New-York tribune., 1871-09-07

visitor ia permitted to doubt this fact. He shown
hotel now more than half built. covering II acres no
ia taken into steam bakery the rooms OF puphsns
house. the store Of dry goods frni, and toa eson
oase that the sales or tho prtdaot Of that
IA as largo or largcr-ususuy isrgef-tnan any u Fo
York. These three actual experiences OF dnefen' s"
ors are named % instances, because In each OK men
IN. Cb,caroan always mentions promptly ana COR
rectly tho sale or product Of tho choago ostaoish
ment, which Ia really from one-nitn 10 oneiour'h
that OF similar concerns In NeW-Iorh' vi oourso
no thoroughbred NewYorker would think OF whispering
the facts In the to his hopabe entertainers But
two things are evident Chcagoans know less about
other cities than their ownwhtch 10 natural; and they
have an oyerweenng modesty-whoh Is also natural to
them Their public works afford them ut least one great
vantage ground Of comparison with NewYOrk they are
incomparably cheaper. The twome tunnel under Lake
Michigan cost than the earpeting OF two floors OF
that nfuished building In City Hall Park. The struct
ures containing the water works, and especially the
water tower, are specimens of a graceful
architecture pleasant to look upon; and
II visitor walks within, where are pumping
engines with 1ywheels Of Is feet diameter he may be
moved to admiration II he will hold penknife edge
close to the periphery Of Of those Wheels and note
by what almost imperceptibe fraction OF an inch
that circumference varies from exact circle revolving
about its center And then he may be reminded that
Chicago itself becoming manufacturing city that ts
rapidity 30 that the grain trade should ever desert
Its present channels Lake City WILL long before that
have gained securer hold upon prosperity, suoh as 10
due to o central position between iron and COAL which,
developed by brawny muscles and may
bring about the next great era Of Chicago's luck
All that the Convention had time to see outside OF the
city was Riverside kind of curiosity in its way, about
nine miles distant on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad. 1t Is natural curiosity Ia that IL Is
the only place Chicago where there are abundant
hills and trees Its beauty has however, been much en-
HANGED by the skiful Landscape gardening OF Omsed
vaux Co. Of Central Park fame 1t Is suburb OF ABOUT
1000 acres designed the principle OF beginning where
other suburbs hope at some time endwtth water
sewerage, park Of fine old trees, ornamental pichc
grounds many miles Of walks and drives frst-cass
hotel church. educational establishment, &c, In short
all that is comprised In the term "modern con-
veniences' in modern American CITY, Ims
being all done and we'll DONE the land exclusive OF the
park and public grounds s sold in villa plots under
restrictions that compel the purchaser to build within
| reasonable time and prevent anything-lke liquor
shop for nstancethat would disturb the serenity OF
his neighbOrs In fact all the shops In the village
are rented-not sod-and the managers require
that the tenants and their shops shall
keep up to the general standard Of the
locality. But there Is no lack Of remarkable
fluid entertainment for the visitor neither the distant
lake. the remarkably pretty river that winds through
Riverside supplying Its beverages There is spring Of
good water another OF mineral water said to be mag
nec, and third, srtesian well which supplies the
waterwor@. anybody has any doubt as to the where
abouts OF Hades let him drink the water fresh from that
artesian well and doubt no longer. He may have his
foretaste In this life The watertower which incloses
this we the pumping gmachnery and kind OF cistern
with screens providing head" for tho water, Is
landmark of singular but agreeable architecture. The
water loses its taste and smell by exposure on the
screens before entering the pipes which supply the vii
lage Some delightful hours spent by the agrtcul
tura professors examining the improvements under
as well as above ground; the details OF actual cost
measurement and method. having for them practical
interest as similar to much that they are
teaching Prof McAfee OF Wisconsin fairly rev.
eled in the botany Of the place, estimating
with certainty that comes from knowledge as
well as practice ages of the forest trees there being
individual Of thirty different species, and
vome Of large elmS and hackberres being not less
than 800 or 400 years old The Latin names as IA
mar his tongue the English and he could not un-
derstand why people preferred the latter He evidently
did sympsthize with those Of who have 80 often
envied ADAM that only parsonage who had the right to
call things by any name that came handy Haste Is es-
teemed virtue in Riverside in the larger city, the
boast being that all these improvements have been e
fected in than the hsel. consisting OF
two extensive buildings In the graceful Swiss chalet
STYLE connected by coveredbrdge having been erected
and finished within 60 days But everything about the
suburb looks and doubtless s substantial as II 1t had
| been brought about with the slow growth OF many
! years.