surplus currency In procuring comfortable and
handsome homestead wherein they can say to theft
tonls-ha merchants ontEide Change really poe-
tess eaeh spiritual phenomenon -"Soul, thou
e .na r b up ss 31 thne
t1Eue the qrotation with the intention Of drawing
parallel In the premises. though certainly some
wo.h1ppess Of Moma. may anticipating financial
wise TO secure tn the best md safest OF all Unrest
ments, solpe portion Of the4r Eafns, to be uu.
touched bf The WORN and moth Of The speculative
world.
serious]y considered. property owners in The bus.
tness Centre Of the city. may hive been deferred
nnt from b4ldng ~ M h,oses i9r nttae purposes en &C
People Muet reside solewbeTe, 70 that dwellings
may be let with the utmost readiness At most ex0r
ntant rentals, while on The other hand many specu
in anticipation OF The often Tckcty condition o, tbe
nIauc1al world, commercial men would not be sc
rcady to move rrom old st.nds Into greater, Or new
ncnct 10 pcacnttpus Structures for their de1uE uuor
the Chicaco mercantile stage.
One OF the greatest obstacles In tha wuy Of build
tiou, when the demand was he greatest, hss teeu t
the scarcity Of !ahnsers md mechanics 10 nnder
t1ke the work. At eoEne times, cnntractnis hsye
been almost cha13 IN commencing under,akIncs r.
ItaEn1fUcP. nfV rFr
fetssnE requisite numbe- Of hands 10 cssry on,
tnelf ofocrf aod designs. Nork1nen speedily con
nenssd 10 appreciate this difficulty. and Increased
N EeA"tnpoEtanec md respect fol their individual
value. The expert mechanic and the hstless II.
ro1ef, who spends his allotted time ia bau!tpe
bfcks and mortar into rncomp1etcd stories, or dis
WITH lime md wsier. ;. annoying thn,r eifacsoIies
md impeding their Vision By denee cloud. OF black
ernoke tsom some boiling tar-kettle alike iqaepend
emily demanded increased compensation for :hell
alternative to obedience to their request In The ma
or1ty cases, The demand for men being imperative
aod Ezcais IN Increase Of the actual OF prospective
supply. The hbore1s hsyc gained the desired enas
1abore1s who Last season obtained q or {aa5 q
Cay for their lahor, have succeeded in Obtaining
Nom *sb0 to T. while carpenters and oihei
mechanics have obtained N increase from s. nul
II E,9ny instances she:c rs.srempto.y demands 10,
"more' oz IN technical pariante '.st1ikcs' baye
oceaAlencd .potcn Inconvenience aud annoyance
10 bnficers and contractors. who thereby fa.1
submission on lheir past. cl4e total cessation
e1 thet! Totk. Some fctTimfnation has copecouept
II resulted. and protective organizations and asko
e1ai.o:s spsung up and for1isbed with exceeding
The war roay be considered az one cause Of the de-
Ecic1cy. espeefaily as regards The labocrs plopcr
Cnn lev months s.c. latge numbers 81 them
werr IN me army away from their customary ure.
nrcs Of Labor. and uow they have hardly settled
down 10 the old routine. The. unauy Of them and
especalty snons the 1anks Of rhe mechanics. hsve
sone Sonth TO remedy the rsssges Of w1r, living
crowded cities Of i6e Norsh. ano;5si % ossneie I IN IN
TIE palhnuy Of builders, detezEtn.. as II has IN
mans Gfes, III, speculative minds, has been the CON
mafedals The,ewitl ed.tces must be constructed.
A u an & essential to the builder has continued
~ ,x;sd h'Tj h;,r probably on the whole II has
year. Bricks, 1norar and stone have also rc,siaed
With Independence the exalted position 10 which
seasons. sun the dfnand ha: continued unt,rrc.-
dc1ted. II h.s tsjrmpE.d over Ill obslaclea s.,
sncset1iuly % ~, 'hat ~, amours q noncv =l'eudea
ftta! nLspproaGscd By The pass, and p7omls1uely
difficult 10 be ezcevticd b. IT.. tu.ure
1he vslre Q! real e.'-:e h.s been great, though
10 f,,pzrson =. nt of ihe materials for building.
4 ia1Er gnanlty OF land has been sold within he
ta'y 'fHtu; where suburban residences have been
of 1he nYr,1ntsynr f+nmro ~ tha Ws.t IAt'N'
In the carly part OF the year when cvcrF one felt
vtor, 1he dcnaud xas yerv crr,t' and - +-nne1ty
owperF, realiy7ur rood thiio4 INN ihrir psr;n. ~
rrrdnzeclnd pra'rie. In he ca.e Of lots sultable
seee. ressaeaees@tbc dcaod for ipeiae M 'mnro1sd
rented property has teeu in escess nf tba snnnir.
tbe limit OF whith, uuly, va. the limit oi The pnt
chAaea-
A. IN the cue Of last sear, the acpnaad foz out.
side ptoplty has not been 20 rrat md alan A. in
1854, eaeb pnsrhases have ben predominant ops &c
noticeable !catuse, IN wn!sins up our avenues and
proseu@at in the style Of Architecture. Not tn,
The nousee arr more e}eean, IN appearance Of more
convenient and cuumodIous al habltasfons, but
tauc.utes, without eahibstsnc a sa1nensss- lose
more The i7eguas1iy which at one time character.
szed the1n.
src brIi, OF bricI or m.rblc. in handsome End
Classical style of architecture twenty-six to iortJ
lee, 'front.' ihree Or four stories IN height md ter
nicated ty 1hs nsy ana fsyo5its Frsssh Or Man:
pre.l1eni. 1t is N.ht, elegant and eommodfops,
posscs.iEe many advantages over older and longer
established kinds Of houss coverings.
added to the building lar superior In point Of
tort to the Cd close low rooned atiice. md pre-
let, and addition tn point at beauty to the etruc-
lure. One style Of houses in which these roof nrt
ssf sn s as;S rs s'0's or brick
banced IL point of beauty by The buildinE addition.
q lie yess: .fe Ntshlsan: Wabash md Iaala1. +
,he w., n,S{,oo snd rres; n,nr 3cc.,;as, ~
the Sor1h SIDE. Wash9n.fon % s.rcct na. f. hne1 W
f1faty enhanced in yalue ~ one Of the t3rst nj ~
City sueetp, oy the completion Of Tie Chamber o
commerce @ ana aa}aeent u!ocSs. anu m n:5nina
non o. work upon our rlsssn1tccnt opera Houst
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