Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-11-02
WHAT REMAINS OF CHICAGO.

Number OF buildings Left Standing
| a Hopeful view.
We clip the following from the Chi
cago Tribune Of the Goth, as it is
worthy Of going on record
TIE TOTAL AREA OF THE CITY
ST Chicago, including the annexed ter
ritorv west Of Western avenue, and
also including streets, etc. is over %, =
! 600 acres. OF this the South Division
embraced 1858, and the North Division
! 2,533l. The total number OF buildings
/ III the city was about GO, 600, Of which
about 1900 were on the south, and
| lO, 800 on the north side Of the river,
the best and c0stliest-the ones il
which the citizens OF Chicago took the
most pride-beiug in the South Divi-
sion, and north Of Jackson street. On
the North Side there were many elegant
dwelling houses, but they were nearly
all east OF Wells street and north Of
North avenue, those lying near the
river, on Bremen, Wesson, Larrabee,
and other streets, being of a very infe-
nor class, There were also large sec
tons on the North Side in which there
we've no houses. The district between
the North Branch and the Ogden Canal,
on one side, and Lincoln Park and the
old cemetery on the other, were unoc-
cupled, and there was much vacant
ground further up on the North Branch.
on THE SOUTH SIDE
the fire destroyed nearly everything in
the First and Second Wards, and a
Light portion in the northwest corner
of the Third. It's southern limits on
Michigan avenue was Congress street
on Clark, Harrison; and on Wells street,
q point little below Polk. The area
Of the burnt district is $50 acres. There
were destroyed 3, 600 buildings, iuclud-
ing l,GO0 stores, 2S hotels, and so man
ufacturing establishments, and q, soc
PERSONS turned out OF their homes, the
greater number Of whom lived in the
Second Ward, west OF State street,
whore they We're closely packed The
residents in the First Ward generally
lived IN hotels or furnished rooms, ev-
copJ 10 the western portion OF the ward,
where many poorer families were con.
gregated.
OK TEE NORTH SIDE,
1900 acres were burned over ont of
the 800 IN t at division, leaving in
tact a small portion on Kinzle street,
near the river, and several houses north
OF Division, and west Of Orchard, incluG-
ing some OF the better settled districts
up Clybourne avenue. The total mum
Der OF buildings destroyed was 10, 600,
including over SIX hundred stores and
one hundred manufacturing establish
ments. About 80, 600 persons were de-
prived Of homes, and are sojourning on
the West Side, or have left the city.
Out OF a population OF 1900 only
1000 have houses which they can claim
as thcir own, and there are not over
600 houses left standing, for the dis
trict burned over embraced most of
the settled area OF the North Division.
WEST DIVISION.
While the amount of ground burnt
over in tile West DIVISION was not great
not much exceeding $50 acres-and
while much of that was occupied by
lumber yards, etc, Yet the people who
did live there were very closely packed
together, and between one and two
thousand people must have dwelt there.
The value If the houses destroyed was
comparatlycl. light, they being nearly
~! frame buildings.
WHAT REMAINS.
Il appears, then, that out Of the 90,
600 buildings III Chicago, only about
IL, 500 have been destroyed, and that
while 81, 600 persons have been driven
from their homes, over 90, goo have
not been affected in that way. The
whole immense area Of the West Di-
vision. with its miles Of dwelling
houses, It's stores and business blocks,
is almost intact, while the South Side
retains the great mass of its dwelling
houses Of the latter class, many manu-
factories. and the tine business blocks
which have been erecting on Twenty
second street and Archer avenue, and
ut other points. many Of its finest
churches, and the innumerable manu-
factories winch abound in the Sixth
Ward.
There are, TO be precise, about 60
churches, 1900 stores, 600 manufacture
ing establishments and workshops,
5, 500 saloons, and 1000 dwelling
houses still standing in the West III.
vision. $50 there is, as vet, no reason
for exec ts-ye dc-pH"l,lCv. the North
and South Side Boiling Mills are stlh
furnishing employment to hundreds Of
wogkmen.
THE OUTLOOK.
In 1850 the city had 100 coo PEG.
nle or hess tuau are now on the
West Side alone, We had 40 lake tuu-