The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-22
CHICAGO.
\ GATHERING TOGETHEROF THE
RELICS OF THE CITY.
A CITY OF OVER 100000 INHABIT-
ANTS STILL N EXISTENCE.
AN ENACT STATEMENT OF THE
NUMBER OF BUILDINGS
DESTROYED.
WHAT WE NOW HAVE THAT DID
NOT ENIST IN lsCO.
From the Tribune, Friday.
THE TOTAL AREA or THE CITY

THE TOTAL AREA or THE CITY
! cf Chicago, including the annexed { rsi-
| tory west of Western ,vcrLa. and .,l-o iu-
| Guiding Il, cots etc, Is over -3.JuU ucr.,
J OF this the South Division embrace, 1888.
aud the North DIVISION 2,j33l. Iuciotal
"umbrr OF buildings in the CITY Wa, about
10000. of which about 1000 were Oh the
south, and 10, 500 on the north side Of the
river. the best and cot irst--lhe ones in
which Chicago took the most prIdc--bcin
in the South Division and north of JacN-
son street. On the north side there were
many elegant dwelling houses but they
were nearly all east of Well, street ana
north of NORTH avenue those lying near
| the river on Brcmer, Wessun,. Larrabcc.
and other streets, b, ing of II very inferior
| class. There were also large sec ion. on
| the north side in which there were no
houseses. The district between the North
! Branch and the Ogden canal, on one side.
and LiLco!n Park and the old cemetery on
the other, were unOccupicd, and there was
much vacant ground further up on the
North Branch.
on THE SOUTH SIDE.
the fire destroyed nearly everything in the
lrSt and second wards, and 1t ignt portion
IN the uolthwest corner Of the third. 1t,
southern limit on Michigan avenue was
Congress street, on Clark, Harrison: ANA
On Wells street point lltt.c below
Polk. The area Of the burnt district Is
$50 acres. There We're destroyed 3.GUO
uildlngs, including LOCO stores, 2S,hutcl,
and 60 manufacturing cslab Lshment., ana
2l,GUO persons were turned out Of Their
homes, tho greater uumucr of whom
lived in the second ward, west of State
street, whore they were closely backed.
ihc residents ia The first wa,d ucnerally
lived IN hotels ur iurui-Aud rooms, except
IN the western portion ul the ward VIII re
many poorer amliGs were cDngrygalcd.
oN Tue NORTH SIDE
1900 acres were burned over out of til,
1000 IN that division, leaving luttcta small
pUruon on kluZ,C street near the river
and several houses uurh Of Division and
west Of q. churd, including sore orthe bet
ter sc,toi dlstrcI up Ciynourpo nycnur
Iuc toni nHmbcr OF the buildings de-
,troyed was 10000 including over SIX
hundred stores and one hundred InDnu-
taruring Establishments. About 10000
pel,uns were deprived of homes. ana ARE
.oj'urnng 'm the west side, or have l,f.
III" city. Out Of II population Of 1000
only about 1000 have house, which tnrv
can claim as their own, and there ,,re nnt |
over coo houses lett standing, tor toe Dis
trict burned over embraced most of the
settled area OF the north division
WEST Division.
While the amount of grOand burned |
over IN the west division VISA not greut-
II t much exceeding 100 acre, and !
while much OF that was occupied by lum j
her yards, etc, yet the people whodid live |
there were very closely packed together.
AID between one aud two thousand u,nn,e |
must have dwclt there. The value of m. |
houses destroyed was comparatlyr,v |
light, they being nearly all frame Uuild. |
lngs.
WHAT REMAINS
1t appears, then, that out of the GO Ooo !
buildings in Chicago only about IL 500 |
h We been destroyed and That, While %
900 persons have been driven fran ,heir
home, over 2450OO have not been affected
in that way. The whole immense
area of the west division, with il. mile.
Of Westinghouse, its stores md
business blocks. Is almost intact while
the south side retains the great mass Of its
DIV ing houses Of the later clrs,. mn,,y
md the fine business blocks
winch have been erecting on Tw ntv-sec-
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