The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-07-23
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
CHICAGO, July, 20, 1868.

CHICAGO, July, ~, IOOO.
With the slight exception of a few cool
breezes yesterday, there has been no abate-
ment of the diabolical heat of the wealth
err, aud there seems to be no encourage
ment to hope for any. In view of this
intense heat it is matter affording no
small satisfaction to think that our city is
so we'll spread as to afford an abundance
of breathing space for all its inhabitants
and that the foul, pestilence breeding
curse Of the tenement house system, COM
mon to eastern cities, has not yet been in
troduced here to any great extent. In
fact nowhere, in all the city, is there sim
gle one of those huge, over-crowded
filthy, badly ventilated. six story build
ings thus occupied, which abound in New
York. 1t has not yet become impractical
Tile for laboring men employed in the heart
OF the city to rent at reasonable rttes,
small out neat cottages within easy dis
lance by the street CARS from their work.
1t is only in the business centre of Chica-
go and in her fashionable localities that
rents are now found to bo unreasonably
high. On the south side, as far down as
18th street,-on the west as far out as
Sangamon,-on the north very little be-
yond Michigan, small cottages may be
rented for from SIS to $50 per month
The first of these distances may be reach
ed by the street cars, in from seventeen
to nineteen minutes THE second in nine
teen to twenty-three provided the brdg-
es are not turned.) and to the third,
with the same proviso, one may walk in
ten minutes leisurely, the court house be-
ing the starting point for each journey.
1t is only upon those who want good bust
ness locations or who aspire to live in o
brick house of imposing dimensions and in
Stylish" localities, that tie rents fall ex-
tremely heavy. Reverting again to the
heat before dropping the subject, some
idea of its effects may be gained from the
fact that during the latter part of last
week common laborers at work along the
river received 81 per hour for their labor,
and were hard to get at that price. Fur
thermore, sun-strokes were very common,
and during The week eleven resulted fatal
ly.
One Of the time honorcd lodges by
which the board Of trade has been in the
habit of evading the responsibilities of the
warehouse act in the matter of transac-
tions in mythical wheat, suppositions bar
ley, imaginary oats, etc., has been the
privilege" system example A
pays =, say one cent per bushel for privi-
lege of calling upon him for thousand
bushels Of grain at any date within Civ
ed time. If grain goes down below the
figure named, A does not end it conyen-
lent to Zeal, and B is as much ahead.
If, on the other hand, grain goes up above
said figures, A calls and either takes The
wheat or the difference" between the fig
ure of his call and the market price.
True, it as not recognized by the board as
a legal transaction, but ninety-nine out of
an hundred of the members indulge in it.
and it is especially favored among the
young "scalpers" who have little capital
to work with. just now, its existence has
got up quite little row between MIR. Mil
Ter who "calledj" and Mr. Bruce, who
didn't "come to time" and the consequent
row has involved pretty much all the
board of trade. 1t is said that Bruce has
lost pretty heavily all this season, and
didn'. feel like chucking away 81, 500 cat
Que whack" in Difference"
A very novel and admirable invention
las recently has recently come into use