The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-02-24
OUR CHICAGO LETTER.
CHICAGO, Feb. II. 1870.

SiiiSAbOf LEU. 1OiO.
Any person who is endowed with or
binary powers Of observation cannot fail
to perceive the almost limitless injury
which pride, fashion and small salaries
are working in our community. As you
are probably bleSt with a somewhat diff
ferent state of affairs in your community.
short sketch may not be uninteresting.
Girls are spoiled with rotlons Of dress
and amusements by their parents. The
keen competition of young men for situa-
tons has forced down the salaries to a
low figure. Three-quarters of these
same men spend all they earn in attempt
ing to keep position in society and
when the proper time for marriage ar
rlves, the young men are still poor and
the young W1men spoiled with notions of
extravagaLce. The result in thousands
OF instances IN this city is either marriage
with life in boarding house and no
children or single lives often with shame
and disgrace. The upper stories If bust
ness blocks are full of young men who
live there. boarding at restaurants or ho-
tells many of whom mingle as little in
the company of good women as the old
miners of California did in 40. A radi-
cal change is needed in this direction and
the sooner it comes the better.
| We have had and are still having an
unprecedentedly mild winter. The snow
flakes made their appearance for few
moments this morning, but they pined
away as strangers in foreign land. The
temperature for several weeks has been
more like what would be looked for in
April than February. If we do not have
to pay dearly for it in the spring, it is
very welcome now.
During about all the winter we have
enjoyed comparative immunity from fires
This Is largely due to the efficiency of
our fire department. No pains or ex
pense are spared in making it all that
could be desired. Several new engines
have recently been added besides some
new apparatus for elevatingt the pipemen
and rescuring the inmates O! burning
buildings.
Another post Office employe has been
arrested this week for ,obbing the mails
He was a driver of mail wagon and is
supposed to have cut the bags while con
veying them to the cars. The bags were
examined after being delivered on the
cars and a number OF letters containing
money missing. This is the second enc
who is awaiting trial for robbing the mails.
The post Office officials are constantly
watching for these letter thieves, and
manifest a determination to weed them
out.
1t was confidently expected that the
work of widening State street, and max
ing it the great thoroughfare of the city,
would be proceeded with this spring.
Some property owners however have in
tertcred and delayed the assessments that
tue WOEh VIII nave 10 uC pun Ou iOI
another year. If these men could see
the advantages to be derived from the
construction of great thoroughfare,
they would render all possible aid to-
wards its com .Jletion The re appears to
be constant tendency for business to
move east and south. The two avenues
on the lake shore are being used for
business fer some distance, and still the
pressure is in that direction.
The members of the Wooden Manufac
turers Association assembled this morn
ing for their third annual meeting. The
wooden manufacturers control an immense
influence in the Northwest and their as
sembling together is an event of no small
importance The objects of the Assoeia
ton is to promote the best interests of
the growers and manufacturers. and fos-
ter every effort made for this purpose.