, 1869-05-11

i0' q serssIs eets =. ss44sa! aa.sa.o
The contrast presented BY these 1gWes z truly
amaztng. The shipments OF cereaa for 1858 are
twenty ames vhst they y xste r. twenty yeAss A 81 ~,
Last yesr vas ss, Is; value Of lumber receipts
ns mi 1uo smsef an and osher products Tor ne ysI Is
was verJ little short Of FoC8 HUNDRED MILLIONS
Tventy-one yeaa asu our oaly means o. COM
muncation With the outside world wRs oJ Fink +
Walkers stage1, With the aAdttion OF steamers
during the summer: I see those here tonight who
once On Clark street. waiting for the opening Of
the mall when storm had detained the Sam Ward
for severai days, or tn winter when the coaches
h4d been tu1urat10g for week In the bottom!eSa
swanps Of the Calumet In 1875 the nabohs who
lived on Michigan avenue north Of Randolph street
M and ne principal storea on Lake street we're SUP
was n q Email. muddy reservoir nlled By the pump
attached to the engine IN Mayor " Woolwortn5
tnose q T u Tfo we're 50 poor That We I'D to i've
south OF Adams street on Wotash and Michigan
avenues. and other remote parts Of the city, were
Mes per bucket marked contrast this TO our
tunnel under the lake and our magnificent Hater-
works. with scores Of miles Of pipe distributing The
ppMIe M cooi. refreshing treasures Of Like Michigan
We eRroped our war IN the darkness Mt night for
more than t~o years after the opening OF the I'LL
nots and Michigan Cans!, for gas was not intro
drced into our CRY till September lsso, and Il did
not reach those OF Us who lived as far south As
there was not rod OF pavement W n he ssreeis q
Cncagu In ls4s, ani the few sidewalk were made
q pine p9nE when 1ne most va cor coming out o. o.
thoae present have seen an empty dt1J stuck In
front Of every block In Lake street, With notice
tzom the idle clet1s--tor the tatnonless mud put
m cfecsnol embargo on all buslness-shat horse
and driver had gone down to China by the short
est possible route There are noto brick and
stone now piled up tn scores Of blocks than there
persona. and ' real was s'0ta fstea At sss0s 70,
sea1s asa our ss!rss = saye q 10 and on
taxes IN 1Sss were r. sCN,bD- Car population IN
IL sss sa5s ~, tss eS,ss ss s5 ss
md ane quafer. 4 its rase cf neresse, eisool.
You'd @ ID nsan,beT nm m neE people by mote shsa III
MILLIONS. The cgures are too startling for even
tho most sanRuine 70 contemplate Should be
spArEd that long, do not expect to see them re-
Allied, or anything tie =; but he must be u much
older man than my.cif, and take Tess interest In
as sna ne so o a.
facilities and capacity for. MANUFACTURES, would
mere Of her magnificent Inland SEAS
xesn esn Of 81 ae. u and OF Eufaps nsa
and In the other the riches Of She Pacific coast and
OF Asia, shaIl become In wealth, population and
poweE, the n1ss city npon the American eonsl-
nent- - .... .......... ..
For 1ne expression Of these sentiments an
well aware that aaal Incur the Fidlcue Of those
Who have not carefully examined the subject
But and you can bear an that with eouposu1e.
Chicago has alwata far excellcl the nohes and the
e1pectatons Of her most sansutne friends and We
are willing to trlst her ability to do II N the fu-
ture-
Bet the opening Of the Pacific Railroad has
snd prosperity Of oa, c:tr. iii S:ass TO to u ;he
products and the wealth Of Asia It viii also b:3nG
to our very too:s It's civilization, is heslhenlsm
and our benevolent Christian cvil!zas!on can exe.r
ta e,evating Lnnucnee upon China through the fol-
lowers Of ConfEctHs soon to he SERTED ftcat here
among VI wah The s eaesanse Of pso,ucss CONES
SPon our moral ve,:arc ei raas universal eem.
1nieh lie opening of the % Paesee aaiissy M SIi Iii
force upon Us: Let our schools and our churches
Keep pace With the commercial prosperity. The
growth and the wealth OF tho city, and from tnts
very coniact Of mind ill ln2, this friction. and
u you please, opposition Of ideas, there will Rruw
e 6sOads, meEs literal sa, ana os sdss
man shall sec brother In every other man. civ-
tlizat1on that shall hasten the glosious day when
The kingdoms Of this world shall become the kias-
/ doms Ct our Loni and Hts Chris. "
". Rrrss ssid hs vas tempted . transcend the
| trAte.led over the continent with the honorable
! Vice President, and he wished to endorse ali hc
hss fs Rxs! rs ssPe u sss & s
lov.cittzens might as he had, without tac tolls Of
| 900 miles Of staging, stand upon the
chores q he Pactne .. me Golden
Islands Of ASIA we're fsn.ns she:E temples:
as 1t were bJ the hand Of the Almighty III the
S.cr1n Nerada Mountains. the greatest wonder Of
the klnd upon the face Of the earth: thar they
! might stand under the big trees tn,rc hundred
feet hieh-the Houarchs Of The vegetable kingdom:
| that they might see tor themselves the city OF
San francisco, whose merchants aud husl-
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| commerce Of Asia, and make tt contribute 10 tar
| wealth end the power OF our own country. He
| said New York. Chicago and san Francisco, by
! their geographical POSITION. had attracted the
most en.eEprisng ami cnssEet.c nen OF the race,
| The continent
The speaker paid = high tribute to the men
Who, with an energy and rap,ttty never he
f9ss knoGn' n bad bad eEt. sS. ;ss r. Pastns Rat
Tt: Durans, cases and Oliver, Ames. niiun, ,1wii.
lams Dun and others: and In Cat1Iof1ta thoae os
| Governor SANFORD Prostdent Of The road, Vice
Preaident Nnn,nston. the Crockers aud their
| etfizena " the republic. The enterprise o. the
Calilofniana. Who only seven mNca sEom Sacra-
mento Fad faced otc Of the most d1ticntt moun-
tains IN the world to ceoss, and hat toilet on till
wtnIn within, hnnrca ,n% nn1 mites they reaehs,. he
II seecn thousand feet above The IA was never
snf1'aseel: In thla strain mich h1oEe WAS zaid
wnmn We have 4, room to rabtsh. IN concIulion,
ne Governor said: " Fe!low-c.:.zeas We have i
lNttrELshed citizen among III. hoaored hy you
been II: ft!eud Of lhe Commerce of chtcsEo, and
reAay to DO all he eau tn bald q eAnal arunat the
Ntnr1Ea Falls, 10 depen the Illinois anu Michigan
Canal sad 70 further our Interests u ese:y posat.
the 1icu- EoEman B. Irda. tArplause!