, 1870-07-17
CHICAGO IN 1879.
S1,tcrcsslMg Statistics freIn tue
New City Directory.
Our Population Between Three Hun
dred and Fifty and -Four Hun
dred Thousand.

Through the courtesy OF Mr. RIchanf Edwards,
We hare tttu placed IN possession OF proof copy
of Edwards Chicago Directory for the year 1870.
LIN. its predecessors In years past, the rrescnt
Sclu.ne .esenta very attractive appearance, and.
aitIr cafna, examination we ase prepared To say
that II l. as full, Complete md correct ID MI
liz uetat's as the directory Of an5 othee
tuy IN the con1try, and far lhcAd of au5
thnt hare preceded II In Chicago the volume
rrestnts the Euoy bulk Of !, 200 p1gca, md con-
tAtna los 900 names Of BENG dx Residents of this
city, being TO- 600 mnre than arc contained ID The
,lfector7 fof poston xs.n y, Ut saass sosn sSs
firms arc generally ts1lmatc. this would Indicate
tor ch!caE, The possession Of $4,000 !aha,atauts;
rjaecs the rgure At $50, 600. In rsnof that the
ciht1n would not be at all unreasonable, II
may he stated that 10th Hal:sulurt. au phia-
dtlFha estimate their Formulation IT III. psopo1-
| white snttto for chicago would ':2k- Ito ratio
less than four to one. However. ~ claiming DOT
n!atlcn nf 80 0d-at the tatin Of three anf hat
| M oHe-xe can scarcely he a71tsa. Accur1tlnz to
cory pf III. EdWArns' directory fur the year 1853.
9ss! W. ssss aso ~ nat 81
showing that the city haz added trI OF her In
l.a,itnais within that lal SnIneant period Another
tst,r rtars viii Etse the Gsr1en CITY shove hall
| uti1nUn Ut et,us-
Tnr department devoted to City AMI County
Itecurd Is very tlcte, anu Will IT. fonnA ex-
atna of tlt mr,nlnrs, ri thr cns G"se;nuen.
sE,l the irsatit'n VI ufnrrs It then rrnceeefs un
arr the following ncntues. CITY od'cess. soarl
i'alic Works, 1Icalth ami Pul,ct. Iulice conrsa
| Stations SUD Precincts, Fire lt.nastmeh
{w..h lis, OF alurul hoxt-s,, bnun4ltlit.
| ii wards, with important OEainances; thci
full ys Atu1nlete list Of tsc county organization
{,rEssln. IL" .iars hf all the township ottl'aea:
Tie t1usts, Tnted States nt1rers III chics 70, VII
tat Ilcanduar1era. foreign cunstls. Post Dnlc
II, iaftIneut t.tar,I Of TfAIr, Chamber or t's'rr
n.~1ce banking Installations, th-tlta c"lnpatt:
. 1-.ihralia1.s-Mhlch shows that thtTe Asr II
=.
slcletica Churches. educational lustitIttust at
pals and as. .EtDs, secret ami aNiIrE- kGisae
e. E,ttcr+es. rtty railway ana otnIDG ruut"s. III :"
{ tr.s, ard public nal1s, blris, Anh hui'dln--.
. II tl!e EcIfnce ii proportion tn n"n2nr'atnr
rs.. at very falr estimate ot atasy's 'n1at'''
by The 1tcHrfrhct' OF nHfLGs Thus. GIVING fw
Si,t1hs 10 every thousand souls, would give
: ClItagu Wtih lcr aN S!Aiths u p'2ul'
,,,s s "f ,hcts ' e. s,rIytc15 s!'u'"pc' In ncsr ~
have representation Of about @.l AMI the Jon
BROWNS ''Enarch Gl 10 the number III ~ (
EU',insOnB there are tsa- bnt the Nllrra "fa1 OTt
| snN. Thcrc uYc colurrI WA%lnXtIFls, ttlrrte
!. them tnensed with the baptisrnal name Of u
Amendment. OF 1lncnlns there arc u, but .
.shrnhan.A They arr rar. nur Irish populatio
"a sErpgvseniet u 40 MutphEA go D'Brtens, Il
Dcobnorr, and 1to U'Scils Our German friend
c l.rck On the modest number Of t3o Schut1a {
the net too common name Of Zimmerman the,
: are 81. But our Scandinavian friends, accpr1ir
IL the Iatio 0f population. certainly rresent q
strongest, csatsa With lta Alscns, t.s 0lsous, az
u Ntttons and SlelsouR-
The fuiiOwtng comparisons between 1875 u
:, ! 3s7o Eiyc fa!t idea of the growth af the cit
Tie professions and trades haye rapidly tn.rcast
t.ErilE thu past four ycars, vii! b" seen ay Il
!. following table. which includes only the principal