The Ottawa free trader., 1872-10-12
a Haal.s NCrk.

a Years WOIk
Wednesday last was the anniversary % d,
event which vii en- in in Americas and a,
worlds history a- long as time shall last. Tha
event Is tue Chicago Are. In ccmnismera.on Of
the occasion the various journals of The city is
snee' extra supplements, tie most notable OF
which were those of the Tribune aud Tones, tie
Issues OF which fov "Wednesday consisting Of SIX
teen laAea Zach. The IrbaRe OF October 9th,
! 49,. ~ published from he new Office erected
upon isf site of the building whence was issned
TIT t'.'rtt. At October S,b, 1911 iact which is
al I's'H ',pIcs, Of the uucmqnershle energy
and iniomit.ble pluck which has marked the
proRrcss of Chicago since it was laid in ruins
one year ago, ana which has cAGaed her TO be- a'.-
mired by every nation and talked of in every
cline As an evidence of advancement made in
the rebuilding Of the phoenix city we append
the following from the Chicago !r1t'ne of
recent date
We know Of no words which vii! convey to
persons residing outside OF Chicago an idea what
has Oeen doae in the way OF rebuilding the city,
than to say that, beginning on Apri! o, 1872,
aud ending December l, 1872, excluding Sun-
DAYS, counting 200 working days. and each of
eight hours, there will be completed one brick.
stone or iron building, e5 feet front, and from
four to six stories high, for each lour If that
time. In other words, the buildings OF that size
and character completed. and that will be COM
peed by Decelaber I, wiz average one for each
90 minutes of 20G'days of eight hours each.
This estimate, which will fall below the actual
fact, does not include the many stone, trias and
wooden buildings built outside oi the burned dis
trict, and which slone equal the ordinary new
buildings put up in Chicago annually. IAere 10
no precedent in the worlds history Of such
growth; no precedent for such energy and,
bravery by people who, within the year. have
seen $200,000,O00 of their property destroyed by
fire. The statement will sound extraoi dinary
that, for seven months IN ISrI-beginnin; the
first day the frost out of the ground-taere
was built and completed IN the buGnt district OF
Chicago brick, stone, or iron warehouse every
hour Of each working day in THAI nme
TIE extraordinary achievement in rebuilding
Chicago is not coDtiLd to the Number of Few
buildinss, but applies equally to their size and
their superiority in the construction and mater.
als. 1t will strike those familiar with Chicago
before the fire that, while four stories was she
general height Of business blocks at that time,
Il present buildings, as u general thing, are at
least enc story higher, thus adding one-t.th 10
the Warehouse capacity While tbs brick struc-
tIres still bear II large proportion 70 the whole
rub Der Of new ediiices, the proportion of stone
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