The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-12-24
! Our CHICAGO LIffRR.

ID ~ Our CHICAGO LITTER,
s..-. CHICAGO, Dec. 18th. 1863.
20 EDITOR JouRNAL.-The great Re-
union is already past, and now that the
heroes havo'leh US, thore il an oppor.
tunity afforded to look back over the
gathering and form an opinion Of the
men Who constituted the oeuters Of At
traction. Although the real object Of
thess, societies is little beyond tho per.
pstaatioa d ftienlships kindlsd during
The var, ~ this il ! psaiissa worthy one
and il every Wy eommsndabls. Z The
Reunion vas in every particular . sue.
esss; the preparations w.rs complete,
the speeches were good aud tho ban
qast could scarcely b surpassed. Not
= miaor feature Wa the attendance Of
the chiefs Of the armies. Tho goodly
number Of leading military men With
whom ve bad the pleasure Of ningling
for few days, comprises no small pro.
portion OF those instrumental in sup
pressing tue rebellion. It would be
impossible for me to record the names
OF these stars Of the military world, but
let those oonversant with the history Of
tho late war call to their minds the
men who led the armies Of tho Cunber-
land, Tennessee, Georgia and Ohio, aud
consider that they wer. nearly al here,
from tho President down. Il was a
noticeable peculiarly that there was al
entire absence Of privstee, aud In fact
almost al below = "Colonel = the mum.
Der Of Generals" Wa immsn,e.
I think it i generally admitted that
u railrsad eenter; Chicago has no a.
perior. We have nov thirteen roads,
but projects ars On foot for several
more. Railroad building may Be over.
done, but It il perfectly certain that tho
Northwest owes much Of il prosperity
10 railroad communication, and should
therefore look veil 1t sehsns before
rejecting it. An estimate may b form
Cd OF what railroads have done for the
West BY this one fact last year one
hundred million bushels # gr,ia va,
received It this city. How long would
Il take to receive that BY any other
msansl The task. would b % insar-
mountabls one. The lailroad system
Of the West il jus. in it, infancy; may
it grow aud expand while grain grows
and the sun shines!
About twenty-five years ago = Cana
dian, having desraired Of supporting
bis large family in that inhospiabls
climate, moved to what v.s then =
very small place on the Chiosgo river.
This man purchased . snail farm aud
spilled himself to the cultivation Of
vegetables. After struggling on for .
few years, tho railroad ran across his
farm ; he concluded to demand DANA
ger, and upon doing 80, was requested
to accept $4,000. The old man BE-.
gan to think eabb.ges did not pay like
that, aud Immediately laid out his land
in lots. To-day he is one Of the lar.
gest land owners in the city. His lit
tie farm, then far out Of the town, il
nov In one Of the finest residence DOR.
tion' Of the city.
.Apropos Of the immense amount Of
building in Chicago, I wish 10 men
ton fev facts illustrative Of the OK.
tent Of b'iek making here. In 1866,
Mr.: E. R. Gard inst called public At.
tention to = brick machine invented By
him. and ~ = test, made . kiln Of
10000 bricks. This year 100000
have been made BY it ia this city, plae.
ing It without rival. The great mer-
it Of the machine consists in the fact
that it takes the clay directly from the
bank, thoroughly tempe1s it in its pas
sage through the machine, and moulds
it Of sufficient Stiffness to be piled eight
or ten high without being spread out
to dry. Mr.. Gard has made many i'm
provemsnts, and 70 remedied defects
that hs now possesses the. ne pls. sltro
Of brick machines. He now has two
fine yards in operation aud . large man.
ufaetory for machines, At 1l6 South
Clinton street. All specially interest
ed should learn his process BY sending
for . pamphlet, or calling At bis manu-.
factory.
A telling comment on the unpepu-
larity Of, the neiehboriag .Dominisn
among immigrants. i the fact that only
$500 of those who landed 1t Quebec
and Montreal remained in the eoloay,
while about seven times - many can.
directly to Chicago. Il IL. =, pleasap,
anticipation to know that every one o.
these hardy, industrious men will pou.
Thousands Of bushels Of grain back in
t. our elevators. ~
A .colR1sfouDzx1 Of the St Pau
p r<s., writing: from Lsaveavesth o.
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