The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-11-04

The corporation of the city OF Chicago,
in counting up the damage done by the great
FIRE. fods that its own loss amounts to
IS 100000. exclusive OF what falls upon tie
citizens. And on opening the City Tressurer's
safe Thursday, the books and papers therein
were discovered to be still burning. How
ever, the ready aid pours in, in splendid
home and foreign contributions. The Man
sion House Uondonl fund and the Manches-
ter subscription exceed $500, 600, and al
though the personal gifts Of Queen Victoria
and of the Prince OF Wales were magnificent,
a parliamentary candidate has seen fit to
charge want of charity upon the aristocracy.
The Psrisians. in the midst OF their troubles,
have given nearly $1,000; the Swiss and
VIennese are raising subscriptions, and q
cable dispatch from Havana has brought
$10, 09J for bestowal through the hands of
Seror Devisser, OF New York. Boston Metho-
oists send $4,000, and q couple OF Buffalo
churches 81 200, while the Conference at
Cincinnati has determined to raise $50 900 tor
the benefit CT their denomination, ard the
postofice employees in the same city have
literally followed the same fraternal princip G
with respect to the postothce people Of Cni-
cago. The New Y ork Presoytery mas give
5000, a part of which goes TO the suffer-
ers in Michigan and Wisconsin. The
receipts have come to something like million
and half By TINS time, but couple OF mil
lion will be needed during the next month.
The Rehe' aud Aid Society are feeding over
40 0J0 people now, aud are short OF vegetables
and bedding, which must be had IN the liz.
terests OF health. preservation. They want all
tie onions, beans and potatoes they can get,
and beds, big enough for two, snd filed with
clean straw or prairie hay. Meanwhile the
city government is thinking OF helping itself
some, by reducing salaries 20 per cent, and
dismissing whomsoever objects. II suggests,
also, the adoption BY Congress Of the county
war. debt, and wants to issue 81 000, 900 worth
Of 20 year bonds. Treasurer Spinner, who
says that only Congress can relieve the losers
Of legal tenders, has received S85 900 Of charred
money to begin on. Eastern and European
insurance companies are paying losses
promptly, the banks receive more than the,
issue, and the damaged grain from four eleva-
tors has been sold for t59. SIS. Tremendous
building projects are on foot; the Union Cen
tral Depot may have what it wants Of Lake
Park, II it will bridge the mouth OF
Chicago river; the postofice and the
custom house are to be rebuilt magnifi-
Gently; Q business block is to take
the place Of Crosby's Opera House; the
Pacific Hotel will take q fresh start, and
Potter Palmer will continue the erection OF
his grand ESTABLISHING nt, the stores Of which
will be ready in two months, and will rent
for SAC, 900. This has sent up the prices Of
material; lumber dealers and brick makers
have asked so much that Milwaukee and
certain eastern cities are getting the market
and nails, of which 100000 kegs were lost In
the fire, have advanced Is cents keg, whole.
sale. Five hundred masons and 1000
carpenters are needed now, and twice az
many more will be wanted next March.
Some atrocious speculation is INDUCED in
certain bricklsyers who could get only "a 81
day mediate strike, but their efforts were
counteracted by by those of certain other Of
the craft who were disposed to be reasonable
IN their demands, preferring. however, &c
work without the Intervention OF contractors,
who charged extortionately, and laid the
blame OF exor5itancy on them. But altogether
matters are promising; last Mon
day and Tuesday more shipping lay
in the harbor than ever before, in the
same length Of time, and the Chicago & ct.
Louis Railroad Company opens new road to
Kansas City at once. Astronomy and jus
tice suffers, however, for the observatory,
with its famous CLARK telescope, is likely tc
close for want Of funds, and the lawyers who
have lost ali their books, cannot buy those
that are stored in the cellar Of the State House
until they are so authorized BY law. Pohti.
cal parties have combined somewhat, and
propose to elect Joseph Medill, of the Tribune
to the mayoralty, and Judge Jameson, who
befriended Mr.. Cheney with an Injunction, "
. seat in the Superior Court David A. Gags
will be City Treasurer. The "Union Fire
Ticket" ~ it Ia called, will undoubtedly b
elected, although some unsatisHed cfiice-
seekers have just placed an opposition ticket
In the field. The Auditor General OF IIlinoiI