New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-18
THE NEW CHICAGO.
REBUMplNG THE BURNT On.

PENll1.
FROM an Occasional coaRgsPoSDgST or rmE T7isuyRI
CHICAGO, April 4.--'Ihc three or -four days Of
really spring Ike weather which have yslfrl CHICAGO
during the pa: week have put new face Affairs
generally in this city. AZ least twice as many vorfcn
haze been actively employed 10 the busuo-o Of Iecoh
strUctiOn as dining preceding week su'" iic great
fire. II there was dependency here imucGiu. H. afrr
that event or during the months vi an ano-t nnpi'c'
dentedly long and winter, low that srung bias
come all Is hopeful The air il jubidDt with Tie POUNDS
OF reconsrctiye labor and new and magn hcent pihN
Of brick and mortar surprise the eye IN al d"ci"s'
The Chicago OF last Summer Is thing o. The past there
few historic structures or places lciti and tie
early settlers only appeal 10 the inaZna
ton when dcscrhilg the former city iieo'r
forth its history will chiefly date rom ihe
year 1872. 1t Is quite probable that there - not
TO he found to-day In CbfragO single londC 1t man
among those who able to work. For the iaborcT
there is plenty Of employment with prompt pay; ana
the capitalist only to buld aud there hundreds
ready take his building soon as it IL completed and
pay him 20 per cent per annum OF its cost for rent Ne
chanics get from s. TO s. per day. and find work without
difficulty. Indeed, IL estimated that at least 5000
men will be employed during the coming summer IN The
burnt district Alone all OF whom will be employed In the
work OF and tIere must be hall that
number 0f men employed IN tie work at tue pies'1t
| time
Daring the Winter a considerable number Of common
brick structure, were reared rather unsieLty IN al
the great majority Of progress OF construction
are much more beautiful than tue edces they replace,
and all OF them substantial There art prob
ably hundred eddces now building thaS Will surpass
these respects the structures OF their class that A
listed before the fire. The Wholesale buildings, almost
without exception capaclous and adapted IN every
respect to the wants OF the present The gre"
trouble with Lake-st for instance, before the ~ ~d-
that its business blocks, constructed as most OF iaom
suit the ideas Of Chicago enterprise 10 81 10 al
ago, poorly adapted to wholesale or rca Du n'''
conducted at the present time and hener, t"T"
the great con1agration, the owners OF stores 81 that
street to their tenants NOV"
better quarters State-st. and WaDa-haye ana 10
find their rents decrease and their lots delrccdt',
| while both rents and real estate values we're
| as rapidly approaching in the favored o-
callties Since the fire the owners OF Lake-s' property
have with hardly an exception, decided TO rebuild IN"
entire with hrstcass structures, adapted Ia every
respect to the needs OF wholesale business The ioH
are % feet IN width, and the old custom was to b"d ac-
cordng to the sze OF the lot There were not over bali
dozen stores on the with greater width INSIDE in
about q feet But rebuilt each store II TO be At least
lot and half 37t feet IN width, and many stores axe
to be the full width OF two lots while several wi have
breadth Of 20 feet. These buildings arc usually b'e
stories in hight, and many Of them VIII be from $50 I"
1870 feet in depth Most If these edlces Will be furnished
| with steam elevators, both for hosting ANA lowering
goods and for the accommodation OF tenants. Al Ia"
largest and best otiecbuildngs are to nave tho Io'
and fifth stories made accessible by means Oh e''d"'s'
Wabashave, from its northern terminus at Lakest' To
Harrison-st will DC almost entirely rebuilt tb's sea'h
Just about half OF the whole frontage Is nov undei COZ"
tract the buildings all be deep and broad structures
adapted to wholesale business And while this is IL"
case in the burnt district the work OF transforming IL"
residences into business houses that portion VI tA1
avenue between Harrison and Twenty-sccoDd-sts ~
lance OF mile and half, Is making rapid pIOsic'''
The present indications that business g'hrr"iiJ,
will rcoccupy its old haunts The wholesale roc"rs ~"
going return to the north end OF Michigan ana wa
bashaves, while the greater portion OF reconstruct"
Wabash-aye will be occupied with dry goods lobDng
houses. Dearborn and la Salle-sts will probably be
rebuilt with Office structures, while old WcIls,t now
called Fifth-aye is also Likely to become street Tor Of
fees The early movement to make Market anu Frank
u-sts the business center Of the South DIVISION par
excellence appears have failed The great houses &"
Field & Letter and j. " Farwe, 1t Is true, nav" eeced
very large but plain structures in this quarter aad have
done more business than ever during the past
| Winter; but the idea that tins portion OF
the city was to the business center Of the recon
structed Chcag has nearly passed away ana IL II no"
stated by persons who claim TO know that tae h''i-
named firm will build jobbinS house farther cart
During the past week Mr.. j. V. Farwcll has added az
other 10 the u or more aresian wells that IA
existence either within the city in the suDurOs Alr
boring through l,?0O feet all limestone wlIh h eA'ei
tion of about 100 feet of DRIFT and auyium, tie work
was brought a successful conclusion ~ Tie s"u'
| den upward rush OF volume Oh ""'i ''''
| Threatened TO submerge the ncighbOrhoOd. III"
well is 81 inches in diameter, aud Is said to ds'h'h'
600 gallons per hour. 1t has head sufficient to ia~
the water 70 the fifth story OF Mr. Farwols who csaIs
buldinr and will be carried through the Ou.ding by
means OF iron pipes, to which hose VIII be attached Il
convenient intervals thus furnishing complete protce
on against fire. The water will also be used 10 the
engines and for purposes OF publication. Messrs Hale
Emerson Co. sinking similar well on the south
east Of State and Washington ats. 1bey nave
already penetrated through COO feet OF limestone, when
is about half the depth that will probably be n,Ee
Should the water rise in this well 1t has IN the
Farwell well, and indeed In all the wells
that have been sunk in this vicinity the poprieors will
use the Of power for the working OF
elevator and it quite probable that il the experiment
succeeds it will be the beginning OF considerable num-
Der enterprises OF similar character There appears
to be an nexhaustble supply OF water beneath the city
all Of the artesan wells that have been excavated
find ample supply, which rises to considerable altI
when confined, and NEITHER the supply the orco
with which the water rises in the older wells appears
be affected by the construction OF new ones.
| There seems 10 be impending activity In real
tate transfers in this city, which has not been equed
Spring OF 1862 when the great park bills
on their passage in the Legislature Considering the
difficulties that attend the establishment OF evidence OF
perfect title this property is active, and values
have risen in all directions. The time has gone By when
lots in the desoated portion or the city could be boagh
prices below those current just before the and
almost all portions Of that district prices have
In greatly. DIR. Ryder's church tUni
versalist) situated the northwest corner
Buren-st. and Wabash-ave, and OF fell IN the
| flames. The site is yet incumbered by the ruins.
few days since the sum Of 81 $50 per front foot
| offered for the lot, which contains s1t front
feet. The proposition required the ratification
| NJ he befo N