The New York herald., 1871-10-15


tell you this city Of Chicago at this time IL
enough to cur or even Marx Tapey In the midst o1
has cachinnaIng career. II nc hat enooun tered
this present Chicago his way to Eden h8
Wouldn't have thonght 10 jolly a. all. Dut woaidT
have turned his steps again toward tns fass
anchored Isle, including MicawDer ani Jonas Y.
There are, OF course, men here who caa smile
yer, ana even joke bctimes; but thor
are not overrun with superduous levlty, ana
they think the immediate fu ture presents SONS
grave problems to solve they feel tnlt |: win take
good manv years to creep back to last weeks van
tagc ground, but they ara resolved to attain IL.
saw n man on Monday night looking lntentiy
and seriously ~ his block OF I've story stores on
Water street. then writhing and roaring IN the
names. knew him and watched MIN. His gaze
was rveted ! pltied MIN heartily, for / judged
that he was on the verge Of despair. At iastI ven
tured 70 approach and break ms reverie. well.
Blake, what are you thinking Of ~ sad !. ..Ah-hra
must be catcnlng help'
lead lea pipe. As / approachea ana '''sS saiu.sd
brick wall Til il mashed nat ana then said. '9o,
that pipe's all I've got In the world out ! begin
rc W who i had lost rst his store and then his hand
some residence ON Michigan avenue. He was lug
glng around 9 marble mantle, with the heavy
sna' ana rs%srHeI. s .TSass ali there IS now; but
I'm gong 70 see II can't nnd another and nuIld 2
saw Bakcy, editor OF the Ecea.ng fJss, n0vering
around in front OF sne ruins Of the ONCE. He picked
forS" asked. .seelng whether they're cool
enough to clear out and build over again." was the
there is The mrrn Is rather forced there Ia plenty
OF pluck, but II has solid substratum OF serious
THE TRIAL OF TITLES.
The telegraph has already informed the country
' the oor ts House No original M
legal record of any sort-now remains IN the Oily.
M tes OF a ans os ~ IN Tue Dmrt arc ~ na
not be long delayed, and the litigation may last
century see no possible way out ol TINS Jungle 0i
chaos except for the Legislature, which Will meet
in special session immediately, to pass an act de-
claring That the abstract books OF the abstracs
evidence OF ownership and title, except IN case
Of counter proof in an original deed of these u -
known that chase Brothers and Hardy Pasdeloup,
successors to ShOrtale Hoard, saved their books,
aud the Legislature cannot do wiser thing than to
do not indicate the most dencate shades Of diner.
ence rs conveyed in language, but they SHOW Al
are near enough correct for all practical
purposes; at any rate there is now
city surveyors who nave saved neir neld books can
also add some valuable evidence. as taey have, At
OF the properly OF the burned district The remain
ing difficulty IN the matter is that by some preter
natural cilnlslness In the original blacksmith. tna
cnains at first used were traction too long, 30
tnat oil recent and present measures nave
mad TO be modified TO accommodate the accurate
measurement 10 the erroneous one. But perhaps
ali these diculles VIII In tine be adjusted withOus
adding 10 the present disaster thirty years. war
oi Lites.
Now that the city has burned up, and most Ot tho
and railroad property nave per,shed, too the
old war between the city and the companies
inc Companies have fought TO thrust their tracks
into the very heart Of the city the city has fought,
| out. The Illinois Central, one Of the wealthiest
| companies in the Umon, mas succeeded In
gan Central and the Chicago, Burlington and
| Quincy as accessories at the foot OF Lake street
| IN the city-and to confiscate Tor It's own use
! and Deiiool immense strip along the lake front,
belonged to tine public. The road mas moreover.
perverted Jrauchise ny pushing this land out into
the lake, by indnsir1ously nlng in, and has taken
possession Of a large area in the harbor on some
| highwaymans plea. The CITY contested the aggres-
sion. Now that all Is burned out 1t is proposed
py some or our most prominent citizens
That two large depots be established, one on the
north ami the othcr on the south o the city, distant
rhat connection with the central streets be made by
street car, ca-r,aye or otner vehicle anu tnat
through trains transferred from one depot TO the
otner on q set OF tracks making scm-circulaf
deour around the city westward, along the line OF
| the new boueyard all Eastern, southern and
| southwestern roads TO converge it The southern
| depot; all Northwestern trains AZ the other
| It,. contra, the railroads have seized the opp0r.
tunity or the great calamity 10 conspire for the
! possession or some OF the unoccupicd land IN the
very centre OF the city, near the Court House. The
roads have more money than the city has, and they
calculate the iecplcness OF the land owners and
their failure 20 resist SO thev now celebrating
scheme for the monopoly OF several acres In the
choicest business centre OF the city for the snort OF
their riutonic locomotives and the rattle OF their
! ncessant trains.
The sick city i rousng % meet and erappe with
| ana audacious form VIII be resisted 20 the end
TO THE CENTRE
There IN talk or the part or some OF citizens
OF giving up the OLD centre for immense park or
something oi the sor and establish new centres ia
the South division, at Twelfth street. and In the
Mast at
not changed oy resolution or the whIm OF the inhab
ifants Gravtation VIII assert itself. Tne people
tre--the natu raj centrc-than they can get chance
to sec the other side OF the moon. Tue centripetai
force Is ever active and powerful IL cannot over
come.
build on the Old site; the Custom House ~ TO b0
reInyenated the county has resolved TO recon
struct the Conr, House. and all affairs gravtAt-
ing back commerce aho cats arc 'oho VI 'aMii'ar
naunts.
or the present In the burned District could
they be comprencnded In a single camera would
present the most startling series OF ruined vlstas to
he sse % P when or there were 400 niles Sorn
Chicago. is 80 burned as to DC quite
Ie mi re ponn. Is len exceps a ot vosn sn
succession OF hubs, badly adapted 10 etner sole or
wagon wheel. There are iron yates that lead 70
nowhere; stone s,airways that empty into the iaf
0mless sky; gas and water pipes IN all stages Of
con,ortion, that HI the smoking ruins with millions
or wruhins reptiles.
badly rent and strained. still stands amid tho
wreck around Justice 1aunts itself conspicu-
ously on the eornice. Part OF the T-6aDe Block IL
LETT, but only part. Crosbys, the Chamber OF Com
merce, Mcvicgcr's, the sherman the Trcmonr
where now arc their plaster pliasters and dainty
frescocs anu great blocks OF stone and marble built
az i Tor all uuie Nothing Is left but heaps or
bro ken and dsc0lored masonry, strevn thickIy
with glass molten INTO thousand fantastic forms
ana ,ron rc1dcnel and bent with IRE. Tnc streets
can hardy 90 recognized. The lamp posts were
wrcncned and bent out or shape. There are no
more sidewalks. The lire has eaten the compost
! tlon out " the seams of tDe roadway and honey.
| conDed the wooden blocks. The rais OF Inc street
! car lines are
RaD sSD YELLOW,
ana IN some places lifted q couple OF feet into the air
bv the expansion caused by the intense heat. The
| roadway Itself uDauatcs like "A sea, here a hollow
ana there hui The road, i've or ten feet above the
| level of the cellars around. looks Ike path cut
| tnrougn burned ami biacSencd swamp. The