, 1866-11-10
BUllDlHG IN CHICAGO.
Work of the Year 1S66---Nine
Thousand Buildings Erected.
WONDERFUL GROWTH OF THE
CITY-lNCREASEIy THE PROP
ERTY VALUATION,
Matcrials-Labor Real Estatc-Renis :
IA New Fcature.
THE PRINCIPAL STRUCFURIsS
UNDERTAKEN DUklNG
THE SEASON.


tefucuA$ EVA4nlCu%VA VI Auu QAu14llt0t E1l41k l
ct he appreciated without an examinstlon, aome-
shnt In detail, OF the facts which show it, And
l.AonGh II must reSessqrfly be impossible
% arrive at ex ctneas In any review, no weyee |
:arefrl. yet lhc following statements and a,use-~
,>e mola intelligent i!ca OF tho spirit OF es2aa-
lon which ctaractrizss this city oi scarcely th!s-
> Tie popnls'ion os Chicago At the prescn,
imc Is siate.I from rscect snaalts3!ioa, 10 b. two
4nnd,ed 'noa=ard. fen. hundred ard e1sA.:eI
!;!lsl Ibs nnmbcs Is sa.:c snoush 10 ee1tsat
q nc cty hss $rS,sn from io 10 The nSnsss
asoa, ss thirty ss tae evsrase ssie Il ~; peop!
per year We have, since Inc city VAS incorporated,
nt! increase In the valnatlon Of Property ron
6+e to nearly $sti tiGN,0Gu, multiplication OF
value Of .63 lines: The Iecelpts from taxatlon |
tavc Increased ~ tho same time from less than i
crease IL each fesaiu Is unparalleled IN aay city
Franeiseo; omaha may h7ve sne4 ! fortune il
Cincinnati aud 81. Louis q compared With that of
Chicago. Is but that ot pismY as compared With
thai ol g:ant- They both started II tha race
IRE prsirie, and they are now bchind hes in the
race. It Is only difficult 10 sa,u an Idea Of their
relative positions ii the future IS It Is impossible
siyer time. The zHtio OF her increase In poopla-
uou acd wealth has been almost i4balois In thu
nas M esys ssaS Fn s. t. sse a
future. 49,. -....
il ia gratifying taet that while the amount Of
larger than in any previous year. the c1arac;er or
The structures also is mucn more saostantia1 and
Il Ess sss bssn Es5y much nss aad
walls, f-tlces aud trimmings. The frame dwell.
ltEgs very largely Of two stories or one ssofy
a Ts + s Ssq:a:a I Z, 5ssas Essa Eqs @
dtiona{ s.orY Win les eost ihsn The Old way aud
ihe rainy wca,hrr ID the early fall interrszcd
very seriously with building operations, THROWN.
mechanics and labo:ers ont ot employment Tor
especially e Irick, and dslrtn fn.ended wofk 80
s1te flat muck. that with Cuul weather, would hasc
been completed before winter, hiss been pospon d
also have to 1emain uucumpic:ed during the
winter. une architect alone estimates he amo mt
rs ses so5S a. snd ha W se
Tie whole number Of buildings erected III tte
the. are on .l.. West Side twn thousand o. the
suu,h Side AMI t,n f-o1sa"d on tho North Site.
The greatest number Of costly STRUCTURES hasa
been built on ihe South Side.
I COST OF BUILDING.
Although such an hnonnt Of baslaing has hcea
done, It has been in spite ., prices for aba' and
material WHICH compared VIII -he past are f:At IL
to constmplsle. For ins,ancc: gig brick T.: The
them less 1han FOO. During lhe last mon h The
eame matelisl has sold as high ~ 80. Lumber
thousand. now costs from so TO f31. Common
II At about Sc, aud first clear as high as 50.
Common taborcrs who used to work to1 dollar
and carpenters and masons from hree and ha'
to four and half lolars day. Stone cutters in
WIeh saot ii tme sso eost twesc cents ya
now costs forty cents. And similar increase IL
oihcr items might be cited. In many cases these
must be reduced in the spring, but the fat tha
they have bad so little ehect In detcrring th'
steady, onward growth Of The city, the structure.
acter, ia very significant OF laating prosperity.
| BUILDING MATERIALS.
.sfone.-Thc while mssblo which il used IN hon:
fronts Il obtained onty from txo Quarrirs, whicl
are in Athens, in this State. Immeusc quantiiie
Of il are used and form q 3ne source OF p. odt Il
For use in building 1he stone Is eawe,l into slab
nbout three or four inches thick and the desttc
length and breadth, and fastened 10 tho brio
in the edges oi the stones and The Other imhedde
N The wall. Stone optained f.om Joliet IL usa
for foundations and rough wall work.
bef 2sth IN this city, with credit Of about sixty
two milliors q bricks, notMtthstandinG THO ba
been 80 murh worse than usual. II IL probable th1
TIC work Of the season would have footed Up ss'
eIeps %,SRs 'ss g esse ss se 4' mus ss' VAL s
elxty.two millions Of bricks would lay-and let
! bc remembered that they have all been used !
