The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-04

rom the hotels 70 some OF the depots, arc do
4 iaintd from thib cause until they fall 20 reach
the traius In season. saw q gentleman
return 20 the Sherman House on Sunday oven
ing, who had been thus left. lie said he drove
70 every brIdgo coross the river before he could
find one that was psssable ana tuoS was too
late for the train, much to his vexation and dis
appointment The necessity for better means
OF transit has become so great that the city is
attempting to carry a huge tunnel under the
river on the line OF OF the principal streets.
The work is well under way, and although full
OF difficulties promises to be an entire success.
The great work OF raising the whole business
part OF the city TO a higher grade is pretty
much completed. This consisted, first, in filling
up the streets, projected by brsastworks of
timbers on each side, from Ave to eight feet In
height with gravel. AS a consequence, the bust
ness houses were left below the grade They
were raised bodily by system of screws to the
level of the streets. The fremont House, a
large brick structure, was thus elevated five
feet. and, believe, without any suspension of
the ordinary business of the house. The city is
at present appropriating large sum of money
for the purpose of erecting school buildings
Tho school systems both of the city OF Chicago
and OF the State of Illinois are excellent.
Manufacturing enterprises are also receiving
increased attention. A large watch factory
mas Deen ebJaDllbneu Dy CulOagO CapltalibJb ~
Elgin, forty miles west of the city, where
very fine article of watches and clocks is made
The pork packing establishments of Chicago
are now the most extensive in the country.
The hogs are killed in the fifth story, and rolled
out on the ground floor In the shape OF packed
and barrelled pork A good deal is being done
in tho manufacturing of iron, the Lake Supe.
rior ore being delivered there cheapIy an ex-
peditiouslY by water transportation. Were
coal easily obtained, the city would have
unusual facilities for this branch of manufac-
lures
Every Chicago citizen is full of faith in the
magnificent, as well as "manifest," destiny of
his city. They expect it to become the greatest
inland city in the world. Real estate is high for
miles and miles out in every direction, and the
speculative fever is as active as ever before.
They point to the forty three millions dollars
worth of merchandise shipped last year from
New York to San Francisco, via Panama, as an
indication of the future business OF the Pacific
Railroad, the great bulk of which traffic they
expect to concentrate and distribute at Chicago.
Their ideas may be extravagant, but thnk the
city Is destined to even more rapid growth in
the future than 1t has had in the past. have
no doubt people are now living who will see
Chicago a city OF a million Of Inhabitants.
The ride to this city from Chicago is through
the very heart of the State OF Illinois We ar
rived at Springfield about daylight in the
morning. From there down could observe
the aspect of the country. 1 notice great
changes In the ten years since first passed
| over this road. Where there was then the un-
bounded sweep of vision over broad and un.
| broken prairies, the eye now rests upon splen-
did farms and fruitful fields. The State has
| developed with great rapidity, and the high
prices of grain for the past four or five years are
making the farmers rich. The upper two
thirds of the State is great wheat and corn
section, the lower third is a wonderful fruit
region. The peach grows to perfection, and is
| cultivated on an extensive scale. During the
fruit season the Illinois Central Railroad runs
special trains of refrigerator cars to accommo-
date this trade. Chicago and ST. Louis, each
within easy distance. afford a good market.
At Alton we strike the bank of the MIssis
sippi. The stream is not as imposing in ap
| peeIance as poetic fancy has painted IL, espe-
| cially in q low stage of water The people OF
Alton murdered E 2. LoveJoy thirty years ago
| for his opposition to human slavery. curse
| and blight have rested on the town ever since.
| A half-hour's ride from Alton. and the
! smoke which hovers over st. Louis begins to
| be seen, and soon after the city itself appears
to view. 1t has an old and grim appearance,
almost as dingy and smoky as Pittsburg. A
rush from the cars at East st. Louis, q scramble
into the row of omnibuses, with their splendid
| horses a clatter down into the huge ferry boat,
| a few strokes of the great engine and plddle-
bounce out OF the boaton to the pavement of
the leVee, and are in ST. Louis, the great CITY
of the Mississippi Valley. I'D. I.