The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21
CHICAGO.

experienced Dy our ure-s q )reneQ ne1gn
bors in relation to the total loss of all
their Real Estate, Court and Probate
records, but they are probably more
scared than hurt,
The sales of real estate are again assum
ing prominence and taken on the whole
the values of that kind of property has not
suffered much diminution on account Of
the fire
The uncertainty that yet exists, as to
where the great business houses will 10
cate, has to be su3e unsettled prices. and
lots that have sold at $4,000 to So 600 per
foot have declined materially, but on the
other hand, land equally we'll situated
but which has been covered by miser
able class of buildings swept clean by the
fre-has doubled in value.
On the South Side-the business part
of the town-what has been lost in one
/ location has probably been gained i n
another.
On the great West side, property is
full as high as before the fire, and in
many places has greatly advanced, and
it now looks as if much of the business,
! that has been transferred to that side,
will permanently remain there.
The North side, the most thoroughly
stricken part Of the city, feels the smart
the most acutely. Thousands of small
wooden buildings had been erected, that
! it is feared will prevent the erection Of
class of structures, but at meeting Of
prominent n orth Side owners held last
week, we notice that nearly all have de-
termined to go ahead. and rebuild their
lost homes.
They talk Of enacting stringent fire
limits embracing the whole city. This we
fear will prevent the Immediate popu-
latlng of the city proper, but it will
throw the st majority of those of mod
i crate means into the suburban districts,
from which, by the numerous railroads,
1 they can easily acquire access to the town.
But it will be impossible to prevent
Chicago from growing. The thousands
and ten Of thousands of new Corners that
the needs of Chicago will attract the
coming year, will many of them, remain
and permanently add to its busting
population. If they cannot afford to buy
and build inside, they will outside, all
about the common centre and all unite to
make Chicago, again the busiests most
enterprising and greatest city of the West
/ if not of the entire country.
THE LAND OWNER F" ON THE REAL
ESTATE MARKET, TITLES, ETC,
The Land Oo0ner Of Chicago has Just
ma de It's first appearance, since the fire
We clip from it these items:
Our land holders are as rich as before
the fire. Our merchants lost heavily.
This shows the relative value Of land and
merchandise.
The titles to property in Chicago and
Cook county are as good as ever they
. were. A few shystor lawyers have raised
q hullabaloo about titles, to brighten
numbsculls and feed fat on their incred-
ulity. A@
All our leading real estate houses,
burnt out IN the fire, pay dollar for dol
lar of their obligations. Their vaults
and safes In most cases preserved their
: valuable papers and abstracts. While
merchants are obliged to compromise, our
land men pay hundred cents on the
E dollar at sight. For the land did not
burn. 1t is an impershable property.
Cook county put her records in the
third story of the Court House, and her
, culprits in the vaults of the basement
She let her records burn, and marched
| out her prisoners. whose blankets re-
NAMED unscOrched. This comes of hay
ling thick headed, long cared and thor
oughly dishonest men in every depart,
ment of civil government. When will
the dear public of Cook county get
enough of its army of knaves and fools
in public places Fut Il s.H.sYHail
4 Truth is indestructible Neither land
nor its title can be destroyed by fire. The
books in which Judgment was entered
may be burned, but the fact of the iudg-
ment remains. The book was not the
Judgment, but only one means Of show
iEg the act Of the court. So of the records
of deeds It. is law, older than the set!
Element of this country, that the destruc-
ton of deed cannot restore the title of
the land to the graptor. It stills remains
in the grantee. who may show the fact Of
his ownership by the next best evidence In
his power. 4 Much more is this trne of
that modern invention, the record Of in
Istruments of conveyance of land. ssa $50
/ Strictly speaking, no legislation what
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