Win'er&a. % Il ,he number nj now in Kiln Is baselr sui
cicnt to dll existing Contracts Builders Fecso
fifteen brick to the sguate foot OF eisht,inca y "!
| Very little has been built exceeding that thtcl
. ness. and the extra amount Is more Than compc1
sa,ed By openings for doors, windows and stol
fronts: The hrcks made this season Tonio hail
4.13S, ,3333 square feet Of b1fck WALL Estinaattu
the Average Of The brick buildings In our city
,n5ee IS stories Or o. u ,h'rMyhsee y isst + & wond 5 ~
eich1h niles. This would be very nearly enous
l to build tive walls around Chicago. beginning
Inc lake on ThittY.asst street, rnnnit
see te aRene ne s! and stnee esss to Se as a
| These two waiss forming The hacE and front, On
p Se1g n n VIII sds ana 1h
: 70 each f;ont, would give row q thr;c;s.o;
brick buildings. III IN number, sufficient fo7 q
Ct s
). Womb @ LARGELY e e.ceed reed thai M numbtr. II ~ 0'N
/ 1he price Of bricks ha. sole up fremculousl
+; Ia view Of The bat weather, which suspended 1
J | the operations Of the bt1csyar0 duiiug ne1l
tlcth day Of July. When thai rainy period be-.
he p,iee o. brick was nns do,ia;s pr snensaat an
pet q . s.i.l fa,tber advance. il there g .
. h..rss lest after the Low existent contracts
hllsS kSont ,nndrua me-, ne,e enn,ovea the =,
season In the btickya earning from e to f.
per day, three dollars having been paid II so,
i to induce men to work. About one-si1th Of II
n number have been working on regular wages;
o;hs5 aye-eIsths haxe wo5ked " The plssss sr
:. The past season has been a peculiarly otsast1o
j. one for both EMPLOYERS and so1kmen. !.
nn nSh;sn and Gannaa
G. all brought here ~ wa!eF, but Immense amonl
&c carried away oy 5a!l 10 nc south a1a we
b.ee ~ ~.aa M as, aad e sSey o1
!. nnlsnmE. Ing Prices o. lnu1oeF A7Fe beeu
nll tlesa t previously. p =, .,o ,nu.. ,n,nn.
the mssteT,al ns assd in building ri oue1a;es iss i,
T. O. .uns a1 Ia!4 s ~ .as snn,
ee nsa,es snce SanuaFy is5 81 ~ lS59s we
al " ISceise1 Nas =, -. 80 ~ see. =.
q ebinnsd ;ia1 Sns;n p,s6ses p6 s,nss
35 o. i1ne vas na - ~ st e IN o. ,,ess. ea,ns
~ AM o. s;nn, sda, ~, ,f,,p tiis,
o. ausung NC aWoaut su,npsu .soh, .aa' ~ HIea
ne isStns1. ~ unu tn " " raem ~, ~, ~ tas
'stb III Sl se sM ouuts pIoSaSIy sa
ths sai1d1ngs ~ e. which M have o:en aud are no." be
ereetsd ID the cl1F-
>, REAL ESTATE.
50 The advance tn thu price Of building lots IN
le sS 9s: Iesn vs5y g.sa psiss!2ay i the 50
to uIes on Michigan, Wabash and Prulrle aysn
l1- and the VICINITY Of Cnion Park. LOIS on NJ
n. ran and Wabssh ay*sn1es 9o1 q far down ~
II erect at fs5a. and so down TO ss5 Or SO y
ppt un,on Park The price T. a. high as stD. ordiu
w lot4 III luS fAC1AltS u aaHsoH 1AU A@4kE sAEel
3ss mile Or more ont would average at <6s 4
,n os Ine ,emoval p 81 lamp nons!as Pas esep 8
ST. cn1d h,re becn honeht r,r Is ta sa in,,t n
IN IN the camp existed y no" held a. i;om 90 10
~ ordinary lots are twen'y-nSe 10 thirty 1tct VIC
ka The prices named have been OF course. for
The ,ots II ie.s f,1ored ~ t,.;nnahja fora1ities
ios; ~ !ess aaSoieo, VI tasapaaoie Aosaat!s W!
~; be naa 1or <aN. 4na upMata. eaG!!' luz asl. ~
are ~. haas -. ;,.nntssn, ta.t ~ Treif;h a.
en- rea, Hjne isisnd aysnnc' for fnstsrr,. one h1
1cd and efchtY iots 1at-ly sold for $500 each. AZ
[a1a extreme Western limits. about HARRISON 81
40 ,hcr rr1, h. hal M SJ1. ~, WarTrn .trcee !
ed n,sf1 1sTo " ,nles omt' thev re.eh II uGl0s r
est ,rnarnT fn1;sra nsvv ha Get 1ou-, ~ ;be n
tast ,nm n,ice far which 1nsn NJ mo,se ata nj