, 1869-10-24
REAL ESTATE.
4 tfHrkrs tsunt4ltan for a Quarter nf Ccu.
tnfs-H"alrSnrds yer~us i'aFA>-Krat
Eetntc Transfers fur tho Week, Elc

Tie custom Of saving something .. !ceu. once
week uhcut the geurral feeling lii the :,.1rkct for
Fea1 estate ii one which has Rfuwn out OF th..
speculative tendencies that have always accom-.
issIItd the Increase III the value OF Chicago city
property, from nothing, when II Was uae:r wet,
htnsgless prairie, tAsE:y odd yeurs ag.I, To over
three thousand dollars per foot, In 6oal- places
where, at tue present time. the city thfuns Is
thckett and CITY Trade noss active. While these
weekly Eotes 1f the temper OF real estate l,Ansa:.
tlcns Me Ut lutefcst IN shuw1ug the increase. nr
teclsae Of sreculAtien, thet arc accompau,e! ly
aas ana ~ Fs 10 ~ "a saa M
estate bu-lness, u Though the advance In
pFlte. Of real estate was the SANG IL an ,iyaace
uodty That from year to yeaz bears al Qstyays
rr1ce, ana above which everJ alyaace Makes i
!escucnaH decline necesaar5. rnIike c,a-
price IL II we're Ietatrti to have one stercn,ynei
rrioft OF the real ea:ate iEalket which -hnlla
hold good, AID be true for qIArteE of y century
us tIt.e, II Rbuala fead snmcwilAt ~ ta!iow4:
fTieex yratHsstty ul!rael"y fruns rttnr b, A,r a.
fhe population amt tseakh Of The city i,ie.e1+,
Speculation occasionally anticipates merit rs4r5 uries
dnd r1Asxa fr1nirrary Jfaetla tht ttl.cs tut ujrct
Mt pehrTat ana fr1f ,ftc5east in ruilk.
just Al II Is apparent that nothing can cause a
SO II Is apparent that each successive ,eas p.a III
the tuw R1er iunfk OF rral est1:e prices IL city
Akc cnicaso nlshe1 and higher. There are. hotF.
that "the speculation Il Just about to rutul-
Ea;c- To then, things seeIn pcrperually on the
verge OF rn!u- II thty were IN theology. they
you'll be- preachers Of Ai!crisn or folio 7sers 0f
CEu'totE. In conversation, ca;ltslist NJ this
Eoon, turn nf nEd. = lew 'laTh since, sA.i
cotue down. ~ The eunrcrnattpn &uracl to
Other Investments, his o1tu!ou seemed tu be tha
raEc atoot every shiuc else 1t was 100 high"
It. nsSt c. ME down. Finally. the rrttack tha. he
should foon be III rectip. Of u large sum Of rcady
Au N.I" IT. To which, after some hea!;4:ioa, he
ftArf fHf . n
ru} tnstEC~s properly.
Tac Lutict lfd .eIn OF public grounds SCENE to
b. 1Lorc Eopalas thau tic !atxrr VI the park4
!ta II shn*u IL The 9rtA er fe41lLt-S with <h!cn
or III i.Ht pl.I1t1 themselves to g1ye-fhe
rtui;tas tUF thr mulrsani+. Tue West Chicago
11rk commissioners ka} that they have noT
U0sFs ~ uOD1lG ut ltHat -trrnt3 i've pes cent OF
The CfnIrl ir1luIrtl for alt the hunIeya1i4 witch
c1ntecs the Western {.atkA. whl.e f0E tue pares
thtnseseA kEatceir anything Is OLE rel, end The
yruunU f..e khecu viii hare to be purrnaSt, Tue
Art just - lctlIahlc ituntaHe for 1tsitence prup.
ers5 III the parks, aud the tuulerattis give 50
mrIh Greater uI.tt0rl Of lrunt4ct tU each acre OF
p::t i. grounds that they appeal TT larger huu.
btr Of tToprE:y0xEtrn for lon4iHn8 OF land AMI
Mo!t't. II "a iCrs,hc tAat .nE boulevard system
.! fu II ETnGass InaE With st,u1e luthl,1ca1lons,
er found TO be the best cumptO.llse ,,etwcep tne
narruw ftretts uf rae oil cites aud III, lAr1c
perks, which are o. u accessible 10 certain pot
ttcu- vi tke population,
The toi}n~inE table shows the volume and ten.
depcy OF transacttOus III tea estate tltnatc W.hta
n sa'lIus extending seEcn miles fro'n Tue Enurt
lfHass 1IftL the wttE tntlinR Oct -, the aggre-
t+ pare with sac eutsc for The tuur prev tou4
weeks: