, 1870-05-15
REAL ESTATE.
Hotel Accommodation OF Chi.
cagO, Present and PROF
pectlyo.
Five New Hotel Enterprises-An IN
crease Of Fifty Per Cent in
Hotel Capacity.

Hotel Capacity.
Tho South Park Nnvscry-Evergrcen
Tho Rcal Estate unxkcs.
Chicago has lately Tnked up TO the fact th1
while her NeSlth And her population, both resident
gnd floating, have been Increasing faster than any
other city, there hAs been no considerable Addl-
ton to her hotel accommodations for nearly ten
yeass, aud that the present hotel capacity Of the
city is far short Of Hh2t Is required
live include ali the hotels IN the city that can
tay any claim whatever 70 being dr1tclass- We ind
thai the greatest number Of guests which they can
so%s ssssa I sSon asnet &c.,
ieson, % md sI james, aSv! a5ont soo sch sch
for cur uei8hbonng city Of ST. Louis, winch has
hhoEt the sa1ue permanent population, but not 40
Gs noSung nopaaon - aaa tass L ns
eommodations of chiesso. viz-: Southern, 10;
Everett see: Barnu1u'A and Pl.nters, 80 each;
g. Mafss l. s sas aa as tas aEf sas
be rsbuilt, with capacity OF ooo II would give ST.
Louis larger hotel capacity than the present
acomrlcts List Of NIL the hoteA in either city, but
only those which arr nrst class" 1t Is well under
siood that the hotel accommodations Of this ciry
and business, and consequently with the Increase Of
trans,ent population We have accdmmodA-
len yeaIs ago, when the resident population Wa
little over one-thttd OF What 1t Is al present. and
tne toatlng population WAS Probably about half
have I'VE or SIX hotel enterprises, some Of which
ART nearly completed, aul Others in which ground
"a has n9s = nesn broken 5st The rst and largest Of
WORK will begin some time this summer. Tnts is
to hare so apartments Of nj kinds, and will anord
n e. 20 susfs ss
Streets eaAs ane ,uAldins. @ po4 .3' in eonss seas
accommodaaona ior moi over 20 gnests, Il Tii(
rank With the best Congress Hotel, on the south
rest conner q Michigan avenue md Congress
attract nsEt-class custom, and will accommodate
Ebout 100 Euests- BigelowI Hotel. which viii
psoAaby te built this summer On the west Mdc Of
furnish accommodations tor about $50 guests
These four enterprises viii furnish accommoda-
tons Ios @ neFo,n nstesn the nss:sss
ali be styled down town. hotels; they arc al
convenient to business, tndecd,-they are In
view 70 the convenience q business mcn; laer- .
chants who come To buy q bill Of goods aud leave
the next day: commercial travellers, IN rher per-
come from everywhere and haze everything to
sell: strangers looking for business opportunities
md new homes: railroad otncials, specpa,orp,
A~E[
hns1ness: and. therefore, want 70 get As near the
mars q trade As possible. Two years a4o the
seaern soeh eu,ness @ Of men. 1oso!e sote, ds tor
here mentioned was At Randolph street;
..,. s9. =, + ~ Wy J., b. be d, psTeiyed by .he
at least half nale further south, are now consid-
| eHr.l suitable.
! Besides these " downtown" " hoscls. a class Of
| more perm amnt gue4ts have Lately been growing
] more popular. These ART of d character hslf-way
| between the business and the suburban hotels,
and sro simply improvements on the boarding.
| house system, being Oh larger scale, and under
the more comprehensive and systematic manage
mcnt OF men tn.tead Of women, nnd lot the &c
| c0mMolAtion Of families coming TO the city to
spend few month";, as well as for resilient fami-
lies that have become dlsgusted With In
e9Eagttens and impndsnt, SERVANTS ana n a sae
for as much Independence IN habits Of living
md US good fare a. the large hotels, and At less
cost, and without The objections incident 70 boarI-
! Ing hBrscA The Clifton was, We believe, nbo1t the
first Of this class Of hotels In the city, the success
OF (which has Induced the establishment OF a num-
an among Wheh az :, tne on
beth street. south Of Randolph, With nne accommo-
dations for 10 people, and the "Qouglas House,
new hofel 1t ths class, lalgef than any now cstab
lshrd, l., We understand, to be errcted this sum
me1, Immediately upon the lake shore, al the
avenue 1t viii Be located immediatelJ south q
Tho railway station, q tho caat end Of Twenty
second street, and will have frontage Of ESQ Ire
on the east side Of South Park ayenne. De
Ing located on the triangular lot betwceg
South Park avenue, Twenty Street, AMI
the Tswa the ,oSs hS1ng ssr,na vii BE- aGewha
Nostnr, on CotnhlIl street, where other street
inteIsect 1t at acute angfes; but this build
! Ing Will have tine front On South PARK avenue
Gansafd i 1oof s i T Is to eontan IS s
and will accommodate from sixty to seventy lam
illes lis - Z estim.ted i I'D, ,ooe beside
lna1ltt a lake and hatbor view Unsurpassed by an
: location III the city.
Noswitassa1ding the increase IN thes
which Is some time u be the characteristic hotel
Chicago, and be for It what th. lraud Hotel ID Il
an 1s "a, h. see a1S poes aa III
shs az e1a an Tss 1pen pssse I'll HR III
2:,sa': s i: :ss:2:* =: s5a - Fs:a
Of Friday. from the 1 Ca!tfo, ntc, show tbs: Il
: old route Of trayel aud transportation around tt
wofs', tia the 1stbnus, has been discontinued, AN
;; though lnnotced, no~ runs PAST our doors. II
. I rrEu!ts Of successful commerce are wealth aE
leisure and people with both Of these at their cor
u mand, a c'ass hcfctoforc almost unknown in th
= | hlgh-pEessure country, are beginning to come u
- way, NOT 10 make muMry, but tu spend Il for plea
ure and recreation In providing hotel cntertal
Rent for this cl2sa It must not he forgotten Ii
= Chicago hns some natural attractions that v
count for more than opportunities for trade. FTo
anywhere along the lke snore the view is Of
II any olEer city has It's equal. Il Is apparently
n ljmitless as at Sahant or Cape May. Sixty nil
It of blue water, stretching eastward from the shol
le that msR1c ttuc which the eye always @ecks, :,
Is WAe.e the sails disappear. This view Is lndisre
y sable 10 Tic Kind Of hotel We have Ia mind, q
:e somewhere along the lake shore, about TWeE.
,p street, OF possibly on one ot the courts Just
,e OF Twelfth street. With an e1tensiTe souih front
catch ahe sun. which to 8" pleasant for nine mont
ut those Who fn pleasure IN the whlrl OF fashion
G. hind fast horses and another one to1nrs the b
o. lake foE people Of finer taste, should be built
d. THE suE7H rAKI.
ID The South Park Commissioners have had nbs
d, 100 men a wort during ne past week On Dse;
c. Will 1ni change IN the appearance Of tnia
Of They have also established At the Garner Of FL
e ftth street and Cottage Grove aseaue nars' 1a
II e.ergreens, and 73 oo decduous trres Of all
d, tics As fast as the grounds In the paris q
he mental shrnbbsrs ; md trees viii se transfer
to plemsned, from tune to 1ifne, nom other sour
Tne 9eTnfb q e. fSr g
I'd Friday. By tasis Chief EnGnses, ~: Waite; IN
IN hod!cti In a resolution, and adopted:
We 10 the Soath Park Co1nrptk<te1eers:
,ht GIsItLxEN: I herewith recommend that
grade the 1-teet drive In the centre Of Kanka
Avenuc boulevard; also, the Is feesdrivc On
cast side uf the same, from Douglas place to
cs- ty-nEst street; and that you compete the a5-t
Ihe | city limits Win the exception OF the cnsbil
Ia / with broken stone Of the maximum size OF
&C. inches In diameter, nine Inches thick covered
-. three inche5 OF clean Joliet gravel screened Il
for maximum size OF one inch diameter, and
m f1pm loam-thc whole 10 be well rolled as
he WORT progresses and also after II Is completed
the es:s !. sae 81 KsnraEee avenue ven S rom Hit hi
|iiy ninth street to Fli1s-nrst street oy Haaliag
az samc Kind Of rna.. as the as,feet drtEe, hut
ar Also, to join the town OF HYDE Pasf, and
vance the money, and make the game kind
o!s drive sixteen feet vide IL The centre ot Fly
be street, from Eankakee avenue to Drexct avcni
On the town Afterwards to levy an assessment and
es fund one-hAf the cost Of the same ttull Ranks
avenue to Drexel aTenne-
cAl Also. to Gt1rcl both ruadw1J4 o1 DTcxel aFeI
lay from oakWood avenue % HitJ-n street, an
grade that past Of the t0o-fett strip In the C
sA!d avsnns: fF2m oafwooA a 20 aysnns to he p
u.s. partially complete the same, according to The
nth adopted, 90 far a. to make the same little at1
mt Also, 70 partially complete the 4o-toot d1tys
1tiy 1 the cast side Of Drexel avenue, from OakH
eed asenuc to Fifty -111t street. BY making sixteen
recommended for Kankakee avenue drive
AZ Also, to drain both OF said avenues to Dor
llar rlace, and east TO the lake. with temporary
tie iacc drainage, hJ open drains, where pE2cuc;
nee and, where necessary, to cover, on account 9!
cavfnG In and nllinR up OF the ground, viii
pile CT wooden box drain:
All the water north Of ailtquctte ridge, On
r. or kAEce avenue, to te conducted DoEth Into Dos
IaTi plAce sewtr. The ~ater north OF said ridge.
G nn1th Of she cattle track railroad, to be taken
yent OF the railroad, and thence cast, by the afde
3s}- railroad, 70 the lake The nett drain 70 the
mo 70 he on Forty third street. from Kankalee nv
est 70 Se sae1ss non =, o.
nlnc Sehoo! grounds; thence cast on said Clinton
pion to the bike, Ine next drain 10 be eoastIucte
Q b the touth tdc Of F1f1y-nrst-street from kAnk
Rrrnpe 1he like NiYFCt