The New York herald., 1871-10-15
Cause of the Fire and H -
timated LOSS.
TIE FUTURE OF CHICAGO.
CUR HAP OF CHICAGO.

The map OF Chicago In our present number rs, we
get been Issued No trouble has been spared in
getting up In the most perfect manner possible, IL
aavina been drawn under the supervision OF gen.
ueman, resident Of Chicago, well acquainted with
She topography OF the city. He IN the city all
through the connagration, and therefore is In po-
sition to voucn for the accuracy of our representa-
non Of the burned district few explanatory re-
marks relative to The map will not be OF place.
AZ frst sight, on looking at II, one would suppose
shat the extent Of territory the fire. covered
had been greatly exaggerated, out q closer
inspection win show that this Is not the case. A
large part OF the city, presented in the map,
sists merely Of suburbs and streets In the prospect
I've, with houses scattered az Wide intervals from
each other The burned part 1t is scarcely necessary
state constituted the city proper, and comprised
tn Its limits its wealth. business and property. The
stver divided che city into four divisions-north.
south, east and west South from the river were
she great centres OF business-La Sole, Clark, Dear
&s1p and State streets and Wabash aud Micht
street. which was the great seat Of
The provision and fruit trades, and 1t was.
probably the busiest part Of the city, These
streets nortn and south and were intersected by
lake, Randolph Washington, Madison ami other
important thorouahfares, equal TO the former in
sne amount of business they transacted. AZ
may be seen, this district is entirely destroyed not
house remains standing. aud scarcely q wall in
the whole space indicated on the map. The west
she, as may be seen, s almost unnjured. but this is
frame houses occupied chiefly by the iaportng
CLASSES. Par; OF the space represented on tho map
N entirely uninnabited, though within the
siu limits. The houses are OF the very
S00rcss Kind and It had long been . matter OF
wonder to tourists that they had not been puie
down and better ones erected Ia their stead The
north side, which has been destroyed as far rs Lin
coin PaSS, was iu many respects like the vest slde
with tho exception that il had many valuable buid.
,nsys churches and COLLEGES within Its limits Just
over Randolph street bridge was the Galena ue-
Dot and freight houses Of the Chicago and
Southwestern Railroad, which have been all
swept away. The residents Of This part were
Df the better class many Of them being very
wealthy. II IL completely guttcd from the river
clear 10 the parR. distance OF three miles, not .
nonse stands the south side, and fire xtendcd
NJ may he secn as far ~ Harrison street. AT Mon.
roe street business 10 great measure ceases and
private residences commence, and these, for 6ve
oocxs south and far greater distance west, are
entirely consumed. From where the fire
ccasea on the south s,de the city extends
m lba, direction for several miles, ami ~
fnickiy buit up. 1t Is she fashionable part OF
Chicago being inhabited solely by the most wealthy
families i,s destruction w0nld nave made the
loss INFINITELY greater pus 1t has been. fortunately,
spared. Everything IN the burned District east to
Lake Michigan, IS gone. At the foot OF Lake street
WAS s,tnaed tue great central Railroad depot, and
gust below the White stockings had their grounds.
Then there was vacant space without any buiid
dining The fre repaired where ia sale
street terminated was the depot or the Lake Snore
and Michigan sonthern Railroad beside II was the
Pacific House, and directly in the centre OF the
0arkened par. OF the map stood the principal news
paper ofbces and hotels We hope this brief sketch
viii enable onr readers 10 understand the exact
Iocapop OF tno Ore IL Is faithful one o. can be
gwen, and Ia derived from q long and thorough
acquaintance with the city. Ar We said before, no
pains or expense have been spared In making the
MAN al thai II should be- aud we natter ouyselyes