New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-15

o., tc last Is or 20 years that two cities are more
1ise than Chicago and NowYork aud those who have
5eirhel most TO repeat this truism nave never nheo
80 mace CHICAGO fret. Iti sourceoi comfort toaway-
f,riuc NevYorker 10 Gud thcpe0pc OF great metropolis
iit chicago willing to take him by the hand, and not
ou, 70 treat him kindly and frequently but to speak IN
,rm OF federation OF his loved home. especially when
il is also the home OF Ts r and Kaiser Tweed 10 say
nothing of the Citizens Association and the society iOr
the Prevention Of Cruelty TO Animals. have never be-
fore been able understand the melting mood OF Mark
Twain when he so unexpectedly came across the Grave
Of his beloved ancestor Adam. I have not yet quite
struck water but have often wished could as de-
serving tribute this condesccnson on the part OF
this rare people know perfectly well that the pcs'
chance NewYork has for honorable mention among the
cities of the earth hold fast to the skirts OF Chicago
am daily and hourly appraised Of 1t, and the longer
7 siay the nrmer the conviction takes hold
OF me. l have just laid down DOCK
OF American travel written by on intelligent English
man. and published by firstclass New-Hork house.
The author en- route for California stops over one train
at Chicago the result Of which is chapter devoted to
the greatness OF the Garden CITY, with this remarkable
conclusion: "None hut the idle starve, none but the
stupid die poor The Garden City is the paradise of the
modern man of business. Compared with the hustle OF
Chicago the hustle of NewYork is stagnation" For
week have been trying TO get Chicago greatness drilled
into me but have yet reached the sublime nights OF
elorfcaton which the integ gent Engishman touched IN
u hours. 1 know 1 am dull, and then am troupieu
little with George Washington's childish weakness
cannot tell lie, unless can make something by II.
But many good things be said Of Chicago without
riskng ones souls salvation 1t is atown OF positive
virtues and not merely mart Of cheap divorces Inc
manifest destiny Of Chicagois to be great ana COM
handing metropolis-a respectable halfway house De-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacihc-oetWeeh Ne"1oiA
and San Francisco. In few years, al most It's "ooueh
ness which now Expresses tho stranger wu yeid 10
more solid and substantial aspect and its dreary waste
vfxsa IN ms
streets fine structures and suburban surroundings such
as are BETTING American metropolis. This Is inc
prospective view. To-day il would rot require liberal
education 10 discover many points of difference between
Chicago and New-YOrk. In some cases the difference
would be against New-York, and in Others would be
quite in the other direction Like NewHork, Chicago is
AT present giving its mind and its money TO the build
ing Of hotels No less than dozen large tayerns are III
process OF erection have been erecteon paper Inc
principal enterprise Of this kind approaching com
petion is building occupying the entire block bounded
on the east and west by Clark and Lasaests, and on
the north and south by Adams and Quincy-sts, and to
be called the Ogden House. The great rygoOds mer-
chant Potter Palmer has retired from the field OF bis
triumphant achievements, and is giving his name 10
tavern-building. He mile OF city lots on staest
and ia interested in keeping traffic on that thOroughfare
He is now building immense hotel running rom
Safest to Wabash-aye and from Quincy to MonroeSs
know not what indications have directed these capl-
tass into this channel Of inv estment, and cannot but
believe it 10 be sort OF halucnatiOn that VIII exhaust
itself by exhaustng the capitol OF the projectors Ihey
may DO acting upon the hint followed by those New
Workers who, desiring nests Of young spaIroWs' Duu
houses for the parent birds and find them ever ready to
accept the and pay the rent Chicago Is grow
ing cosmopolitan and one fact of a cosmopolitan CITY
which neither sentiment sense can change Is that
largo share Of its inhabitants will eat aud sleep in hotels
and boardnghouses. 1t is said that other language
has the synonym Of the English word "home;" andl
has been lust pride Of the Eugishspeang race mat
no other word with such sacred associations or
is so fraught all that is holy and heaful in social
life The present tendency TO gregousRcss in living IS
real enough serious apprehensons that the word
home may become obsolete even in the English |
tongue.
But the mOnaires Of Chicago, who meet real or fan
ced want in erecting these mOtTOus caraYansares are
doing good thing toward improving and beautifying
the city. Notwithstanding the fictitious value OF real
estate here the people who build houses to live in CT to
10 business in have got much in the habit OF spread
ing themselves the ground that they 90 not Kho"
how to economist by taking from the breadth ana AGA
ing TO the hight OF their structures The result Is lhaV
they are more free study the rules of architecture ana
70 cultivate taste In building The impression with Chi
cagoans is that there dwellinghouses IN New
York A gentleman just reformed from the metropolis
inquired Of me where the people lived He saw pieh'y
Of solid blocks of brick and stone houses but no
dwellings OF course it would have been useless
"a well as ungenerous for me TO ridicule his
provincial simplicity, and point with eXuta-
tion 10 the "palatial mansions" OF EuthaVe.
and MadisonsGuare. The question with which he would
have sileDced me forever would have required me to
pont ont the spacious lawns with foliage and flowers,
which the residents of cities built on measnIeless
prairies inevitably associate with dwellings OF humble
ureteDse TO say nothing Of palaces and mansions. And
am quite free TO say that drive on Wabash or Mchl-
gan-ave. will incline any fair-minded NeW-1ofher 10
think cbaritaby OF the structures on our metropolitan
residences. There seems TO be no quarrel about the
STYLE of pavement best for Chicago streets The Nlco-
son which originated here, holds supreme sway ana is
likely 10 for an indefinite period am told tha over ~
miles Of this kind Of pavement have been put Gown uuI
ing the past year. If should say 30 or even 49,
| should believe it implicitly
Chicago is full of Western tourists. Not day eapsos
without the arrival Of excursion parties from the East
ON their way TO the Pacific. The tide Of travel seems TO
have turned entirely and peasureseekers are beginning
To understand that Continental Europe viii be quite as
enjoyable If taken supplement to Continental Amer
lea am glad Chicago is not nished-not because l
have any plan in my mind for its completion, bu' De-
cap.e can't bear finished city. There is blunderng
,.bness about an unfinished Own-nOt about its streets
and houses alone but particularly about the people
ho ,Il IFS streets aud live in land generally OWN its
,onsaa There are a number OF things about Chicago
mat are not finished might mention the Douglas Monu-
nent for one and might though VIII not nentonth
Chicago University for another. VIII not mention the
Chicago University in this catalogue because fear II
go not belong to IT,. From outward ndcatOns-and
,ave moi had any Other-it Is finished or In a
fair way 10 be- At least it appears 10 be satisfied with
elf and IA not at all like the nest that the eagle srreh
mn If WAS running on simitudes, should say 1t
more like last years birds nest. passed by IT'S
Grounds today and could not keep from my NINA that
beautiful poem beginning with
..~Tis the voice o. The sllzgari: hear him oomphn
You have walked ne too soon must sumber again